 In New York Jessica gets interviewed and followed by sweat young profile-writer Ben Forman; his agent Dean Richards is threatened in her presence by bully competing producer Harrison M. Kane, who tells his publisher Carter Drummond he ll buy the magazine and tries to recruit Ben directly. Dean bitches to photographer Hans Dietrich and star model Kathryn Scofield who is intimate with Hans. Ben follows Abby Peters who he heard being roughed up by Kane, who is found dead by electrocution in the hotel bath shortly after. NYPD Lt. Artie Gelber investigates and soon realizes the man made enemies constantly. Dean calls Jessica who is surprised Ben hasn t handed in a single page; she and the police catch him impersonating inexistent agent Gary Manion, he s charged with the murder and confesses, but she can t believe he would leave such obvious evidence against his alter-ego and guesses right he only protects Abby who reassures them she s innocent. Artie still intends to nail Ben, but Jessica finds out what really happened...