The Rockford Files (TV Series)

Quickie Nirvana (1977)

James Luisi: Lt. Doug Chapman

Quotes 

• Alan Bayliss : [Jim and Sky are in Alan Bayliss' office, along with Chapman, trying to 'shake' Bayliss up, and get him nervous about the $30,000. Chapman's sitting on Bayliss' desk, asking him questions, which Bayliss answers in a mocking tone]  Let me just see if I can recap, lieutenant; Jane alleges that I gave her an envelope containing thirty thousand dollars which she was to deliver to a man on the Venice boardwalk?

  Lt. Doug Chapman : That's correct.

  Alan Bayliss : Well, that allegation has absolutely no basis in fact.

  [Bayliss turns to Sky, who's sitting Lotus-style on his glass coffee table, and in a faux paternalistic voice, he admonishes her, as she looks up at him] 

  Alan Bayliss : Jane; are you concocting this because you're still angry about the fact that I wouldn't let you and the other girls smoke grass

  [Alan looks at Chapman to emphasise this 'horrible' thing] 

  Alan Bayliss : at lunch hour?

  Jane Patten : Oh, wow, Alan it's better than knocking back 3 martinis like you do.

  Lt. Doug Chapman : Is that true, Miss Patten - are you a marijuana user?

• Jim Rockford : [Jim and Sky find Mac Grunmer - the man she was to deliver the $30k to - hanging, dead, of an apparent suicide, at the Ritz On The Beach Hotel, and Jim thinks it was a murder set-up to appear like a suicide, but, Chapman - of course, disagrees]  I'm telling you, Chapman, the man hanging on the end of that rope could have been murdered.

  Lt. Doug Chapman : [Loudly, and angrily]  He's a suicide. The man's hands weren't even tied, not a sign of a struggle.

  Jim Rockford : Grunning was a pill-head. I give you a snoot-full of downers and some cheap Zinfandel, I could hoist you from the ceiling pretty easy.

  Lt. Doug Chapman : He's a loser, Rockford. He got tired of barbiturates, and took the big downer.

  [Chapman thrusts his finger towards Jim, for emphasis] 

  Lt. Doug Chapman : It happens every day!