Jim's drawn into being bodyguard for an author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife's the cause of death threats against her.Jim's drawn into being bodyguard for an author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife's the cause of death threats against her.Jim's drawn into being bodyguard for an author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife's the cause of death threats against her.
Noah Beery Jr.
- Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
- (as Noah Beery)
Donna Baccala
- Janet Avery
- (as Donna Bacalla)
Arlene Martel
- Marty Bach
- (as Tasha Martell)
Mike Steele
- Lyle Van Houghton
- (as Michael M. Steele)
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- TriviaRocky makes a rare reference to Jim's mother in this episode, talking about how she was content to stay at home and be a mother and a wife.
- GoofsOne of the Mercedes and Jim's firebird both have their outer High-beams disconnected as they drive away from the secretary's apartment. Federal law prohibits headlights being wired in that way, the outer beams must always be on either high or low if any of the lights are on.
- Quotes
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2: Forever Feminine?
Jim Rockford: My client wrote it. It's a little Dear Abby, a little Norman Vincent Peale and a whole lot of Kama Sutra.
Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford #2: What is a Kama Sutra?
Jim Rockford: [Awkwardly] It's sort of a how to book...
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This is one of the few episodes that I would've never guessed the ending, or even the middle, as it was very well written, and had some surprises along the way. Some of the faces include Claudette Nevins, who I thought was average, Ed Nelson, who I thought was great, Arlene Martel, Arthur Wilson, and Donna Baccala, who didn't do that much after this. We get a few nice shots of the beach, the Firebird, and a few cool scenes with Dennis and Rocky. I think the writers of Columbo might have "borrowed" the opening scene from this episode, which has a famous female writer addressing a group of women, with Rockford being the only male in attendance; in the Columbo episode, he was the only male listening to another famous author, played by Ruth Gordon, but I digress. The writing was so good here that you may not know who to sympathize with, or which person is really the evil one. How they manage to add twists and turns in just under an hour is beyond me. I would recommend you try and catch this whenever you get the chance.
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- Jul 8, 2015
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