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Ben's City | Season 1, Episode 3 | Feb 29, 2012 | 22:00

Episode 3 - The Contract

During a cocktail party, Grosotto the mafioso tries to bribe Minister Wallet to build a meat factory in an illegal zone. Scott gets an offer to produce a commercial for a new generation of computers, but he has to move to the client’s head office in L.A. Ben and Scott hire bodyguards for their protection after they receive threats from Grosotto.

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