Then called to the police station, he is given a copy of the autopsy report by Bailey. gives chase, but Phelps manages to elude him. Donald attempts to talk to Larry, but he assumes Strachey is dangerous. Phyllis, in her quest to blame homosexuals for Paul's death, deflects responsibility towards an openly gay friend of his from college, Larry Phelps, whom she suggests might have killed him for his attempts to become straight. "Kyle" tells Cornell a story about a former soldier who was discharged for being gay - a story Strachey draws upon from his own past in his bid to be believeable as an aspiring " ex-gay".Ĭornell isn't the only one who believes that being gay is a choice determined only by how much willpower a person exerts to "change". Trevor Cornell, the Foundation's director. In his undercover persona, the detective introduces himself to Dr. Strachey goes undercover into the Foundation as "Kyle". Strachey's lover Timmy Callahan is able to provide the firm a lead on Paul Hale - before he died, he was the spokesman for the Phoenix Foundation, which practices "ex-gay" reparative therapy. Kenny convinces Donald to hire him as Strachey Investigations' new office manager. On the way to work the next morning, Strachey accosts someone who he believes is breaking into his office, but it turns out to be Kenny Kwon, who was fired during a confrontation between Strachey and his boss Nathan Zenck during a prior case. Strachey is determined to find out the truth about Paul's death. Both the coroner and Detective Bailey rule his death a suicide due to apparent evidence of alcohol and drugs nearby his body and in his bloodstream, but neither Donald nor Paul's mother are convinced of this. The next night, however, Paul Hale turns up dead.
Hale hands the private eye a $5,000 check for a retainer just before the speeding van separates the two. Hale is very nervous, and before Strachey can calm what seems like paranoia, an incoming van approaches. Late one night, Donald Strachey is meeting a new client in a dark alley - one Paul Hale. The film premiered at the 2006 Outfest film festival before going into rotation on the here! television network. It is the second film adaptation of a Richard Stevenson novel featuring fictional detective Donald Strachey. "Shock to the System" is a 2006 gay-themed mystery film.
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