The Rockford Files

All Episodes 1974 - 1999
TV-PG

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  • 1974-09-14T01:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 4d 6h 39m (122 episodes)
  • Roy Huggins + 1 more, Stephen J. Cannell
  • United States
  • English
  • Universal Television + 2 more, Roy Huggins-Public Arts Productions, Cherokee Productions
  • Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

132 episodes

Jim helps a young girl whose father was murdered and LAPD has closed the case on without finding the killer.

Jim helps a young girl whose father was murdered and LAPD has closed the case on without finding the killer.

1994-11-28T02:00:00Z

Special 3 I Still Love L.A.

Special 3 I Still Love L.A.

  • 1994-11-28T02:00:00Z2h

Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.

Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.

1996-01-15T02:00:00Z

Special 5 If the Frame Fits...

Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.

1996-02-19T02:00:00Z

Special 6 Godfather Knows Best

The fourth of eight "Rockford Files" reunion TV movies

A friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim must must do what it takes to put both her soul and her son's, at rest, himself.

1996-09-19T01:00:00Z

Special 8 Punishment and Crime

Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger.

After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospital, hounded by a beautiful reporter, and out of favor with the entire Police Deapartment. Meanwhile Angel tries to cash in on the publicity by selling a movie about Rockford's life.

Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation

Series Premiere

1974-09-14T01:00:00Z

1x01 The Kirkoff Case

Series Premiere

1x01 The Kirkoff Case

  • 1974-09-14T01:00:00Z50m

Rockford is hired by Larry Kirkoff to find the identity of his parents killer. There are a number of possible suspects including Travis Buckman and Tawnia Baker who were lovers of Mrs. and Mr. Kirkoff respectively. The police actually suspect Larry of the crime, but, lack of evidence prevents them from making a case against him. Rockford's investigation runs him afoul of some pretty bad men who want everyone to go on thinking Larry killed them.

Jim reluctantly agrees to work for Beth Davenport. His job is to help her prove her client, Ann Calhoun, is innocent of the crime she is accused of; murdering her husband Kevin Calhoun. Jim's investigation takes him to the town of Parker, Arizona, where the Calhouns are from. He digs up info someone doesn't want found out and is almost killed trying to return to L.A. Socialites Clyde Russell and Elizabeth Gorman, who were throwing a party the Calhouns attended, are also investigated. Jim's investigation is making someone nervous as another attempt is made on his life.

1974-09-28T01:00:00Z

1x03 The Countess

1x03 The Countess

  • 1974-09-28T01:00:00Z50m

Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...

1974-10-05T01:00:00Z

1x04 Exit Prentiss Carr

1x04 Exit Prentiss Carr

  • 1974-10-05T01:00:00Z50m

Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide...

1974-10-12T01:00:00Z

1x05 Tall Woman in Red Wagon

1x05 Tall Woman in Red Wagon

  • 1974-10-12T01:00:00Z50m

Jim helps a journalist trace the whereabouts of her friend and has to adopt a series of covers in order to obtain the information, as well as contend with a mobsters goons and a Treasury Agent...

1974-10-19T01:00:00Z

1x06 This Case Is Closed

1x06 This Case Is Closed

  • 1974-10-19T01:00:00Z1h 29m

While investigating the fiance of Warren Jamison's daughter, Jim experiences some strange events which include kidnapping by the mob and the FBI who are anxious to get a statement - it all relates back to Jim recent trip to Newark...

1974-10-26T01:00:00Z

1x07 The Big Ripoff

1x07 The Big Ripoff

  • 1974-10-26T01:00:00Z50m

Suspecting her ex-lover was killed by his wife, a woman hires Rockford to jet to Europe to compile evidence. After a fling with the widow, Rockford suspects Steve Nelson faked his death.

