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The best moment of the episode has Jim tying up a baddie in his trailer, putting the guy's head in a trash can, and hitting the can with a spoon to elicit a confession for the crime, all the while with a defense attorney present.
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"The Deuce" (S5E16): Jim serves on the jury of a manslaughter trial of a drunk he believes is being framed, and is predictably the lone holdout, much to the exasperation of all involved. (It also has a superb follow-up episode in season six, "Love Is the Word.") Genuinely scary at times and affecting, thanks to David Chase's writing. "Black Mirror" Parts 1 and 2 (S5E9/E10): Jim finds romance with blind psychiatrist Megan Dougherty ( Modern Romance's Kathryn Harrold), who seeks his help when she is terrorized by an unseen stalker. A jarhead lifeguard and a weekend warrior insurance agent add some comedic embellishment to an already screwball episode. When a clueless family vacationing from Peru, Indiana takes off with Jim's grill by mistake, Jim is forced to hit the road, chasing their RV with his furrowed brow along for the ride.
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"The Queen of Peru" (S4E12):Jim is hired by an insurance company to recover some stolen diamonds soon after, the thieves leave the stones in Jim's portable grill outside his trailer. Soon he's dodging bullets and chasing after another $30,000, in between throwing some priceless quips such as "forget the karma and get in the car!" "Quickie Nirvana" (S4E7):The eye rolls come fast and furious when Jim agrees to help aging hippie Sky Aquarian. "The Hammer of C Block" (S2E14): Gandolph Fitch (Isaac Hayes), a menacing convict Jim owed money to in jail, is released and collects his debt from Jim by using him to clear his name, during which he repeatedly calls Jim "Rockfish" and glowers a lot. Jim tries to untangle the mess through a classic shell game, faking Angel's death. In another great Angel showcase, this episode has Angel hiding $30,000 in Jim's Firebird and dragging Jim into a mess involving anchovy-loving mob goons and a check swindle. "Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken" (S2E9): Jim is reluctantly talked into taking a job for a Neanderthal convict who once tried to kill him then he gets roped into an insurance fraud case involving a pearl necklace, safe-cracking, and Bob Newhart's other wife. Soon he is framed for stealing the necklace and enlists Angel to help him with a double-cross to clear himself of the crime. This one is notable for its being the debut episode of Angel, Jim's con man pal. Jim gets to impersonate a funeral director and an IRS agent before he gets thrown into an open grave. It plays like a noir film compressed into an hour of television, with Rockford and a fast-talking newspaper gal on a missing persons case. Showing its roots, this is perhaps the most Chandler-esque Rockford Files episode. It's a good guide should you want to do a binge watch in honor of Garner's famous beachside-trailer-dwelling private detective. While it looks like the show is no longer on Netflix, you can stream the first three seasons on Hulu.
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Club's TV Club 10) from the show's six seasons.
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Īdmittedly, the theme song was the first thing that hooked me on the show, with its accompanying montage of Rockford smoking in a phone booth, arguing with cops, and looking sad at the grocery store, smiling only for the ladies or when he's fishing with his dad Rocky. But over the years I've become quite an aficionado of the show, even coming up with my own list of ten best episodes (à la The A.V.
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In fact, I am something of a Rockford Files obsessive: I even altered a toy Firebird to more closely resemble the one made famous from many a car chase. His beleaguered, Marlowe-esque hero was a touchstone of my childhood. While I am a fan of many of his films ( The Americanization of Emily ranks especially high), he is primarily remembered from television, and, for me especially, as Jim Rockford.
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I was very saddened at the news of James Garner's passing. Alexa here, back from vacation with an atypical Curio.