I think this episode shows what a great star and generous man James Garner was.
He is meant to be the star of the show but he allows guest star Tom Selleck to totally dominate and upstage him.
Selleck plays Lance White again. White is another PI who has been involved with Rockford in past cases and always gets the luck with clues etc.
Here they are investigating the murder of a senator at a PI awards dinner. Rockford shows frustration at the way everything goes White's way and how everything he does comes off. Garner was good at this type of light comedy. Even at the end Rockford finds out that the award he had supposedly won wasn't his due to a miscount and it actually goes to White.
I quite enjoyed this episode but it would have been nice if something had gone Rockford's way.
Not many stars in their own show would have allowed themselves to play second fiddle to a guest star I don't think and it was very generous of Garner to do so. Maybe this was one of the reasons why he was so popular and the regulars on the show always got along so well. This helped to make it the great show it was.
He is meant to be the star of the show but he allows guest star Tom Selleck to totally dominate and upstage him.
Selleck plays Lance White again. White is another PI who has been involved with Rockford in past cases and always gets the luck with clues etc.
Here they are investigating the murder of a senator at a PI awards dinner. Rockford shows frustration at the way everything goes White's way and how everything he does comes off. Garner was good at this type of light comedy. Even at the end Rockford finds out that the award he had supposedly won wasn't his due to a miscount and it actually goes to White.
I quite enjoyed this episode but it would have been nice if something had gone Rockford's way.
Not many stars in their own show would have allowed themselves to play second fiddle to a guest star I don't think and it was very generous of Garner to do so. Maybe this was one of the reasons why he was so popular and the regulars on the show always got along so well. This helped to make it the great show it was.