Episode 139: Forced Retirement

About this episode

Nathan and Eppy revisit the first of their 'lost episodes' discussing S4E11 Forced Retirement.

Nathan and Eppy revisit the first of our "lost episodes" with S4E11 Forced Retirement. An old college friend of Beth's is involved with a secretive undersea submersible project, and after Beth surprises an intruder in her apartment, Jim offers to look into it. He calls in his Jimmy Joe Meeker persona to pose as an investor, kangaroo-skin boots and all; but when the inventor's plane blows up, Jim and Beth have to figure out what's going on before someone else dies. It's a good one! We have another podcast: Plus Expenses . Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon at ALL levels of support. Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files ! We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons . In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons: Richard Hatem Bill Anderson Brian Perrera Eric Antener Jordan Bockelman Michael Zalisco Joe Greathead Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America Chuck Suffel's…

Topics covered

• tv
• film
• reviews
• society
• culture

Keywords

• undersea submersible project
• intruder
• investor
• Jimmy Joe Meeker
• plane explosion

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