9. Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel

Unemployed old army buddy Brennan ( Ned Beatty ) urges a reluctant Rockford to accept a case searching for a woman’s missing sister, then talks Jim into allowing him to assist in the investigation. On the first day Brennan assaults a man and gets Jim in trouble with the IRS. Their relationship gets more strained when Brennan turns out to be a fellow private investigator on a case involving a stolen $3 million vase that a devious art collector ( Paul Stevens ) is also interested in. With Veronica Hamel, Norman Burton, Robert Karnes, Bart Burns, James Congdon, Jeff David and John Mahon.