Private investigator Jake Gittes visits the morgue to inspect the body of the recently deceased water commissioner. During a casual conversation with the coroner, Morty, Gittes discovers a suspicious coincidence involving another drowning victim found in a dry riverbed, sparking his investigative instincts.
MORTY: Jake, what're you doin' here?
GITTES: Nothin', Morty, it's my lunch hour, I thought I'd drop by and see who died lately.
MORTY: Yeah? Ain't that something? Middle of a drought, the water commissioner drowns -- only in L.A.
GITTES: Yeah -- banged up pretty bad --
MORTY: That's a long fall.
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