Kaufman follows Orleans to Florida, where it is revealed that he has been having an affair with Laroche and that they are both growing drugs in his orchid nursery. Kaufman gets caught spying, which leads him and his twin brother to try to escape Laroche and Orleans, while being chased into a swamp at night. Later Charlie's twin is killed while they are trying to escape, and an alligator kills Laroche as he is about to kill Charlie. When Charlie returns to Los Angeles he finally confesses his love for Amelia, the woman he has pined for the entire film. It is no coincidence that she also admits that she is in love with him. This is a very “Hollywood” ending. It can be reasoned that Kaufman uses this ending, because how else would the film end? It's a movie about life, so it's difficult to end the movie when the plot was still ongoing. Therefore Kaufman uses these clichés to show how they can easily be used to give viewers the excitement they want and to give writers the ending they want.