connections to destroy Michael's business reputation, encountering bemused apathy from his own LAPD superiors. Advised by his lawyer, Michael tries to bribe Pete with $5000 and apologizes for his rejection, but Pete rejects Michael's offer, reveals his obsession with Karen, and threatens to kill him, causing Michael to warn Karen about Pete's obsession with her, further demanding that she stay away from him. Michael turns to Cole, who orders his partner to cease his obsessing, see a shrink or face suspension. Pete then remorselessly murders Cole, blaming a known criminal, before framing Michael on drug charges by planting cocaine in the Carrs' house, enabling him to focus on Karen. Jeopardizing his attorney's finances, Michael resolves to get out on bail and handle matters himself. Back at the Carr house, Karen awakens to find Pete cooking instead of her friend and colleague, Penny. After Pete declares his love for Karen, Karen discovers Penny's corpse, realizing that Pete brutally murdered her friend. Karen rejects Pete by holding him at gunpoint after pretending to accept him and making love with him to confiscate his gun. After refusing to leave, Karen attempts to shoot him, only to discover the gun is empty. Dismissing her as worthless, he attempts to rape her, but fails after finding his police car vandalized, realizing that Michael has returned home. The couple attempt escape, but while Karen hides in the bathroom, Pete attacks Michael and accidentally alerts the police to their house after attempting to answer a phone call posing as Michael and giving the wrong code, which Michael had changed. Holding Michael at gunpoint outside the bathroom, Pete threatens to kill him unless Karen opens the door and escapes with him, while Michael begs Karen not to, saying Pete will kill him anyway. Karen ultimately bursts out of the room and strikes Pete in the face with an ornament, allowing Michael to punch Pete and knock him down the stairs. As the couple wait for the police to arrive, Pete regains consciousness as Michael holds him at gunpoint. Pete, believing Michael will not shoot him, tauntingly asks Michael to arrest him as a citizen, just like Michael did when Pete threatened to kill him, but Michael instead shocks Pete by shooting him until the gun is empty, ultimately killing Pete. Relieved, he and Karen then go outside and watch the police arrive. Cast Production Filming Principal photography began