A Televisual Feast

This episode hinges on Joan Van Ark’s performance. I think that sentence sums it up.
It’s a standard, unimaginative “Rockford” episode, gliding as much as it can on Garner’s charm. There’s not even a car chase. All the best moments with Rocky are–seemingly–off-screen, but there’s a good bit with Dennis. It seems like most of the […]

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Here’s another episode with way too little story. Rockford suspects–or at least wastes time telling her he suspects her–his client of murdering her husband. He also wastes time suspecting the police department, assuming they’re corrupt instead of doing any investigating. Without the wasted time, the episode would probably run thirty minutes. And maybe it should. […]

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Two car chases in this episode, the first being a truck chasing a car, the second being at night (doesn’t anyone ever get hurt–bystanders–in private detective show car chases).
The mystery’s decent, with some good scenes–Jim’s trip to Arizona is all summary except the chase, which is a little disappointing–and lots of good comedic moments.
The problem […]

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