When Crockett gives his opinion of a gubernatorial candidate, Tom Pierce, he sees on television he has no idea that later that night he will be arresting the man aboard a train-board brothel! It isn't long before pressure starts being applied for the case to be dropped as there isn't enough evidence despite the fact that he was literally caught with his trousers round his ankle. Photographs taken at the scene show that he was taken to the train by a member of his campaign team, somebody well known for his dirty tricks. Crockett and Tubbs start talking to local reporter Hank Frazier and he tells them of Peirce's rapid rise to the top of his party, they also learn that there were other skeletons in his closet including large campaign donations from dubious front companies. Crockett and Tubbs decide to question him about this but before they can do so he drops out of the race and disappears. Nobody knows where he has gone or even if he is still alive. That isn't the end of the case though and more serious crimes will be committed including blackmail and murder.
This was another decent episode with plenty of sleazy characters; in fact just about everybody they have to deal with is either actively breaking the law or at the very least applying it selectively for their own benefit. The way the episode is resolved doesn't exactly suggest that the creators have the highest opinion of politicians or the way they seem to get away with things that would see ordinary people in court... this isn't handled too heavily though. The guest stars gave solid enough performances although nothing to make the characters memorable... I guess that might be down to the characters being more mundane than many of the more glamorous villains we've seen in previous episodes... these ones are just a bunch of suits. The action was also rather lacking with a couple of off screen murders and the raid on the brothel... no chases, no shootouts and no explosions!
This was another decent episode with plenty of sleazy characters; in fact just about everybody they have to deal with is either actively breaking the law or at the very least applying it selectively for their own benefit. The way the episode is resolved doesn't exactly suggest that the creators have the highest opinion of politicians or the way they seem to get away with things that would see ordinary people in court... this isn't handled too heavily though. The guest stars gave solid enough performances although nothing to make the characters memorable... I guess that might be down to the characters being more mundane than many of the more glamorous villains we've seen in previous episodes... these ones are just a bunch of suits. The action was also rather lacking with a couple of off screen murders and the raid on the brothel... no chases, no shootouts and no explosions!
