Outside the diner, ""Jason""-possessed Robert confronted Ward, twisted and fractured his arm, and tossed him against the outside of the diner doors(# 15 death).Jason became a human torch - and soon the entire Shepard lakeside cabin was engulfed in flames and destroyed by a tremendous explosion ("Everything""s gone").When Gittes returns to his car at 8:20 pm, he finds a notice on his windshield from the Citizens"" Committee to Save Los Angeles, urging a ""YES"" vote on the dam bond.Plot SynopsisA prologue describes the historical background - the film is set in Jerusalem during the time that Jesus was born and became known for his "radical" teachings:Anno Domini - In the year of our Lord, Judea for nearly a century had lain under the mastery of Rome.