The Late Emmy Award Winning Rockford Series Co-Creator Stephen J. Cannell firmly establishes "Rockford" as a Character driven crime drama in this Episode with superb dialogue that would have given even the Great Crime Novelist Elmore Leonard a run for his money. Angel (Stuart Margolin) for the first time becomes the central character in twisted plot that has him unknowingly ripping off his own employer and unwittingly becoming indebted to shady characters. Angel exclaims after a run in with Sgt. Becker (Series Regular Joe Santos) that "I'm Getting a Bad Case of the Fifth Amendment". Local Mobsters propound on the authenticity of Los Angeles Pizza while trying to get their hands on the stolen loot and Jim composes a hilarious "Obituary" exposing Angel's awful real First Name and his shoddy record of desertion under fire in Korea. David Chase now gets all of the writing accolades for this excellent series- But this Episode written by Cannell is one of the Finest. A must see for the serious "Rockfordphile".
