12 episodes
The Chicago Connection John R. Swift
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A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he tries to recapture his dreams with a feisty former classmate, she says first quit the mob. He discovers that one doesn't just quit the mob and live to tell about it; he must find another way out.
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Episode Twelve
Josh, on his way to tell Capone that Moran has murdered Jake, recalls his last day as an errand boy for Capone three years ago. Josh earns another chance at shooting Moran, misses again, and Moran blows up Mason's still. Two plus years later, the epilogue.
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Episode Eleven
McGurn, sympathetic to Josh's dilemma, or maybe not, puts Josh and Jake up to ambushing Moran. Now Josh has to plan a funeral. On his way to update Capone, Josh recalls his first job with Big Al.
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Episode Ten
Josh recalls fishing on Spider Lake in Mercer and lives to tell about it but remembers why he needs to shoot the lawyer who bails him out of jail.
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Episode Nine
Ruth is upset to hear from her boss, Mr. Olson, that Josh had come by to bribe him on Capone's orders. She starts rethinking her job at the bakery. In the meantime, Josh sits in jail remembering that the lawyer coming to bail him out is the same guy trying to kill his father.
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Episode Eight
Capone sends Josh out to bribe his upcoming jury. First juror, Mr. Olson, his former boss, brings back memories of his accident. Josh, trying to do right, is thrown in jail for jury tampering.
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Episode Seven
Bo, out of other ideas and money, agrees to sell his whiskey to McGurn to rescue Josh from the mob. This leads to a golf game with Al Capone, the decision maker, and that leads to a request for a secured loan from a lady in Lake Forest.