The episode turns out to be quite complicated, much more than the average City Confidential. They must have simplified them after this premiere.
We get a judge and his political wife murdered execution-style and those involved are a variety of people, from hired a hit-man to the mayor of the town and the victim's partner, the head of the local "Dixie Mafia" and to a guy already in jail running a homosexual scam. This story has a lot of weirdness to it and reaches into a number of areas, making this gambling city on the Gulf Coast look pretty sleazy. City Confidential doesn't help that image by showing several scenes of strippers and guys putting money into the girls's stockings while discussing this case!! Leave it to Liberal TV to make a grungy story even more sordid.
Without going into too many details and ruining this for anyone else, I will say the most interesting people, in my opinion, were accused mayor and the daughters of the man killed. His wife, by the way, was going to run for mayor. Being an anti-gambling advocate, she had her enemies in this city which features gambling as a pretty big industry. Her husband, who frequented and represented as a defense attorney a number of people of questionable character, had his enemies, too. Thus, figuring out who killed them wasn't easy. Hiring someone else to commit a murder also makes it tougher to solve, according to a lawman interviewed. It's also tough to figure when your supposed good friend (s) are involved! Yeah, this was a tough case.
I don't believe I've ever seen an accused man smile so much and look so confident and smug as Pete Halat, the mayor, going in and out of the court house during the trial. In interviews today, he still is very relaxed and talks like nothing has ever happened. The only difference is that he's sprouted a pony tail, something he didn't do when he was being elected mayor.
The history of Biloxi also was interesting, as were some of the scenic shots of the muddy waters of the Gulf Of Mexico and the contrast between some really nice places and a very seedy-looking strip that now has been replaced by big casinos.
City Confidential made this look like it could be a rough town, but prosperous. Of course, that was shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit it, and it don't know the city's status at this time.
We get a judge and his political wife murdered execution-style and those involved are a variety of people, from hired a hit-man to the mayor of the town and the victim's partner, the head of the local "Dixie Mafia" and to a guy already in jail running a homosexual scam. This story has a lot of weirdness to it and reaches into a number of areas, making this gambling city on the Gulf Coast look pretty sleazy. City Confidential doesn't help that image by showing several scenes of strippers and guys putting money into the girls's stockings while discussing this case!! Leave it to Liberal TV to make a grungy story even more sordid.
Without going into too many details and ruining this for anyone else, I will say the most interesting people, in my opinion, were accused mayor and the daughters of the man killed. His wife, by the way, was going to run for mayor. Being an anti-gambling advocate, she had her enemies in this city which features gambling as a pretty big industry. Her husband, who frequented and represented as a defense attorney a number of people of questionable character, had his enemies, too. Thus, figuring out who killed them wasn't easy. Hiring someone else to commit a murder also makes it tougher to solve, according to a lawman interviewed. It's also tough to figure when your supposed good friend (s) are involved! Yeah, this was a tough case.
I don't believe I've ever seen an accused man smile so much and look so confident and smug as Pete Halat, the mayor, going in and out of the court house during the trial. In interviews today, he still is very relaxed and talks like nothing has ever happened. The only difference is that he's sprouted a pony tail, something he didn't do when he was being elected mayor.
The history of Biloxi also was interesting, as were some of the scenic shots of the muddy waters of the Gulf Of Mexico and the contrast between some really nice places and a very seedy-looking strip that now has been replaced by big casinos.
City Confidential made this look like it could be a rough town, but prosperous. Of course, that was shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit it, and it don't know the city's status at this time.
