Episode
The Profit: Fighting for Farrell's
Overview
Marcus returns to Farrell's, a business he helped revive in 2017, to find partners and management fighting each other.
Details
- Series
- The Profit
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2018-02-27
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Fighting for Farrell's is Episode 10 in Season 5 of The Profit. It aired on 2018-02-27. The runtime is 45 min.
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