This episode started season 5 of the Rockford Files and it's a strong entry about macho country music star Charlie Strayhorn(played by the late Taylor Lacher)whose life and business is spiraling out of control as he's on a hectic schedule. One of his problems revolves around his sausage company(that's right, his picture's on the package), and it directly involves Rocky, who was forced off the road by a couple of cars; Rocky was driving a non-unionized truck, and the men from the other cars stole the contents of the truck. Jim investigates while his father's recovering in a hospital, and he discovers the sausage has a connection to Mexico of which I'm not 100% sure why; I think the meat was either being shipped or manufactured there unbeknownst to Strayhorn, who gets an impolite visit by Rockford, and soon after, they come to blows on the front lawn in a very funny scene. Add a dead manager in an isolated trailer, and a Chinese triad(hard to believe they got involved)led by a familiar face in James Shigeta, and what we get is another well written episode to start out the new season. Rocky gets a decent amount of face time and some scenes, and it seems that Strayhorn is very fond of him, and pays for the hospital bills. Rockford and the singer play well together, and seem to have nice chemistry; they save the day with rifles and help from the cops. A few Willie Nelson songs provide the soundtrack, and although I'm not a big fan, the opening song during Rocky's accident added a nice touch. Lastly, James Garner seems to have aged quite a bit between the last episode of season 4 and the opener of season 5, as his health concerns could've been mounting.