1974-11-02T02:00:00Z

1x08 Find Me If You Can

1x08 Find Me If You Can

  • 1974-11-02T02:00:00Z50m

Rockford reluctantly takes a unique assignment: a beautiful mystery woman wants him to find her, to see if someone she fears could also track her down. With a check poised to bounce, the ex-con PI needs the retainer to balance his always-challenged checking account. When Rockford checks with a local police department, he worms out a chilling piece of data: she's been dating Denver Mafia capo-regime, hot-tempered Ralph Correll. But the more Barbara Kelbaker strings along Jim Rockford, the more he's charmed into helping the desperate 30 something.

Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Payroll. The mastermind of the crime and his henchman follow her as well. They search for the remaining robber who wound up with the loot.

1974-11-16T02:00:00Z

1x10 The Dexter Crisis

1x10 The Dexter Crisis

  • 1974-11-16T02:00:00Z50m

Rockford ends up in the Nevada desert (starting with the bright lights of Las Vegas) searching for a rich guy's mistress and her suitcase of precious "documents."

When knowledge of a critically ill convict's hidden fortune comes to light, Rockford becomes involved in helping the con's wife find the treasure before his former partner arrives and demands his share.

1974-12-21T02:00:00Z

1x12 Profit and Loss (1)

1x12 Profit and Loss (1)

  • 1974-12-21T02:00:00Z50m

Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.

1974-12-28T02:00:00Z

1x13 Profit and Loss (2)

1x13 Profit and Loss (2)

  • 1974-12-28T02:00:00Z50m

Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.

1975-01-04T02:00:00Z

1x14 Aura Lee, Farewell

1x14 Aura Lee, Farewell

  • 1975-01-04T02:00:00Z50m

Jim's old friend Sara Butler hires him to find out the real reason her employee Aura Lee Benton died. The police believe it was a drug overdose but Sara is convinced she was murdered.

1975-01-18T02:00:00Z

1x15 Sleight of Hand

1x15 Sleight of Hand

  • 1975-01-18T02:00:00Z50m

Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.

1975-01-25T02:00:00Z

1x16 Counter Gambit

1x16 Counter Gambit

  • 1975-01-25T02:00:00Z50m

Two former cons hire Rockford to find an old girlfriend. They actually want her valuable pearl necklace and implicate him as the thief. With Angel's help, he'll get the pearls back and square himself with the police.

1975-02-01T02:00:00Z

1x17 Claire

1x17 Claire

  • 1975-02-01T02:00:00Z49m

Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones, and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soon discovers there's a missing undercover cop, which puts him up against an arrogant Cpt. Highland, as well.

1975-02-08T02:00:00Z

1x18 Say Goodbye to Jennifer

John Micelli's an old war buddy of Jim', who's now a fashion photographer. He hires Jim to track down a beautiful fashion model, whom the authorities claim is dead; killed in a fiery multi-car accident, but, he thinks otherwise. As Jim starts to look into this, he runs into several intimidating figure who want to make certain she stays that way.

1975-02-15T02:00:00Z

1x19 Charlie Harris at Large

1x19 Charlie Harris at Large

  • 1975-02-15T02:00:00Z50m

Charlie Harris, Rockford's former cell mate, is suspected of murdering his rich wife and is on the run. He calls on Rockford to find his alibi witness, a mystery woman with whom he was having an affair.

1975-02-22T02:00:00Z

1x20 The Four Pound Brick

1x20 The Four Pound Brick

  • 1975-02-22T02:00:00Z50m

A cop dies in an accident that his mother refuses to accept. Rocky offers Jim's services free of charge. After begrudgingly accepting the case he discovers that dirty cops might be involved which then pits him against a very angry Lt. Diel.

1975-03-01T01:00:00Z

1x21 Just by Accident

1x21 Just by Accident

  • 1975-03-01T01:00:00Z50m

A race car driver dies in an apparent accident that his mother, an old friend of Jim's, thinks was no accident. It turns out he was part of an insurance scam outfit and they soon have a similar plan for Rockford.

