Stanley Hastings finally felt like a real PI, staking out a New Jersey motel to get evidence on a cheating husband. Only the husband wasn't cheating, he was dead, and the cops are trying to pin the murder on a man apprehended at the scene-- who just happens to be Stanley. To clear his name, Stanley will wind up jumping bail, impersonating a police officer, staking out a mob boss, and appropriating a murder weapon from a sassy Jersey Girl.