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A deal with The Devil.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 27 March 2023]

A mature business duo turn to the shady businessman Victor Cobalt for investment in their dressmakers business, he instantly installs his son, and makes enormous demands, Marino writes a piece on Cobalt.

First off, it feels very different, it's almost as if there was a deliberate change in production, even the introduction felt very much altered, Marino almost takes a back seat here, allowing the characters to drive the story.

Interesting and engaging, we had racketeering, murder, and more interestingly family fallouts, the dynamic between Victor and Neil was maybe the best element of the episode. Well paced, gritty, at times amusing, some edge of the seat scenes, what's not to enjoy.

Cobalt and his fellow band of rogues were all terrific, the standout performance definitely coming from Luther Adler, who was great as Victor Cobalt, the villain of the piece, outrageous presence and charisma.

I thought quite highly of this episode, 8/10.

Garment jungle

[searchanddestroy-1 · 26 June 2015]

I guess all kinds of underworld activities will be talked of in this superb series, which I just discovered this year. This time, it is Don Medford who is the lead master and it is a guarantee of quality. The evil character is no one else than Luther Adler, excellent as usual. A character who seems kind and correct at first sight but who happens to be ruthless, as a real gang leader has to be. His goal, monitoring the garment business, an industry that brings tons of benefits for the mob. So our lead columnist Mc Nally will have plenty to do, in order to jeopardize the criminal plans of Adler. Lots of film noir elements here, as you now may expect in this - I know I repeat myself - fantastic crime TV series.

Silent Partner

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 11 November 2020]

Paul Marino investigates organised crime taking over parts of the the New York Jewish garment industry.

Victor Cobalt is willing to lend over $100,000 to a pair of factory owners who cannot get an unsecured loan from a bank.

Despite misgivings they go ahead with the loan. However both are soon over their heads. They have to pay a very high monthly interest but also find themselves being dictated to by Cobalt.

Meanwhile Cobalt's son is sweet on their lead designer. However Victor is not happy about it and he is also unwilling to let his son handle business.

This is an episode where Marino takes a bit of a back seat to the story. Jack Flood takes a beating as he investigates the trucking side of things. There is also a lot of Jewish black humour.

It concentrates more on the developing love story between Cobalt's son who wants to prove himself to his father and the designer who reluctantly falls for him.

Despite Cobalt's reputation there are several people in the firm who shoot their mouths off about gangsters in public. They pay a painful price. I did think one of the co-owners of the firm should had been more discreet.

Everett Sloane who appeared in Citizen Kane plays the garment factory owner who realises too late that he has done a deal with the devil.