21. Foul on the First Play

Rockford’s old parole agent, Marcus Aurelius Hayes ( Louis Gossett Jr. ), still pretending to have that job, hires Jim with a fake story that gets Jim beat up. Hayes then follows the assailants to find out who their boss is. It’s his way of finding out who is putting pressure on the commissioner of a basketball league. Things come to a head when Rockford learns that Hayes has become a private investigator, and then the commissioner is murdered. With David White, Al Ruscio, Pepper Martin, Jayne Kennedy, Richard Davalos, Chuck Bowman, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Al Checco, John Mahon, and James Ingersoll.