Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal

S06E04 The Bribe

Fire marshal Zoeller is determined to shut down a local strip club, motivated by revenge against its cunning owner and his associate, who allowed his daughter to perform there. In a desperate move, Zoeller enlists an arsonist to set the club ablaze. However, he soon learns that the arsonist was present during the fire. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter had actually left the club early to marry her boyfriend, escaping the danger that Zoeller thought she faced.