In this episode, which passes the midpoint of the series, the motive for the killing of Ben Caspere is finally revealed. Caspere had surreptitious movies on his hard drive, which were filmed at swanky parties. Caspere was using those films as bait for blackmail. The question now is: Who has that hard drive?
The evidence collected by Ani, Velcoro, and Woodrugh point to Detective Dixon as being deep into the plot. Davis, the powerful state official places the three detectives in a top secret undercover sting operation.
The stakes are high, as the man running for governor may be part of the sordid deal of the California "corridor" land grab, in which the now defunct Archeron Waste Management operation planted some toxic materials to give the impression that the land is unusable. McCandless's shady Catalyist operation then buys the land up on the cheap. The odd man out of the deal is Frank Semyon, whose five million-dollar buy-in investment was in the possession of Caspere at the time of his death.
As the detectives search for the killer of Caspere, they become aware of the importance of the hard drive. In a parallel plot, Frank Semyon makes a bargain with the power broker McCandless: if Semyon finds the hard drive, he will be awarded five parcels in the "corridor" land deal.
In his troubled divorce proceedings, Velcoro is shocked to learn that the man who assaulted his wife has been found. This is bad news for Velcoro, who believed that he had killed that man, based on a tip from Semyon. In other words, Velcoro's fragile psyche must now deal with the reality that he killed an innocent man. In the program's closing scene, Velcoro pays a visit to Semyon at a time when the latter seems to have reconciled with his wife and a plan for adopting a child. A major confrontation appears in the offing.
The evidence collected by Ani, Velcoro, and Woodrugh point to Detective Dixon as being deep into the plot. Davis, the powerful state official places the three detectives in a top secret undercover sting operation.
The stakes are high, as the man running for governor may be part of the sordid deal of the California "corridor" land grab, in which the now defunct Archeron Waste Management operation planted some toxic materials to give the impression that the land is unusable. McCandless's shady Catalyist operation then buys the land up on the cheap. The odd man out of the deal is Frank Semyon, whose five million-dollar buy-in investment was in the possession of Caspere at the time of his death.
As the detectives search for the killer of Caspere, they become aware of the importance of the hard drive. In a parallel plot, Frank Semyon makes a bargain with the power broker McCandless: if Semyon finds the hard drive, he will be awarded five parcels in the "corridor" land deal.
In his troubled divorce proceedings, Velcoro is shocked to learn that the man who assaulted his wife has been found. This is bad news for Velcoro, who believed that he had killed that man, based on a tip from Semyon. In other words, Velcoro's fragile psyche must now deal with the reality that he killed an innocent man. In the program's closing scene, Velcoro pays a visit to Semyon at a time when the latter seems to have reconciled with his wife and a plan for adopting a child. A major confrontation appears in the offing.