Chameleon Night
Tagline: What would they do if they knew?
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Zeph's partner O'Keefe begins studying mixed martial arts with Warfield, a fighter
on the pro circuit. Warfield is in the closet and his managers want him to stay
there because he's a serious money-maker for the fight organization. A tabloid
photographer sees an opportunity to out him, but the next day the photographer's
body is found in a dumpster. The fight organization's owner is the prime suspect,
but O'Keefe receives video from an anonymous source which establishes the owner's
innocence. LAPD detectives don't consider the anonymous video credible, but O'Keefe
continues investigating on his own. At one of Warfield's matches, Zeph has an
unnerving encounter with a guy named Granger in the men's room. Granger and O'Keefe
are both studying mixed martial arts with Warfield, and Granger is one of the
suspects in the photographer's murder.
O'Keefe plans to spend a night with Warfield and arranges for Zeph to meet one
of their friends, Sadiq, at the Hollywood Spa, a bathhouse. Zeph and Sadiq run
into Granger with increasing frequency through the evening at the bathhouse until
finally Granger picks Zeph up by the hips and begins giving him head with his
teeth. He drops him and walks away, and Zeph and Sadiq quickly figure out that
Granger is a celebrity stalker and the teeth marks are a message to O'Keefe to
keep away from Warfield. He killed the photographer and he'll kill O'Keefe too.
Zeph calls O'Keefe, who hurries to the bathhouse. The police are called, and O'Keefe
confronts Granger. Slam-bam mixed-martial-arts brawl with Granger nude and O'Keefe
clothed. He knocks Granger out, and the police arrive.
Author: John Garvey