Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide.Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide.Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Corinne Camacho
- Janet Carr
- (as Corinne Michaels)
Warren J. Kemmerling
- Police Lt. Earl Furlong
- (as Warren Kemmerling)
Tom Ruben
- Delivery Boy
- (as Thomas Ruben)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe liquor store in "Bay City", from which Rockford orders a delivery, is actually located in Malibu down the road from his trailer.
- GoofsWhen Warde chases Rockford on the road, Rockford darts into a lumberyard. Rockford drives under a forklift in the process of setting down a pallet of wood. Rockford drives another ten yards or so, where he has to stop because he finds blocked by stacked lumber (essentially he has driven into a dead-end). As the forklift driver sets down his load, Warde is force to stop his car on the other side of the forklift from where Rockford has stopped his truck, and the pursuit continues on foot through the lumber yard. Once Rockford has subdued Warde, Warde pleads with Rockford to get him out of there. The scene then changes to Rockford and Warde, in Rockford's truck, driving away. But the forklift driver had fled to a phone-booth to call the police because he saw Warde shooting at Rockford. And because there was gun-play going on, after the forklift driver hung up the phone, undoubtedly, he ran away to find safe cover. Yet, even though his truck was blocked in by the forklift, Rockford was able to drive away. (Note: Presumably, Jim has moved the forklift out of the way himself, as the key would still be in it).
- Quotes
Jim Rockford: Cataloguing my virtues won't work either. I hold them to a minimum so they're easy to keep track of.
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As I've said in several other reviews of this great show, I'm not a huge fan of the early seasons, mainly because Rockford isn't really Rockford quite yet. This episode is very solid and well written, although I wasn't overly impressed with Corrine Michales(Janet Carr), as I didn't think she and James Garner had much chemistry. Regarding the plot, she hires Rockford to search for her husband, who's oddly named Prentiss(Prentiss???), and as Jim finds the man dead, the police rule it a suicide. It turns out the Bay City police aren't fond of Jim, and always try to run him out of town; one of the cops is a familiar face in Mills Watson(Sgt. Larsen), who starred in other episodes as well. It ends up that Prentiss was involved in an insurance scam, and was in fact, murdered, although I can't recall if the old geezer who ran the insurance company was the killer, but I know he was definitely behind it. There's nothing too memorable going on in this episode, but the writing was getting good and Garner's talents helped make this great show a winner, especially in the coming seasons.
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- Feb 10, 2013
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- Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA(Jim pulls over and discusses blackmail details with Terry Warde)
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