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Are You Watching K-Ville?

Are You Watching K-Ville? You should be. I happen to love conspiracy theories. So far the last two episodes have been in that vein. It has been all about powerful people conspiring with other powerful people to do bad things and take advantage of the poor and powerless, until they realize that they are not so powerless. The latest episode told a little about the money behind the prison business. $100,000 a day to keep people locked up. Some of the people in the system where serving ridiculously long sentences for petty stuff (sound familiar). I know it was a television show, but doesn’t it make you wonder? The jail administrator cooked up a scheme with an oil supplier that polluted the river while lining both their pockets. Some inmates found out about the deal and were planning on escaping them talking. They escaped but got caught and one was killed not too long after getting back to the jail. Marlin and Trevor figured everything out. Unfortunately, Marlin got shot in the gut in the p...

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From AOL Starring: Anthony Anderson, Tawny Cypress, Cole Hauser, Maximiliano Hernandez, John Carroll Lynch, Blake Shields Premiere Date: Mon., Sep. 17, 2007 Premise: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, much of New Orleans is still in chaos, so Felony Action Squad officer Marlin Boulet isn't too worried about bending a few rules when it comes to collaring the city's most wanted criminals. His new partner, Trevor Cobb, is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who has come to the Crescent City in search of redemption from a past that could endanger both him and his police partner. Joining them on the squad are hotheaded and impetuous Billy "K-9" Faust, wise guy Jeff "Glue Boy" Gooden, hardbitten Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau and Capt. James Embry, who keeps his team running smoothly with equal parts humor and sheer grit. -------------------------------------------------------------- So, I will admit that I was a little skeptical at first, then I watched the f...