Season Finale

1975-03-08T01:00:00Z

1x22 Roundabout

Season Finale

1x22 Roundabout

  • 1975-03-08T01:00:00Z50m

An insurance company hires Rockford to locate a missing woman who is due an inheritance. He finds her in Las Vegas where she is an unwitting pawn in a money laundering operation.

Season Premiere

1975-09-13T01:00:00Z

2x01 The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

Season Premiere

2x01 The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

  • 1975-09-13T01:00:00Z49m

Aaron Ironwood, a childhood friend of Jim's, comes to town with a business deal that is just too good to be true. He finally agrees to the deal as he thinks Aaron might be in some kind of trouble. He's is - with both the FBI and the mob.

1975-09-20T01:00:00Z

2x02 The Farnsworth Stratagem

Dennis pleads with Jim to untangle him from a timeshare con, without Dennis' boss, Jim's nemesis Lt. Diehl, finding out he's a victim too. Rockford's a lot more interested when a friend of Dennis' who's also an unhappy vacation homeowner, proves very helpful, and happens to be a gorgeous single blonde. Jim recruits his father and Angel to out-scam the scammers.

1975-09-27T01:00:00Z

2x03 Gearjammers, Part 1

2x03 Gearjammers, Part 1

  • 1975-09-27T01:00:00Z50m

Rocky is targeted for death after seeing a meeting between a truck dispatcher and a crooked executive. Jim wants desperately to protect his father but discovers he hasn't been keeping up with Rocky enough to even find him on a typical day. The dispatcher was giving the supposedly-retired Rocky work as a trucker, so when Jim discovers the dispatcher dead in a crate bound for Malaysia, the police figure the elusive Rocky knows why.

1975-10-04T01:00:00Z

2x04 Gearjammers, Part 2

2x04 Gearjammers, Part 2

  • 1975-10-04T01:00:00Z50m

The Rockfords work with Sgt. Becker to solve Rocky's friend's murder. When 6 tractor trailers from the same depot are hijacked by a gang, there must be a connection with the killing, but who desperately needs tons of ladies' underwear, grapefruit and dynamite ? The proud Rocky resents Jim taking care of him, making the slew of hit-men even harder to combat for Dennis and a very confused LAPD.

1975-10-11T01:00:00Z

2x05 The Deep Blue Sleep

2x05 The Deep Blue Sleep

  • 1975-10-11T01:00:00Z50m

After a late night phone call Beth hires Jim to look for a missing friend who eventually turns up dead. The dead woman worked for a fashion designer who is unknowingly in up to her neck with some very bad "fellas".

When his car breaks down in a small town Jim leaves $10,000 in a land company's safe. The next morning the money - and the man who locked the money up - are gone. When the man turns up dead the sheriff thinks Rockford did it.

1975-11-01T02:00:00Z

2x07 The Real Easy Red Dog

2x07 The Real Easy Red Dog

  • 1975-11-01T02:00:00Z50m

Christine Dusseau, a female private eye, first blindsides Rockford, then joins him in tracking down the murderer in a case the police have dismissed as a suicide.

Convinced a convicted murderer is actually innocent, a journalist looking for a scoop hires Jim to investigate a six year old murder.

Angel asks Jim to help him collect some money from someone who supposedly welshed on a deal. Not surprisingly he hasn't told Jim the whole truth, which includes two very angry hoods who want money Angel owes them.

1975-11-22T02:00:00Z

2x10 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go

2x10 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go

  • 1975-11-22T02:00:00Z50m

When an army colonel is murdered after contacting Rockford, Rockford is forced into the middle of a conflict involving military police, military thieves and the colonel's daughter.

1975-11-29T02:00:00Z

2x11 Pastoria Prime Pick

2x11 Pastoria Prime Pick

  • 1975-11-29T02:00:00Z50m

A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down near the boomtown, after a source Rockford contacts in a divorce case steers Rockford there. While his car is being worked on, Rockford is quickly entangled between an underage motel worker and her jealous cop boyfriend, and in a double-cross over a narcotics deal. Is it just another tricky day for unlucky Jim, or is bucolic New Pastoria a sunny sin city ?

Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.

Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.

1976-01-10T02:00:00Z

2x14 The Hammer of C Block

2x14 The Hammer of C Block

  • 1976-01-10T02:00:00Z50m

A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.

1976-01-17T02:00:00Z

2x15 The No-Cut Contract

2x15 The No-Cut Contract

  • 1976-01-17T02:00:00Z49m

A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

1976-01-24T02:00:00Z

2x16 A Portrait of Elizabeth

A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

1976-01-30T02:00:00Z

2x17 Joey Blue Eyes

2x17 Joey Blue Eyes

  • 1976-01-30T02:00:00Z50m

Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.

1976-02-06T02:00:00Z

2x18 In Hazard

2x18 In Hazard

  • 1976-02-06T02:00:00Z49m

Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.

1976-02-13T02:00:00Z

2x19 The Italian Bird Fiasco

2x19 The Italian Bird Fiasco

  • 1976-02-13T02:00:00Z50m

Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.

1976-02-21T02:00:00Z

2x20 Where's Houston?

2x20 Where's Houston?

  • 1976-02-21T02:00:00Z50m

Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.

1976-03-13T02:00:00Z

2x21 Foul on the First Play

2x21 Foul on the First Play

  • 1976-03-13T02:00:00Z50m

Jim's shackled to his ex-parole officer Marcus Aurelius (Louis Gossett Jr.), now a PI himself, when a no-holds barred competition for a new NBA franchise ensnares both sleazes. Jim can't figure which jock-sucker, the motor mouth Marc works for, but whoever it is, they keep bringing Jim the pain and costing him way-too-many non-reimbursed expenses. As a PO, slick Marc tried to send Jim back up the river; as a PI, he runs Jim dizzy dodging bullets.

Season Finale

1976-03-20T02:00:00Z

2x22 A Bad Deal in the Valley

Season Finale

2x22 A Bad Deal in the Valley

  • 1976-03-20T02:00:00Z50m

Rockford finds himself in the middle of a bad deal indeed when he agrees to help an old girlfriend and ends up with a suitcase full of counterfeit money and under arrest by the F.B.I.

Season Premiere

1976-09-25T01:00:00Z

3x01 The Fourth Man

Season Premiere

3x01 The Fourth Man

  • 1976-09-25T01:00:00Z49m

Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.

Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.

1976-10-09T01:00:00Z

3x03 The Family Hour

3x03 The Family Hour

  • 1976-10-09T01:00:00Z49m

Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

1976-10-16T01:00:00Z

3x04 Feeding Frenzy

3x04 Feeding Frenzy

  • 1976-10-16T01:00:00Z49m

Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.

Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

1976-11-13T02:00:00Z

3x06 Coulter City Wildcat

3x06 Coulter City Wildcat

  • 1976-11-13T02:00:00Z48m

Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.

1976-11-20T02:00:00Z

3x07 So Help Me God

3x07 So Help Me God

  • 1976-11-20T02:00:00Z49m

Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

1976-11-27T02:00:00Z

3x08 Rattlers' Class of '63

3x08 Rattlers' Class of '63

  • 1976-11-27T02:00:00Z49m

Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found.

Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

1976-12-18T02:00:00Z

3x10 Piece Work

3x10 Piece Work

  • 1976-12-18T02:00:00Z49m

While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.

1976-12-25T02:00:00Z

3x11 The Trouble with Warren

3x11 The Trouble with Warren

  • 1976-12-25T02:00:00Z49m

Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

1977-01-08T02:00:00Z

3x12 There's One in Every Port

After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

When several of Jim's fellow P.I.'s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.

Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

1977-02-12T02:00:00Z

3x16 The Becker Connection

3x16 The Becker Connection

  • 1977-02-12T02:00:00Z48m

Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.

Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.

1977-02-26T02:00:00Z

3x18 New Life, Old Dragons

3x18 New Life, Old Dragons

  • 1977-02-26T02:00:00Z49m

Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.

Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.

1977-03-26T02:00:00Z

3x21 Crack Back

3x21 Crack Back

  • 1977-03-26T02:00:00Z48m

Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.

Season Finale

1977-04-02T02:00:00Z

3x22 Dirty Money, Black Light

Season Finale

3x22 Dirty Money, Black Light

  • 1977-04-02T02:00:00Z49m

Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.

Season Premiere

1977-09-17T01:00:00Z

4x01 Beamer's Last Case

Season Premiere

4x01 Beamer's Last Case

  • 1977-09-17T01:00:00Z49m

Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his Firebird. And that's just the beginning of his problems...

1977-09-24T01:00:00Z

4x02 Trouble in Chapter 17

4x02 Trouble in Chapter 17

  • 1977-09-24T01:00:00Z48m

Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her.

1977-10-01T01:00:00Z

4x03 The Battle of Canoga Park

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

1977-10-15T01:00:00Z

4x04 Second Chance

4x04 Second Chance

  • 1977-10-15T01:00:00Z49m

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

1977-10-22T01:00:00Z

4x05 The Dog and Pony Show

4x05 The Dog and Pony Show

  • 1977-10-22T01:00:00Z49m

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

1977-11-05T02:00:00Z

4x06 Requiem for a Funny Box

4x06 Requiem for a Funny Box

  • 1977-11-05T02:00:00Z49m

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

1977-11-12T02:00:00Z

4x07 Quickie Nirvana

4x07 Quickie Nirvana

  • 1977-11-12T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs after her to retrieve some money he put in her care.

1977-11-19T02:00:00Z

4x08 Irving the Explainer

4x08 Irving the Explainer

  • 1977-11-19T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone who could bring the IRS down on them.

1977-12-03T02:00:00Z

4x10 Hotel of Fear

4x10 Hotel of Fear

  • 1977-12-03T02:00:00Z49m

Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

1977-12-08T02:00:00Z

4x11 Forced Retirement

4x11 Forced Retirement

  • 1977-12-08T02:00:00Z49m

Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the target of some shady businessmen. Jimmy Joe Meeker comes to her rescue.

1977-12-17T02:00:00Z

4x12 The Queen of Peru

4x12 The Queen of Peru

  • 1977-12-17T02:00:00Z49m

The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.

1977-12-24T02:00:00Z

4x13 A Deadly Maze

4x13 A Deadly Maze

  • 1977-12-24T02:00:00Z49m

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

1978-01-07T02:00:00Z

4x14 The Attractive Nuisance

4x14 The Attractive Nuisance

  • 1978-01-07T02:00:00Z49m

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

1978-01-21T02:00:00Z

4x16 The Paper Palace

4x16 The Paper Palace

  • 1978-01-21T02:00:00Z1h 13m

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

1978-01-28T02:00:00Z

4x17 Dwarf in a Helium Hat

4x17 Dwarf in a Helium Hat

  • 1978-01-28T02:00:00Z49m

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

1978-02-04T02:00:00Z

4x18 South by Southeast

4x18 South by Southeast

  • 1978-02-04T02:00:00Z48m

Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.

1978-02-11T02:00:00Z

4x19 The Competitive Edge

4x19 The Competitive Edge

  • 1978-02-11T02:00:00Z49m

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

4x21 The House on Willis Avenue

  • 1978-02-25T02:00:00Z1h 38m

When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.

Season Finale

1978-02-25T02:00:00Z

4x22 The House on Willis Avenue

Season Finale

4x22 The House on Willis Avenue

  • 1978-02-25T02:00:00Z1h

Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.

Season Premiere

1978-09-23T01:00:00Z

5x01 Heartaches of a Fool

Season Premiere

5x01 Heartaches of a Fool

  • 1978-09-23T01:00:00Z49m

Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.

