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Year: 1974  |  1975  |  1976  |  1977  |  1978  |  1979  |  1980


Season 1


"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1:  -- Rockford (James Garner) is approached by a young woman who wants him to determine if her father's death was a suicide or a murder. Guest stars: Lindsay Wagner, Bill Mumy. Part 1 of 2.
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Season 1, Episode 0: Backlash of the Hunter

Original Air Date—27 March 1974
Jim helps a young girl who's father was murdered and LAPD has closed the case on without finding the killer.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 1 -- The heir to a family fortune hires Rockford (James Garner) to find his parents' killers. Guest stars: Abe Vigoda, James Woods.

Season 1, Episode 1: The Kirkoff Case

Original Air Date—13 September 1974
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.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Rockford's attorney pressures him into investigating the murder of a screenwriter.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Dark and Bloody Ground

Original Air Date—20 September 1974
Jim reluctantly agrees to work for Beth Davenport. His job is to help her prove that 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 he 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.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 3 -- A wealthy Texan's wife hires Rockford (James Garner) to deal with a blackmail problem.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Countess

Original Air Date—27 September 1974
A woman meets a man on a lonely stretch of highway while Rockford is filming the exchange from a hillside. Jim is working for the woman. Her name is Deborah Ryder and she is being blackmailed by Carl Brego. He has information of her sordid past and ties to organized crime that she doesn't want revealed. Jim is confident he can get Brego off her back but things go sour for him when Brego is killed and the police think Jim did it.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 4 -- When Rockford is hired to check on a philandering husband, he finds the man dead under mysterious circumstances.

Season 1, Episode 4: Exit Prentiss Carr

Original Air Date—4 October 1974
Rockford has been hired by Janet Carr to locate her husband Prentiss. He finds him dead in a hotel bungalow in Bay City. It looks like murder to Jim but later when the police investigate they deem it a suicide. Jim is convinced it was murder and begins to question Janet as to her whereabouts. He doesn't know who to trust...Janet appears reluctant to tell Jim where she was and he thinks the police could be covering something up.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Rockford disguises himself as a coffin salesman, a psychiatrist and an IRS agent to find a missing newspaperwoman.

Season 1, Episode 5: Tall Woman in Red Wagon

Original Air Date—11 October 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Rockford is hired to check out a tycoon's prospective son-in-law.
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Season 1, Episode 6: This Case Is Closed

Original Air Date—18 October 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Rockford (James Garner) is hired by a man's lover to find out whether he died accidentally or was done in by his wife. Guest stars: Suzanne Somers, Jill Clayburgh.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Big Ripoff

Original Air Date—25 October 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Rockford (James Garner) sets out to learn the identity of a girl who is involved with the kingpin of Denver's underworld. Guest stars: Joan Van Ark, Paul Michael Glaser.

Season 1, Episode 9: Find Me If You Can

Original Air Date—1 November 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Rockford (James Garner) trails a young woman in the hopes that she will lead to the recovery of $1 million.

Season 1, Episode 10: In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

Original Air Date—8 November 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Rockford (James Garner) finds a wealthy businessman's missing girlfriend and is then assigned to keep a close watch on her.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Dexter Crisis

Original Air Date—15 November 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Rockford (James Garner) is hired by a convict's wife to find a fortune that is stashed on a ranch. Guest star: Shelley Fabares.

Season 1, Episode 12: Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!

Original Air Date—6 December 1974
Rockford gets involved helping a con's wife looking for buried treasure.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 13 -- A kidnapper knocks Rockford (James Garner) out while abducting a client from his trailer. Guest stars: Ned Beatty and Michael Lerner. Part 1 of 2.

Season 1, Episode 13: Profit and Loss: Profit

Original Air Date—20 December 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 14 -- Rockford (James Garner) burglarizes a print shop while searching for clues that will lead to stock-market fixing. Guest stars: Ned Beatty and Michael Lerner. Part 2 of 2.

Season 1, Episode 14: Profit and Loss: Loss

Original Air Date—27 December 1974

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 15 -- A woman hires Rockford (James Garner) to solve a homicide involving a state senator and a con man. Guest star: Lindsay Wagner.

Season 1, Episode 15: Aura Lee, Farewell

Original Air Date—3 January 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 16 -- Rockford's search for his girlfriend leads to a fugitive syndicate chief.

