Three Days of the Chicken
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| “Three Days of the Chicken” | |
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| Andy Barker, P.I. episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
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| Directed by | Jason Ensler |
| Production no. | 103 |
| Original airdate | March 22, 2007 |
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"Three Days of the Chicken" is the third episode of the first season of Andy Barker, P.I.. It debuted online at NBC.com on March 1, 2007 and is set to air on NBC on March 22, 2007.
[edit] Plot
At the episode's start, Wally explains how a corporation called Transcor Chicken is forcing inferior chicken on him and that they have threatened to destroy his restaurant if he gets chicken from someone else. Andy suggests Wally go to the police, but Wally insists that he has to keep his head low. Therefore, Andy decides to solve the mystery himself.
Investigating with Simon, Andy discovers Transcor is forcing inferior chicken on smaller businesses. However, Transcor is on to them and Andy soon starts getting threatening messages warning him to back off. This sentiment is shared by Lew, who explains that Transcor has done similar things in the past and that they've only now moved into chicken. Not heeding Lew's advice, Andy discovers that the inferior chicken was all approved by the same government inspector. Andy goes to the superior of the crooked inspector, but the superior turns out to be in on the conspiracy.
Andy is captured and taken to the Transcor factory, but Lew and Simon tail them. There, it is revealed that Lew is, in fact, afraid of chickens and he therefore decides to call the police, which he had been averse to earlier. Fearing the police won't arrive soon enough, Simon and Lew, with protest, rush into the factory to save their accountant friend. The three escape together aboard a Transcor truck just as the police arrive to arrest the villains.
[edit] Trivia
- A chicken is seen being carried into a room marked "Slaughter Room 5", a possible reference to the Kurt Vonnegut book, "Slaughter House 5".[citation needed]
- In the episode, the crooked government agent owns the actual pistol that Aaron Burr used in the Burr-Hamilton duel of 1804. In real life, both pistols from the Burr-Hamilton duel were sold to the Chase Manhattan Bank in 1930 and are now preserved by JPMorgan Chase.
