A detective uncovers the disturbing secret life of his partner while searching a booby-trapped apartment. He discovers evidence of betrayal, obsession, and a calculated plan to trade information to the FBI in exchange for a career advancement.
KLEIN: Junior the Insane. You couldn't hide what he was hiding in 1958 LA, and not have it rot your mind. [He flips through a steno pad] The running dialogue of a functional fucking freak. Junior stealing evidence from the Magdalena crime scene. Junior the Climber, trading me up to Noonan. Thinks bootlicking will buy him a Bureau gig. The safe scared me more than all of it because a safe doesn't get installed overnight... he'd been working on something, planning something.
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