 When he starts squishing cockroaches, the bug confronts him, but before it can attack him, K shoots it from the inside.The bug was finally killed by Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), a morgue worker whom the bug kidnapped and J's love interest.When K requests to be neuralyzed (a memory-wiping procedure) to retire, J fulfills the request and his new partner is Laurel, who becomes known as Agent L.
Agent J stays as the partner of Agent K as the events right after the destruction of the bug by Agent L. Not only he remains the partner of Agent K but also is still considered a rookie by most of the agents, including Agent K, L and Z.