As was previously mentioned by the other reviewers, this is the first episode with Beth Davenport as Jim's infrequent attorney, and it's very obvious they have great chemistry together even in this early season 1 segment. She also appears many other times, and most of those times, her and Jim work well off each other; they're even romantic partners, but never on a serious basis. We want Rockford living alone in the dusty trailer, don't we? To me, the episode seemed to lose track of itself(or maybe my own brain)near the conclusion, when everyone seemed to be guilty of something after the murder of a poet who changes identity takes place. The motive revolves around a copyrighted book which was to become a film, I believe, and if the writer's dead before a certain date, someone else gets the fortune and fame. A fiancé of a woman ends up in jail after killing the attorney(not Beth), but Rockford figures out this woman killed her first husband on a boating trip. Overkill at this point, if you ask me.
In this episode, we see a few scenes with Rocky, Jim's beloved car, the taco stand and Dennis, so a formula is being set in the inaugural season of this great show. If I were to recommend this particular segment, it would for the first partnership between Jim and Beth, who really work well together.