Episode 131: Murder and Misdemeanors

Nathan and Eppy hit the streets of LA for the penultimate 90s TV Movie, Murder and Misdemeanors. A fellow ex-con-turned-PI, Booker Hutch (John Amos), cons Jim into taking his remaining caseload - and before he can even look over the files, Jim's fielding police harassment. There's an investigation into potentially dirty cops, a reporter hungry for a story (Isabel Glasser), some great goons, and Angel hovering to take advantage of Jim's sudden notoriety - a perfect mess for our friend Jim to untangle! Thankfully, he makes a good friend along the way. A very 70s-era feeling movie, this one isn't as ambitious as some previous 90s stories, but it certainly satisfies with Rockfordishness. We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support. Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files! We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons. In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons: Richard Hatem Bill Anderson Brian Perrera Eric Antener Jordan Bockelman Michael Zalisco Joe Greathead Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America Chuck Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum Paul Townend recommends the Fruit Loops podcast Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app Jay Adan's Miniature Painting Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations Nathan Black, Jay Thompson, David Nixon, Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church! Thanks to: Fireside.fm for hosting us Audio Hijack for helping us record and capture clips from the show Freesound.org for other audio clips