Plot Synopsis

Investigative journalist Pat LaLama provides expert commentary, as FINAL CUT chronicles cases where wide-eyed hopefuls fall prey to the shady side of Hollywood. This series uses re-creations, first-person interviews and archival footage to tell stories of victims who had big dreams of making it in Tinseltown, but each aspiring star's career ended in a real-life tragedy. From young dreamers to successful actors, each 60-minute episode features two cases, including: model Kimberly Pandelios and actress Linda Sobek -- two young women, both blonde and beautiful -- who ventured out to a remote location for a photo shoot and never came home; THE KILLING FIELDS' Haing Ngor, famous for being one of only two non-professional actors in history to receive an Oscar, who was murdered in cold blood; Merlin Santana, a child star on THE COSBY SHOW and a six-year cast member of THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW, who was gunned down while sitting in a car on a Los Angeles street corner; Al Adamson, a master of kitschy, low-budget horror movies, who was a victim in a story that could have come straight from one of his own films; Daniel Serrano, a charming plastic surgeon, who resorted to industrial-grade lubricant when his supply ran out; Anand Jon, an aspiring fashion superstar and sexual predator, who lured underage models to his own "Runway of Hell"; Garrett Warren, a martial arts expert and respected stuntman, who was gunned down after opening his front door; and many more people who suffered unfortunate Hollywood endings to their life stories.