Bishop’s Apartment
When you arrive at the apartment building, go inside and the receptionist will tell you where the apartment is. Take the elevator up and go to the apartment. Mrs. Bishop will greet you, and then you’ll need to search for clues. There are a lot of objects that you can investigate in this apartment, but only some of them are clues.
Here are the clues. In the first bedroom, you will find the clue: $20,000 check on the floor. Just outside of that room, by the door, you will find the clue: Saddle. It’s hard to miss that one. Go into the next room, and on the counter on the left there is a photograph. Investigate it for the clue: Movie set photograph. To the right of that is another clue: Movie set replica. Go to the room that Mrs. Bishop is in, and on the furniture by the window to the room that you just left is a photograph of two men; investigate it to update the clue: Mermaid, and Mrs. Bishop will give you a new POI: Marlon Hopgood.
After finding the clues, start questioning Mrs. Bishop:
- Domestic disturbance >> Choose “Doubt.”
- Whereabouts of Bishop >> Choose “Truth.”
- Check for $20,000 >> Choose “Lie,” and use the clue: $20,000 check as evidence.
- Abuse of Jessica Hamilton >> Choose “Doubt.”
After you question Mrs. Bishop, use the telephone to get information on the prop store. After you get the address, head to the prop store to continue the case.
Silver Screen Props
When you arrive, enter Silver Screen Props to talk to Marlon Hopgood. He will lead you through the store to the sound stage behind Silver Screen Props. Start looking for clues. On the shelves on the right side of the stage, you will find the clue: Chloral hydrate. On the opposite side of the stage, go investigate the mirror to discover a room on the other side. Go out of the sound stage building and around to the left. There are some work tables there. There is a newspaper on one of the tables. The table to the left of the table with the newspaper on it has another clue: Prop shrunken head molds.
To the left of that, there is a life-sized paining of an alleyway. Investigate it to kick it open, and then go through the door that is revealed. This is the secret camera room. In the secret camera room, investigate the shelves to find the clue: Film reel. On the table to the right of the shelves, there is another clue: Empty film canister. If you turn around and investigate a little bit, you will see that there is another one-way mirror that views the restroom; this doesn’t give you a clue though.
After finding these clues, go back into the other side of the sound stage building. It’s time to question Hopgood:
- Association with Bishop >> Choose “Lie,” and use clue: Chloral hydrate as evidence.
- Whereabouts of Bishop >> Choose “Truth.”
- Relationship with Ballard >> Choose “Lie,” and use the clue: Empty film canister as evidence.
- Evidence of blackmail >> Choose “Lie,” and use the clue: $20,000 check as evidence.
After you question Hopgood, there is a cut-scene where you try to take Hopgood in, but the Vice Desk shows up saying that Hopgood is an informant and you can’t take him in. Then there is a car chase. Your objective is to Evade or Subdue the Mobsters. It’s not too difficult to subdue them. Your partner will try to shoot out their tires, and you can ram their cars into things to make them wreck. After the chase, head over to the ‘Jungle Drums’ Set.
‘Jungle Drums’ Set
At the ‘Jungle Drums’ Set, you find Bishop. You have to chase him to the top of the movie set, but when you catch him, a bunch of gunmen show up. You have to escort Bishop out of the set without getting him or you killed. Kill all the bad guys, and get Bishop out of the set. This ends the case.
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