Season 1, Episode 16: Sleight of Hand

Original Air Date—17 January 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Rockford (James Garner) and a released convict battle for pearls and a woman. Guest star: Mary Frann.

Season 1, Episode 17: Counter Gambit

Original Air Date—24 January 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 18 -- When Rockford (James Garner) does a favor for his former fiancee, he is promptly plunged into a tug of war between the police and the underworld. Guest stars: Linda Evans, Jackie Cooper.

Season 1, Episode 18: Claire

Original Air Date—31 January 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 19 -- Rockford's (James Garner) uncanny knowledge of fashion models' quirks leads to the solution of a homicide. Guest star: Hector Elizondo.

Season 1, Episode 19: Say Goodbye to Jennifer

Original Air Date—7 February 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 20 -- A playboy suspected in the death of his wealthy wife turns to his former prison cellmate, Rockford (James Garner), to prove his innocence. Guest star: Diana Muldaur.

Season 1, Episode 20: Charlie Harris at Large

Original Air Date—14 February 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Although the police write off a rookie's death as accidental, Rockford finds new evidence.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Four Pound Brick

Original Air Date—21 February 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 22 -- A stock car driver's wealthy mother hires Rockford to investigate her son's "accidental" death.

Season 1, Episode 22: Just by Accident

Original Air Date—28 February 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 1: Episode 23 -- Jim (James Garner) delivers a check to a singer in Las Vegas and finds she is a prisoner.

Season 1, Episode 23: Roundabout

Original Air Date—7 March 1975

Season 2


"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 1 -- Jim Rockford (series star James Garner) welcomes home his childhood foster brother, now worth millions, but suddenly is asked to protect him from the underworld.

Season 2, Episode 1: The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

Original Air Date—12 September 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 2 -- Rockford (series star James Garner) battles a group perpetrating a fraud on his friend, Detective Becker.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Farnsworth Stratagem

Original Air Date—19 September 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 3 -- Jim Rockford's father becomes the target of assassins after he observes an underworld payoff, and Rockford searches frantically for him. Scott Brady and Rosemary DeCamp are guest stars.

Season 2, Episode 3: Gearjammers: Part 1

Original Air Date—26 September 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 4 -- Failing to "get" Rocky (Noah Beery) the first time, assassins continue their efforts while Jim Rockford (series star James Garner) and police zero in on a bizarre hijacking scheme. Scott Brady guest-stars.

Season 2, Episode 4: Gearjammers: Part 2

Original Air Date—3 October 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 5 -- Jim Rockford (series star James Garner) searches for a missing model, and in so doing, uncovers a homicide trail through a high-fashion studio which leads to an intricate underworld operation.

Season 2, Episode 5: The Deep Blue Sleep

Original Air Date—10 October 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 6 -- In the process of recovering $10,000 stolen by a salesman, Rockford (James Garner) uncovers a huge land swindle.

Season 2, Episode 6: The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company

Original Air Date—17 October 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 7 -- An attractive private eye dupes Rockford into working as her decoy.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Real Easy Red Dog

Original Air Date—31 October 1975
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.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 8 -- Magazine writer Susan Alexander (guest star Joan Van Ark) hires Jim Rockford (James Garner) to help her free a man convicted of homicide who she believes is innocent.

Season 2, Episode 8: Resurrection in Black and White

Original Air Date—7 November 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 9 -- Jim Rockford's (James Garner) good deed backfires and he becomes a target of the underworld when he is suckered into helping his old cell mate Angel.

Season 2, Episode 9: Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

Original Air Date—14 November 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 10 -- While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms smuggling ring.

Season 2, Episode 10: Two Into 5.56 Won't Go

Original Air Date—21 November 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 11 -- Rockford is towed into the small town of Pastoria and this is where his troubles begin. The Mayor, sheriff, and prosecutor are collaborating in a crime operation under the guise of progress.

Season 2, Episode 11: Pastoria Prime Pick

Original Air Date—28 November 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 12 -- Angie, a bookkeeper, hires Rockford to find her missing brother, a stock broker who also is being sought by Federal agents.

Season 2, Episode 12: The Reincarnation of Angie

Original Air Date—5 December 1975

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 13 -- Rockford poses as a newspaper publisher when he infiltrates a "charity" club for a mysterious client who suspects a rigged gambling operation.

