this is a very noir kind of episode. it begins with jim returning from a weekend trip with a new girlfriend and the recently divorced karen mills (pat delaney daughter in law of john huston and who knew a few things about noir film) and her daughter. when they arrive and karen goes in the house while jim picks up her daughter from the back seat and carries her up to her room. he then discovers karen has disappeared without a trace. of course he calls dennis and when the police arrive and they see no sign of karen and but find her next door neighbor murdered in the bushes. so of course that makes jim an immediate suspect. this is a great little mystery and the first half of the story is shown by rocky asking jim to go over the story once again. rocky suggests that by jim telling him the story he might remember a little detail that he do not think was important at the time and but now might lead to a clue as to what happened. it a really well written scene and completes the transition of the rocky character from a grifter to a concerned parent. it also goes a long way to show that rocky isn not just some clueless old man either. as he says you come to me because i am your father. and i am smarter than you. this is one of those times where we see where jim got his smarts. this episode also features an appearance by hottie lara parker and who played angelique in the dark shadows series and went on to play laura banner and bruce wife in the incredible hulk series a few years later. she looks terrific here. this episode also marks the first mention of the minette crime family and a name that would keep popping up on the rockford files almost whenever they needed a mob family. this time and its vincent minette who rockford helps apprehend. lt. diehl (tom atkins) makes his first appearance on the series and dennis is quietly demoted from a police lieutenant that he was on the earlier season one episodes to a police sargent. i guess they figured it would be better to have dennis less powerful and add some conflict between jim and the police. frankly and they were right and though i prefer the later lt. chapman to lt. diehl. not a lot of the typical rockford humor in this episode and but a good mystery with a lot of heart. 
this is a very noir kind of episode. it begins with jim returning from a weekend trip with a new girlfriend and the recently divorced karen mills (pat delaney daughter in law of john huston and who knew a few things about noir film) and her daughter. when they arrive and karen goes in the house while jim picks up her daughter from the back seat and carries her up to her room. he then discovers karen has disappeared without a trace. of course he calls dennis and when the police arrive and they see no sign of karen and but find her next door neighbor murdered in the bushes. so of course that makes jim an immediate suspect. this is a great little mystery and the first half of the story is shown by rocky asking jim to go over the story once again. rocky suggests that by jim telling him the story he might remember a little detail that he do not think was important at the time and but now might lead to a clue as to what happened. it a really well written scene and completes the transition of the rocky character from a grifter to a concerned parent. it also goes a long way to show that rocky isn not just some clueless old man either. as he says you come to me because i am your father. and i am smarter than you. this is one of those times where we see where jim got his smarts. this episode also features an appearance by hottie lara parker and who played angelique in the dark shadows series and went on to play laura banner and bruce wife in the incredible hulk series a few years later. she looks terrific here. this episode also marks the first mention of the minette crime family and a name that would keep popping up on the rockford files almost whenever they needed a mob family. this time and its vincent minette who rockford helps apprehend. lt. diehl (tom atkins) makes his first appearance on the series and dennis is quietly demoted from a police lieutenant that he was on the earlier season one episodes to a police sargent. i guess they figured it would be better to have dennis less powerful and add some conflict between jim and the police. frankly and they were right and though i prefer the later lt. chapman to lt. diehl. not a lot of the typical rockford humor in this episode and but a good mystery with a lot of heart. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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