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How much of Leslie Charleson's work have you seen? See more awards ». Known For. General Hospital Dr. Port Charles Dr. Creator: Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Watch Now. Stream On. Season 3 Episodes. Episode User Score. Rockford is mistaken for a FBI agent and put on a plane to Mexico where he finds a heiress who is trying to escape from her husband, who is exploiting her family's good name. Rockford teams up with Richie Brockelman, who thinks that a detective friend of theirs death was murder, and they discover a city councilman's crooked dealings.
A prior altercation makes Rockford a prime suspect in the murder of one of Rocky's disruptive neighbors. Rockford meets the too-good-to-be-true investigator Lance White while searching for an industrialist's daughter.
Becker can't find time to study for his lieutenant's exam while investigating the murder of the deputy police chief's unfaithful wife. A murder investigation leads Rockford to a TV personality who is trying to frame a boxer's manager. Rockford receives unfavorable notice from a tabloid and thugs when he digs into a shooting of a doctor to the stars. Rockford looks into the death of a top fashion model, who dies the same night a jet-setter gets killed.
After getting cleaned out in Las Vegas Rockford hitches a ride with a guy who leaves him with a stolen car full of illegal arms. Rockford takes up the case of a habitually drunken driver who is accused a causing a traffic death. Angel poses a high priced hitman but Rockford must save his life when he collects his fee without making his hit. Rockford sets up an elaborate con involving a cursed museum exhibit to get even with a swindler who duped Richie Brockelman's father out of his business.
Hospitalized by an accident, Rockford's convinced he sees a cadaver's arm move an organ is extracted. User reviews 6 Review. Top review. Portrait of a Sociopath. Or is it psychopath? No spoilers. However, at the heart of this tale is a portrait of a severely fractured human being who becomes a 'cop nut' or 'police groupie' in order to try and give meaning to her otherwise empty life.
That's what this great episode is REALLY about, and all the other players revolve around the behavior and actions of this demented character. Armed with a police scanner, an overdose of self-delusion, and a marked lack of scruples, Joyce Van Patten sister of Dick Van Patten turns in a movie quality, Emmy award winning performance as she sadly intertwines herself into a high stakes game to the death involving Rockford, the cops, the mafia, and several innocent bystanders, all who pay a price for this woman's unsolicited involvement.
Just as Stuart Margolin so convincingly disappears into the role of Angel Martin, Joyce Van Patten likewise dons the character of Lianne Sweeny, a woman bent on using any means available to link herself with the LAPD in a way that is deeply disturbing. Every move Van Patten makes on screen is Sweeny. Her walk, her talk, her gestures The audience moves from feeling interest toward her, to apprehension, to pity, then to anger and revulsion I would rate Van Patten's performance equal to, or even better, than Jessica Walter's personification of a similarly disturbed woman in Clint Eastwood's chiller 'Play Misty for Me'.
It would not surprise me in the least if Van Patten's performance is used in acting school as a reference for both ultimate character submersion as well as a splendid example of how to portray mental illness in such a real, and thus startling, manner. BTW - Garner and Santos turn in great performances as well! We see a side of Becker never before revealed, and the same could be said of Rockford. CoastalCruiser Apr 18,
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