Quincy: For two days I have seen important government officials run scared because of the power you people have. You have interfered in a murder trial, you have stolen newspaper files, you manipulated the law and sent an innocent man to prison. I mean who do you think you are? Do you think that you and this conglomerate are bigger than the Government; is that what you think? Harlan Standish: THINK! Not only will I tell you who I think we are, I will tell you who we actually are! We're the whole ball of wax, Quincy, the ultimate conglomerate. We and a few other giant corporations control this country. We are the government. I should think a man of your intelligence and experience would have understood that. Now I'm busy, get out!
The organisation being talked about by Standish is an Oligarchy, a form of government where power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society. The oligarchs prefer to remain "the power behind the throne", exerting control through economic means.
This episode was likely inspired by the death of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who died a couple of years before its airing.
S 8 : Ep 24
Aired 5/11/83 (49:12)
S 8 : Ep 23
Aired 5/4/83 (49:17)
S 8 : Ep 22
Aired 4/27/83 (49:12)
S 8 : Ep 21
Aired 3/23/83
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