This particular episode really only has one story line worth mentioning: getting it on paper that Pete Decker had pre-public, undisclosed information on Pepsum Pharmaceutical that he used to make a market killing before it was announced they had developed the formula to create genetically modified corn. We've heard about this. Big money there.
Getting this affidavit involves a trip to Iowa. And here's where the impossibilities pile up a bit. But before we get to that, we have Chuck Rhoades, the Paul Giamatti character arriving at the farm of Clayton Grunwald (can there be a more solid farmer first name that Clayton?) with his entourage of his chief of staff, another assistant, and one FBI agent. Full disclosure to farmer Clayton: they tell him who they are as they introduce themselves after piling out of the black SUV. A black SUV pulling into an Iowa cornfield is like the train making an unscheduled stop at Black Rock and discharging Spencer Tracey. Bad day for Clayton. He mutters the word shit. Yeah.
Clayton, just because a guy who tells you he's the U.S. Attorney for the Southern district of New York and takes an interest in your dog, doesn't mean this guy is going to be your friend.
Chuck gets his affidavit from Clayton after somewhat threatening him with arrest and interrogation. Clayton's wife wonders about having a lawyer, but Chuck smoothly, and I mean smooothly, convinces Clayton that the goal is to arrest the real bad people.
Clayton signs, attesting to the fact that he told the guy, "Dollar Bill" who posed as a friend of the family, that he gave him word of the success in creating the formula. "Dollar Bill" was then in possession of non-public information the day before the announcement was made about the success of the formula. He cleaned up in the market.
All of this sounds nice and benevolent, but then Chuck announces that the affidavit contains a "deferred prosecution" clause that requires Clayton to appear and give testimony that will likely, but not guarantee, that he won't be prosecuted himself. Clayton's wife is a bit outraged, but what's done is done.
Clayton, how can you trust a bearded man in a three-piece suit who gets out of a black SUV in the middle of your cornfield with a gaggle of people and pets your dog? Jesus.
The sex part gets implied when the entourage is relaxing at the bar of the Iowa hotel they're staying at before their flight out the next day. Bryan's schtupping of the female FBI agent Teri is emphatically confirmed. And why not? They are apparently both single, and two attractive people who just happen to work together. But, there are of course fraternization rules that are being violated. Maybe they can get a waiver when the shit hits the fan.
Now, we know about Chuck's proclivity for being sexually dominated by his wife, but now he's in Iowa and feels a strong need to get humiliated.
Chuck finds an S&M club and feels compelled to go inside. He's still well-dressed, but has now shed the tie. How Chuck finds this place is not disclosed. I guess it is possible there can be such a place in Iowa, but this is a state that gave Ted Cruz a narrow edge over Donald Trump in the Republican primary. Does Ted know about this place? Perhaps Chuck has really crossed the border into Nebraska, where such places are common. Who knows? Don't ask.
Chuck is nervous about entering, so he calls his wife, who is smoking an e-cigarette in bed and reading. It's good to know she's not really smoking in bed, because we know that is not safe.
The cell phone connection is great, so she offers to walk him through his entry into the place. Chuck is excited. Once inside we get a mild sense of what goes on in an S&M place that Chuck has found in the land of tractors and seed.
Chuck does look a bit overdressed, but with his cell phone in hand he listens to his wife go through what can only be described as telephone S&M. Foreplay first, of course.
At this point I start to wonder if this should be allowed. Not the part of this being portrayed on cable television, but isn't Chuck doing something like what the neighborhood pizza parlor tells us is prohibited by a sign near the door? NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK ALLOWED.
Stay tuned.
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