On episode six of Blunt Talk, Walter gets deeper into the water scandal investigation. Is he in danger?
Walter interviews Dr. Simon, who says privatization of desalinization makes lots of money for corporations who fight against recycled water. Simon drinks from a water bottle of recycled water to prove it tastes fine, then asks Walter to try some. Walter hesitates because Simon has a cold sore but sips it anyway, for America. That can’t be good.
Shelly tells Walter that councilman Wadsworth, who was fighting for recycled water, supposedly died from autoerotic asphyxiation. Adler thinks the councilman was murdered. Is it true? He died the same way as Cornelia’s friend who was investigating the water scandal.
Martin and Rosalie are together at a club. He says he’s going to ask Rosalie number 2 if they can have an open relationship. Rosalie says she admires his honesty, but keeping his mouth shut would also work. What will he do?
Walter has a date with Margaret Rudolph, sister to one of the corporate water barons. He’s hoping to get information. She says she’s not pro-desalinization. She’s pro-anything that will get them out of the drought and hasn’t spoken to her brother in years. It sounds too good to be true. She asks for a tour of the house which leads to sex.
Jim apologizes to Celia for sleeping with Evelyn. She gives him the silent treatment. Will they ever make up?
Walter wakes to find his bed empty and calls for Harry. Margaret slipped him a Mickey and stole his log book. Harry is more upset about the book than the drugging.
Walter and Shelly go to the coroner’s office, but they claim they have no record of Wadsworth’s autopsy. It’s very suspicious.
Jim and Celia interview Wadsworth’s widow. She previously told the newspaper that she suspected foul play, but now she claims she was just in denial about her husband’s perversion. Celia asks how she bought her $4 million home after his death. Mrs. Wadsworth claims he had life insurance, but Celia says they wouldn’t pay if he died auto-erotically. The widow asks them to leave. There’s something strange about the whole situation.
Rosalie wants Walter to duck out of the water investigation, but he refuses. He’s upset that he’s so close, but has no proof. Without the widow’s cooperation or the autopsy, his investigation is at a standstill.
Gisellie, the prostitute, tells Walter that she was offered money to give a man dirt on him. She has his phone number. Rosalie suggests Walter go with Gisellie to try to turn the man into a source. This could be the break that Walter needs. He talks Jim, Martin and Harry into going too. Celia, Rosalie and Shelly secretly follow them.
A car arrives. The man inside distracts Walter and Harry, then takes off. They hop in Jim’s car and follow. Celia stops the man by pointing a gun at his car. He backs up quickly and the women follow. Both cars proceed to chase him through the parking garage. He’s forced to stop on the roof. Who does he work for?
The man doesn’t want to talk, but Celia threatens him with the gun. He gives them the name and address of a P.I. he’s working for. Walter says they’ll check him out tomorrow. Next episode, we’ll find out what he has to say.