Beth (the ever fetching Gretchen Corbett!) is representing Arnold Bailey (Joe Campenella) who's charged with tax fraud when she's put in jail for contempt. Jim's supposed to go with Rocky to check out a semi for sale up in Oxnard but changes his plans when he gets Beth's call. She gives Jim the combination to her safe and asks him to bring her her notes on the Bailey case so she can prepare it while she's in stir. But Rockford gets beat up and the notes are taken away. In the meantime, someone poisons Beth in the county lockup. It's an open police case, but this won't stop Rockford from finding out who's after Beth.
Two episodes after Beth admits she's "settled for friend" with Jim their relationship seems to have heated up again. They are quite affectionate and watch how pleased Rockford is by the prospect of Beth staying with him in his trailer for awhile (and what man wouldn't be!). Again, Corbett gets a chance to do more than just bail Jim out of jail in this one. She gets a lot to do. And Garner is quite gentle and affectionate with her. I still think they should have got together when they brought back this series in the 1990's. Oh well, I guess we all have one great love that is never completely realized.
Joe Campenella gets a chance to act with his brother Frank, who plays Martin Jordan. If you close your eyes and listen to Frank, you can hear how much they sound alike (they look nothing alike!). Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.) is in top form, anxious to check out a semi for sale, but ready to drop everything for Beth in her hour of need. He also would have been quite happy to see Jim end up with Beth I think.
Director Cooper tries a couple of tricks in this episode. During the fight at Beth's office, he locks down the camera and just has shadowy figures cross through the light as we hear crashes, punches and grunts, rather than seeing a real fight scene. It kind of works as a change of pace. He also starts Garner's scene with a big pull out of Garner fishing on the beach. Rocky joins him and the scene is all done in one long shot. This is reversed at the end of the show when Jim is fishing, Beth is keeping him company and Rocky arrives again to report on the semi truck.
The scene where the car is driven into the pool is a nice highlight.
Two episodes after Beth admits she's "settled for friend" with Jim their relationship seems to have heated up again. They are quite affectionate and watch how pleased Rockford is by the prospect of Beth staying with him in his trailer for awhile (and what man wouldn't be!). Again, Corbett gets a chance to do more than just bail Jim out of jail in this one. She gets a lot to do. And Garner is quite gentle and affectionate with her. I still think they should have got together when they brought back this series in the 1990's. Oh well, I guess we all have one great love that is never completely realized.
Joe Campenella gets a chance to act with his brother Frank, who plays Martin Jordan. If you close your eyes and listen to Frank, you can hear how much they sound alike (they look nothing alike!). Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.) is in top form, anxious to check out a semi for sale, but ready to drop everything for Beth in her hour of need. He also would have been quite happy to see Jim end up with Beth I think.
Director Cooper tries a couple of tricks in this episode. During the fight at Beth's office, he locks down the camera and just has shadowy figures cross through the light as we hear crashes, punches and grunts, rather than seeing a real fight scene. It kind of works as a change of pace. He also starts Garner's scene with a big pull out of Garner fishing on the beach. Rocky joins him and the scene is all done in one long shot. This is reversed at the end of the show when Jim is fishing, Beth is keeping him company and Rocky arrives again to report on the semi truck.
The scene where the car is driven into the pool is a nice highlight.
