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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The dead lawyer is the daughter of the still-alive operators of the dry-cleaning business.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: InUniverse. [=SavingsMart=] has a SaltAndPepper detective team that answers to an older black boss.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Cahill broke company policy by having an affair with a coworker. To cover it up he burglarized Yee's office, which led to him murdering Yee, and to cover that up he blackmailed the company.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Dry cleaning mix up leads to outrageous lawsuit, then murder, then conspiracy to dump poisons in hospitals and old age homes.
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* StupidEvil:
** The [=SavingsMart=] executives were completely innocent of any wrongdoing when Cahill threatened to go public about the poison toothpaste, which he was entirely responsible for. But, they were so desperate to avoid bad publicity that they caved to his demands, which not only made them actually complicit in the very crime they were being blackmailed for, it got the prosecutors [[DidNotThinkThisThrough wondering what Cahill had on them]]. The end result was not only the bad publicity they feared, for which they now had no defense, they put themselves on the hook for criminal liability.
** After committing burglary and murder to try to cover up his affair, because it violated company policy, Cahill blackmailed the company about the poison toothpaste to get him out of prison. It apparently didn't occur to him to simply let the company find out about his affair and then blackmail them to not punish him.
** The [=SavingsMart=] executives were completely innocent of any wrongdoing when Cahill threatened to go public about the poison toothpaste, which he was entirely responsible for. But, they were so desperate to avoid bad publicity that they caved to his demands, which not only made them actually complicit in the very crime they were being blackmailed for, it got the prosecutors [[DidNotThinkThisThrough wondering what Cahill had on them]]. The end result was not only the bad publicity they feared, for which they now had no defense, they put themselves on the hook for criminal liability.
** After committing burglary and murder to try to cover up his affair, because it violated company policy, Cahill blackmailed the company about the poison toothpaste to get him out of prison. It apparently didn't occur to him to simply let the company find out about his affair and then blackmail them to not punish him.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Fuller dramatically quits his post at [=SavingsMart=] on the stand.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cahill was cheating on his wife with Monroe.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cahill was cheating on his wife with Monroe.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Fuller dramatically quits his post at [=SavingsMart=] on the stand.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cahill was cheating on his wife with Monroe.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff alleges they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He also sold on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He also sold on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff alleges they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO head of [=SavingsMart=], [=SavingsMart=] security, gets involved in the case.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail [=SavingsMart=] who ordered Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He also soldon the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail [=SavingsMart=] who ordered Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He also sold
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: InUniverse. [=SavingsMart=] has a SaltAndPepper detective team that answers to an older black boss.
--> '''Green''': Rachel Monroe is being followed by a black guy and a white guy.\\
'''Lupo''': And it's not us.
* BrokenPedestal: Averted. Even after what Fuller did, Van Buren still believed the man she once looked up to was still inside him somewhere. She was right.
--> '''Green''': Rachel Monroe is being followed by a black guy and a white guy.\\
'''Lupo''': And it's not us.
* BrokenPedestal: Averted. Even after what Fuller did, Van Buren still believed the man she once looked up to was still inside him somewhere. She was right.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cahill murdered an innocent woman to cover up an affair, he put poison toothpaste on the market, rather than admit he wasted an amount of money that his company would have found trivial, and tried to frame Rachel Monroe for it. The other [=SavingsMart=] executives were willing to commit perjury to help a murderer walk rather than have anyone find out about their connection to the toothpaste.
* FaustianRebellion: Fuller's epic TakeThisJobAndShoveIt moment in court.
* FaustianRebellion: Fuller's epic TakeThisJobAndShoveIt moment in court.
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* KickedUpstairs: Rachel Monroe's new job in Singapore was technically a promotion.
* NGOSuperpower: Jack describes [=SavingsMart=] as bigger and more powerful than most governments. Their employees fear them the way many would a totalitarian regime.
* NGOSuperpower: Jack describes [=SavingsMart=] as bigger and more powerful than most governments. Their employees fear them the way many would a totalitarian regime.
