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Fully aware that the flower shop owned by Nick Acropolis (Lee Marvin in his first Untouchables appearance) is actually a front for a huge bookmaking operation, Elliot Ness has a tap put on Nick's telephone line. While eavesdropping on Acropolis, Ness' assistant Rossi (Nick Georgiade) overhears the murder of a bookie, a reckless act committed by Nick's deranged brother-in-law Frankie (Johnny Seven). Unable to kill Frankie in retaliation for fear of alienating his wife Stella (Contance Ford), Nick arranges for someone else to make the "hit". . .the first of several tactical blunders resulting in Nick being forced to take on a treacherous new partner, leading to an unpleasantly sticky showdown. This episode was originally titled "The Nick Metropolous Story.