‘Bad Bets,’ Episode 7

After years spent building its “lies and choices” case, the Justice Department’s Enron Task Force took Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling to court.

In this episode, the unprecedented trial that became something of a litmus test for all of corporate America. How much did Messrs. Lay and Skilling know about the crimes that occurred at Enron, and when did they know it?