EPISODE

6. The Bribe

Zoeller is a fire marshal who wants a strip club closed down. He wants to get revenge on it's sneaky owner and his pal for letting his offspring dance there. Zoeller bribes an arsonist to burn the place but after he does it, he discovers that she was also in there. Little does he know that his daughter wasn't in the club when the fire happened. She left early to get married with her boyfriend.

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Martin Zeller ( Terry O'Quinn ), a newly appointed and highly moralistic fire marshal, approaches Puck ( Esai Morales ), the sleazy owner of The Naked Experience, a strip club where his daughter Hiley ( Kimberly Williams-Paisley ) was once employed. He presents nude photos of Hiley that he was given anonymously to Puck and orders him to shut down the club. When he returns home, Hiley mentions that, due to budget cuts at her school, her college scholarship is getting revoked. In an effort to get enough money to send his daughter to college, Martin ignores his morals and returns to Puck, who bribes him with a dangerous offer. Benicio del Toro plays Bill, a security guard at the strip club. Note: Pray for Rain provides the score for this episode.

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