A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.

1978-10-07T01:00:00Z

5x03 The Jersey Bounce

5x03 The Jersey Bounce

  • 1978-10-07T01:00:00Z49m

Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.

1978-10-28T01:00:00Z

5x05 Kill the Messenger

5x05 Kill the Messenger

  • 1978-10-28T01:00:00Z49m

When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.

1978-11-04T02:00:00Z

5x06 The Empty Frame

5x06 The Empty Frame

  • 1978-11-04T02:00:00Z48m

At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him.

After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.

Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone isn't easy to babysit, and things get dicey when some old Chicago "friends" of Falcone show up to complicate things.

1978-11-25T02:00:00Z

5x09 Black Mirror: Part 1

5x09 Black Mirror: Part 1

  • 1978-11-25T02:00:00Z50m

A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.

1978-11-25T02:00:00Z

5x10 Black Mirror: Part 2

5x10 Black Mirror: Part 2

  • 1978-11-25T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split personality - one of which is a paid killer.

1978-12-02T02:00:00Z

5x11 A Fast Count

5x11 A Fast Count

  • 1978-12-02T02:00:00Z49m

Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.

Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.

A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.

Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.

1979-01-20T02:00:00Z

5x15 Guilt

5x15 Guilt

  • 1979-01-20T02:00:00Z49m

Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

1979-01-26T02:00:00Z

5x16 The Deuce

5x16 The Deuce

  • 1979-01-26T02:00:00Z49m

Having Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-driver that brought the accused to court.

If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.

A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.

1979-02-25T02:00:00Z

5x19 A Material Difference

5x19 A Material Difference

  • 1979-02-25T02:00:00Z50m

Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.

Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.

Season Finale

1979-04-14T02:00:00Z

5x22 A Different Drummer

Season Finale

5x22 A Different Drummer

  • 1979-04-14T02:00:00Z50m

While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

Season Premiere

1979-09-29T01:00:00Z

6x01 Paradise Cove

Season Premiere

6x01 Paradise Cove

  • 1979-09-29T01:00:00Z49m

Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).

Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.

While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds his body but the presumed killer is not whom he had expected.

1979-11-20T02:00:00Z

6x06 Love Is the Word

6x06 Love Is the Word

  • 1979-11-20T02:00:00Z49m

Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.

1979-11-17T02:00:00Z

6x07 Nice Guys Finish Dead

6x07 Nice Guys Finish Dead

  • 1979-11-17T02:00:00Z49m

The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.

1979-11-24T02:00:00Z

6x08 The Hawaiian Headache

6x08 The Hawaiian Headache

  • 1979-11-24T02:00:00Z49m

Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.

1979-12-01T02:00:00Z

6x09 No Fault Affair

6x09 No Fault Affair

  • 1979-12-01T02:00:00Z49m

Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him again. As Jim helps Rita recover she begins to see him as more than just as a friend, to the concern of everyone.

1979-12-08T02:00:00Z

6x10 The Big Cheese

6x10 The Big Cheese

  • 1979-12-08T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.

1979-12-15T02:00:00Z

6x11 Just a Coupla Guys

6x11 Just a Coupla Guys

  • 1979-12-15T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the middle of a mob war when 2 mooks, looking to make a name for themselves, get involved and complicate everything.

Season Finale

1980-01-11T02:00:00Z

6x12 Deadlock in Parma

Season Finale

6x12 Deadlock in Parma

  • 1980-01-11T02:00:00Z50m

In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout fishing in the mountains, the vacationing PI becomes the emergency proxy for a fellow angler, an environmentalist councilman, felled by appendicitis. But the seemingly-innocuous proposition for a Parma city park, attracts a trailer load of New Jersey mobsters who urge Rockford to keep his vote green, or sleep with the fishes. Meanwhile, this town council in the land of endless propositions, acts to force their temporary member Rockford to go fishing under the moonlight, but not in Parma.

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