Ep 4. Feeding Frenzy

Rockford's ex-girlfriend Sandy Baylock asks him to meet her for dinner. Rockford's smart enough to guess she needs help, and he's almost right: her father needs the help. Jim doesn't understand what kind of problems "good old Charlie Baylock, the friendly bait salesman" might have. Soon enough, Jim learns. Three years ago, Charlie was a low echelon executive for an oil conglomerate, en route to a broken marriage and alcoholism - a different man. More by reflex than by plan, Charlie found a safe containing cash and pushed it out the window. Later, sober and terrified, Charlie put the money in a safety deposit box and quit his job to become a bait salesman. Now the statute of limitations has expired and Charlie wants to return the money. Jim agrees to help, and that pits him against kidnapping mobsters and obnoxious policemen - in particular, Lieutenant Dan Hall, who with a bit of legal chicanery just might link Jim to the original crime!