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Written by Creator/EdZuckerman
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants. The [=SavingsMart=] angle references the various controversies involving Wal-Mart during the company's huge country-wide expansion in the 2000s. Finally, the tainted toothpaste references scandals involving tainted Chineze made products.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants. The [=SavingsMart=] angle references the various controversies involving Wal-Mart during the company's huge country-wide expansion in the 2000s. Finally, the tainted toothpaste references scandals involving tainted Chineze Chinese made products.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants. The [=SavingsMart=] angle references the various controversies involving Wal-Mart during the company's huge country-wide expansion in the 2000s. Finally, the tainted toothpaste references scandals involving tainted Chineze made products.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants. The SavingsMart [=SavingsMart=] angle references the various controversies involving Wal-Mart during the company's huge country-wide expansion in the 2000s.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants. The SavingsMart angle references the various controversies involving Wal-Mart during the company's huge country-wide expansion in the 2000s.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
[=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that Cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
[=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that Cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims alleges they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. Heis also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell sold on the toothpaste to a a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
[=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree the [=SavingsMart=] legal team agrees to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that Cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He
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Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste for [=SavingsMart=] that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze. Cahill blackmailed antifreeze, and used this to blackmail Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting such places to have so many deaths that no one would investigate properly.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd both be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder since they'd both be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and would be fired if the company were to find out about her affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and would be fired if the company were to find out about her was having an affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder.murder since they'd both be fired if the company found out about the affair. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
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[=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
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[=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter Cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
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Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa question why the company would go so far to protect a middle manager. They discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze. Cahill blackmailed Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting that such places would have so many deaths that no one will investigate properly.
Monroe reveals that [=SavingsMart=] questioned her about the toothpaste, indicating they'd found out anyway. [=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
Monroe reveals that [=SavingsMart=] questioned her about the toothpaste, indicating they'd found out anyway. [=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
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Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa question why the company would go so far to protect a middle manager. They discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze. Cahill blackmailed Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting that such places would to have so many deaths that no one will would investigate properly.
Monroe reveals that [=SavingsMart=] questioned her about the toothpaste, indicating they'd found out anyway. [=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
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The murder of lawyer Lily Yee is connected to the theft of a pair of pants that were evidence in a civil suit against her parents, who own a dry cleaning store. The plaintiff claims they returned the wrong pants to him and lost his own; the pants he received were actually brought in by Rachel Monroe. She works for [=SavingsMart=], a discount store chain with a very strict "family values" policy, and would be fired if the company were to find out about her affair with a fellow employee - the presumed owner of the pants. This gives both of them a motive for murder. Van Buren's former boss Fuller, who is now the CEO of [=SavingsMart=], gets involved in the case.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa question why the company would go so far to protect a middle manager. They discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze. Cahill blackmailed Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting that such places would have so many deaths that no one will investigate properly.
Monroe reveals that [=SavingsMart=] questioned her about the toothpaste, indicating they'd found out anyway. [=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* ChineseLaunderer: The Yee family's business.
* FrivolousLawsuit: Herbert Wiggins brought one against the Yee's dry cleaning store.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: [=SavingsMart=] transfers Monroe to Singapore to keep her from testifying in the case.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants.
* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Monroe was reportedly doing this to advance her career.
* SmugSnake: Derek Cahill.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Fuller dramatically quits his post on the stand.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cahill was cheating on his wife with Monroe.
Fuller retrieves the pants, which belong to a David Cahill. Blood on the pants proves a match to Yee's, and Cahill is charged with murder; but the pants are ruled inadmissible as evidence after Fuller lies to the judge. Cutter and Rubirosa question why the company would go so far to protect a middle manager. They discover Cahill had been sourcing toothpaste that was later found to be contaminated with antifreeze. Cahill blackmailed Fuller to get the evidence against him dismissed. He is also found to have forged Monroe's signature in order to sell on the toothpaste to a company which supplies hospitals, prisons, and retirement homes - expecting that such places would have so many deaths that no one will investigate properly.
Monroe reveals that [=SavingsMart=] questioned her about the toothpaste, indicating they'd found out anyway. [=McCoy=] challenges the [=SavingsMart=] legal team: he can either charge them with covering up the sale of the toothpaste, or with conspiring to obstruct justice by having Fuller commit perjury. In exchange for no charges, they agree to get the evidence re-admitted and all tubes of the toothpaste recalled. Fuller's testimony gets the pants re-admitted as evidence, but Cutter then lures him into confessing under oath that Cahill blackmailed [=SavingsMart=] over the toothpaste. [=McCoy=] points out that cutter deliberately broke their deal with [=SavingsMart=]'s lawyers (which included no bad publicity); but is secretly happy, knowing it's what he himself would have done when he was [=EADA=].
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* ChineseLaunderer: The Yee family's business.
* FrivolousLawsuit: Herbert Wiggins brought one against the Yee's dry cleaning store.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: [=SavingsMart=] transfers Monroe to Singapore to keep her from testifying in the case.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of Pearson V Chung, in which the plaintiff sued a dry cleaner for over $67 million for losing his pants.
* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Monroe was reportedly doing this to advance her career.
* SmugSnake: Derek Cahill.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Fuller dramatically quits his post on the stand.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cahill was cheating on his wife with Monroe.
