10. The Big Cheese

Complete story — includes the ending

A reporter friend Eddie Hellinger ( Francis X. McCarthy ) phones Rockford and tells him to expect an important package in the mail. Mobster Chuck Ryan (Alan Manson) wants the package at all costs and sends a couple of thugs to Rockford’s home every day to await the mail’s arrival. Rockford goes searching for Eddie but learns he has been killed. Rockford is told by Sally Packard ( Constance Towers ), who has some inside knowledge on what’s going on, that he was working on a series of articles about the mobster. Things make sense until the package arrives and it is nothing but a big cheese, which leaves a mystery for Rockford and Sally to solve. With Ben Andrews, Eldon Quick, Bill McLean, Hank Brandt, George Pentecost and Alan Manson. This episode features the last appearance in the original series of Rocky ( Noah Beery Jr. ), Chapman ( James Luisi ), Becker ( Joe Santos ) and Angel ( Stuart Margolin ). The latter two reappeared in the 'I Still Love LA' TV movie of 1994.