Act 1, Scene 7 Summary

The scene is set in the police station. Curt leaves a meeting to find Doug asleep at one of the tables outside the conference room. Doug is surprised to hear that the meeting is over. Curt tells him that the Lieutenant has taken them off the massage parlor case and Curt is back on burglary duty, which does not make him happy. Curt further tells Doug that they are off the case because Doug blew it. The front page of the newspaper featured a photo and caption of picketers in front of the massage parlor.

Doug confesses that he is tired, because he has been dating Heather and has been frequenting her house in the evenings. Curt cannot believe his ears. Doug says that Heather has sex with him and he doesn't have to pay for it and that Sandy mentioned...