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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** Hatcher's parents have a meeting with the police after his murder.
** Talbot is threatened that the parents of the dead children would testify in court. One of them is brought into the room to prove that [=McCoy=] is serious about this.
** Hatcher's parents have a meeting with the police after his murder.
** Talbot is threatened that the parents of the dead children would testify in court. One of them is brought into the room to prove that [=McCoy=] is serious about this.
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* CallBack: Elite Meats was referenced in at least two previous episodes of the show.
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* DeathOfAChild: Five young children died as a result of improper meat-handling at Elite.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted - five young children died as a result of improper meat-handling at Elite.
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Directed by Creator/ConstantineMakris
Written by Creator/RobWright
Written by Creator/RobWright
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King accepts a plea deal to testify against Bill Talbot, the CEO of Agristar. Talbot ordered King to cut safety standards at the plant in order to meet productivity quotas, and then told him to keep Hatcher quiet; King claims to have killed Hatcher accidentally during a confrontation with him. In court, Talbot and his lawyers argue that King could have met quotas without compromising safety standards, and that there was simply no cost-effective way to mitigate for risk. But [=McCoy=] threatens to call all the parents of the victims as witnesses, and Talbot reluctantly accepts a guilty plea for two years per victim.
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Elite's owner Arthur King accepts a plea deal to testify against Bill Talbot, the CEO of Agristar. Talbot ordered King to cut safety standards at the plant in order to meet productivity quotas, and then told him to keep Hatcher quiet; King claims to have killed Hatcher accidentally during a confrontation with him. In court, Talbot and his lawyers argue that King could have met quotas without compromising safety standards, and that there was simply no cost-effective way to mitigate for risk. But [=McCoy=] threatens to call all the parents of the victims as witnesses, and Talbot reluctantly accepts a guilty plea for two years per victim.
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The murder of a young man named Andrew Hatcher appears to be drug-related until it emerges that the victim, a student activist, was researching local meat-packing plant Elite Meats. Elite had sold infected meat to a fast food chain, causing the deaths of five children from E-Coli. Agristar Enterprises, the owners of the chain, reached an out-of-court settlement with the families of the deceased in order to keep the whole thing quiet. An appalled Lewin orders [=McCoy=] to proceed with a case against Agristar.
King accepts a plea deal to testify against Bill Talbot, the CEO of Agristar. Talbot ordered King to cut safety standards at the plant in order to meet productivity quotas, and then told him to keep Hatcher quiet; King claims to have killed Hatcher accidentally during a confrontation with him. In court, Talbot and his lawyers argue that King could have met quotas without compromising safety standards, and that there was simply no cost-effective way to mitigate for risk. But [=McCoy=] threatens to call all the parents of the victims as witnesses, and Talbot reluctantly accepts a guilty plea for two years per victim.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* BrandX: Agristar and Big Bill's are thinly-veiled copies of the AFG and [=McDonald's=], respectively.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The first half of the story focuses on the investigation into Hatcher's murder; the second half involves the [=DAs=] bringing a homicide case against Talbot.
* InfantImmortality: Averted - five young children died as a result of improper meat-handling at Elite.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The USDA official who tells Southerlyn that they're powerless to try to shut down Elite or inform the public of its standards violations.
* SmugSnake: Talbot.
* TheStoner: The victim was one, initially leading to one of his dealers becoming a suspect.
* VillainByProxyFallacy
King accepts a plea deal to testify against Bill Talbot, the CEO of Agristar. Talbot ordered King to cut safety standards at the plant in order to meet productivity quotas, and then told him to keep Hatcher quiet; King claims to have killed Hatcher accidentally during a confrontation with him. In court, Talbot and his lawyers argue that King could have met quotas without compromising safety standards, and that there was simply no cost-effective way to mitigate for risk. But [=McCoy=] threatens to call all the parents of the victims as witnesses, and Talbot reluctantly accepts a guilty plea for two years per victim.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* BrandX: Agristar and Big Bill's are thinly-veiled copies of the AFG and [=McDonald's=], respectively.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The first half of the story focuses on the investigation into Hatcher's murder; the second half involves the [=DAs=] bringing a homicide case against Talbot.
* InfantImmortality: Averted - five young children died as a result of improper meat-handling at Elite.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The USDA official who tells Southerlyn that they're powerless to try to shut down Elite or inform the public of its standards violations.
* SmugSnake: Talbot.
* TheStoner: The victim was one, initially leading to one of his dealers becoming a suspect.
* VillainByProxyFallacy
