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11 October 1974 (Season 1, Episode 5)Plot:
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Nancy Drew, Detective moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | James Garner | ... | Jim Rockford |
 | Noah Beery Jr. | ... | Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford (as Noah Beery) |
| Sian Barbara Allen | ... | Sandra Turkel |
| George DiCenzo | ... | Harry Stoner |
| John Crawford | ... | Dr. Kenilworth |
 | Susan Damante | ... | Charlotte Duskey |
| Angus Duncan | ... | Joe Baron Jr. |
| Ryan MacDonald | ... | Hotel Manager |
| Dave Morick | ... | James Darrow |
 | Rudy Diaz | ... | Matty |
| Robert Ray Sutton | ... | Morrie (as Robert Raymond Sutton) |
| James Murtaugh | ... | Steve McWilliams |
| Jack Stamberger | ... | Station Manager |
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The answering machine message on this episode tells Jim there is an opening at the trailer park, setting up his eventual move from the trailer's original home on Ocean Boulevard to its familiar home on Paradise Cove, where it remained for the duration of the show's run. moreFAQ
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This episode gets off to a great start: its late night in a graveyard and Jim is getting a coffin dug up with the help of a couple of mugs. Just as he gets the coffin open and discovers no one is inside, two gorillas in suits race up. Jim hits one with a shovel and the other one shoots Rockford in the head. Grazed by the bullet, he goes down and out.
The rest of the story is told in flashback as Jim is hired by Sandra Turkel (Sian Barbara Allen, one of the prettiest "plain" girls you'll ever see) a newspaper reporter who's out to find out why her friend Susan Dusky disappeared. Only she's intent on coming with Rockford on the hunt and is anxious to play Nancy Drew and show off her own detecting skills. Thus begins an enjoyable little tit for tat as the two try and one up the other in discoveries.
This is a complete character episode. The mystery is really secondary. While the chemistry between Allen and Garner is actually pretty good and they play well together (she turns out to be just as cheap as he is!), it seems a bit lacking when you put it all together. George Dicenzo helps as Harry Stoner, but his part still seems a bit underwritten and could have used a little more pizazz.
So while there are enjoyable parts thanks to Garner and Allen, this is probably one of the weaker episodes of season one.