In a episode based on the old Sherlock Holmes story about the busts of the 7 Napoleons, Rockford is hired by the disagreeable Thomas Caine (William Daniels). Caine is an antiques dealer who wants Rockford to act as his agent to go to an auction and bid on a Italian bird statuette which he says might be a rare cormorant. At the auction, meets the lovely Evelyn Stoneman (Robert Evan's second wife, Camilla Sparv) who also wants the bird. Out in the parking lot, a couple of thugs try and take it away from Rockford but the bird is broken in the process. When Jim goes back to report what happened to Caine, he finds no sign of the man.
Although the story is kind of reworked Sherlock Holmes, William Daniels is excellent as Thomas Caine. He would be brought back to even greater success as Larry Bevins in "So Help Me God" in which Jim is called in by the Grand Jury. He and Garner (who is so good at being irritated) make this episode, though Sparv makes pretty scenery!
Although the story is kind of reworked Sherlock Holmes, William Daniels is excellent as Thomas Caine. He would be brought back to even greater success as Larry Bevins in "So Help Me God" in which Jim is called in by the Grand Jury. He and Garner (who is so good at being irritated) make this episode, though Sparv makes pretty scenery!