Season 2, Episode 13: The Girl in the Bay City Boys' Club

Original Air Date—19 December 1975
Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 14 -- Oscar-winning composer-singer Isaac Hayes (Best Song, Theme from "Shaft!' 1971) guest-stars as convict Gandy Fitch who, after serving 20 years for slaying his wife, hires Rockford to find the real assassin.

Season 2, Episode 14: The Hammer of C Block

Original Air Date—9 January 1976
A friend from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 15 -- Rob Reiner guest-stars as a small-time pro quarterback who implicates Rockford in a blackmail scheme that brings both the mob and federal agents after Jim.

Season 2, Episode 15: The No-Cut Contract

Original Air Date—16 January 1976
A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 16 -- John Saxon guest-stars as a debonair comptroller who hires Rockford to investigate possible thievery of cashier checks and the probe uncovers a scheme involving the use of art in a most unsavory manner.

Season 2, Episode 16: A Portrait of Elizabeth

Original Air Date—23 January 1976
A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 17 -- Michael Ansara guest-stars as an ex-convict trying to go straight, who hires Rockford to combat an unsavory group's efforts to "steal" his legitimate restaurant business.

Season 2, Episode 17: Joey Blue Eyes

Original Air Date—30 January 1976
Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 18 -- Attorney Beth Davenport needs Rockford's help after she counsels a stock broker in a tax suit and suddenly finds herself in jail and the target of an assassination attempt.

Season 2, Episode 18: In Hazard

Original Air Date—6 February 1976
Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 19 -- Rockford is hired to purchase a rare sculptured bird at auction and the art treasure immediately involves him with an international smuggling ring.

Season 2, Episode 19: The Italian Bird Fiasco

Original Air Date—13 February 1976
Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 20 -- Rockford searches for the granddaughter of Rocky's old pal, Preli, believed a kidnap victim, but his investigation uncovers a plot to gobble up real estate, including Preli's property in a rundown end of town.

Season 2, Episode 20: Where's Houston?

Original Air Date—20 February 1976
Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 21 -- Former NYU basketball star Lou Gossett guest-stars as a parole officer turned private detective whose efforts to "use" his old friend Rockford in helping a client obtain a new basketball franchise takes a strange turn.

Season 2, Episode 21: Foul on the First Play

Original Air Date—12 March 1976

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 2: Episode 22 -- Susan Strasberg guest-stars as a sophisticated real estate woman who uses her old flame, Rockford, to deliver escrow papers to another agent -- but the package contains $100,000 in bogus money.

Season 2, Episode 22: A Bad Deal in the Valley

Original Air Date—19 March 1976

Season 3


"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 1 -- Lori, a stewardess friend of investigator Jim Rockford, is the target of an assassin in an airport parking lot and Rockford soon discovers the prime suspect is a cold-blooded "hit” man.

Season 3, Episode 1: The Fourth Man

Original Air Date—24 September 1976
Jim helps a friend who is being pursued by a hit man.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 2 -- Jim Rockford’s troubles with police and the underworld mount when a psychic, Clementi, points to him during an investigation of the slaying of a dope pusher.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

Original Air Date—1 October 1976
Jim Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police when an popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 3 -- Jim Rockford and his father inadvertently become custodians of a 9-year-old girl, Marin, who is looking for her father (who is trying hard not to be found).

Season 3, Episode 3: The Family Hour

Original Air Date—8 October 1976
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 4 -- Jim Rockford's effort to return $500,000 stolen from an oil company by his fiancée’s repentant father runs into complications.

Season 3, Episode 4: Feeding Frenzy

Original Air Date—15 October 1976
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.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Rockford's friend Angel suddenly becomes wealthy and big in real estate, but the price for his affluence includes an unholy alliance with the underworld.

Season 3, Episode 5: Drought at Indianhead River

Original Air Date—5 November 1976
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 6 -- Rocky's luck is short-lived after he hits a bonanza in an oil rights lottery.

Season 3, Episode 6: Coulter City Wildcat

Original Air Date—12 November 1976
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.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 7 -- Rockford, summoned before the Grand Jury concerning the alleged kidnapping of a union official, is cited for contempt and put In a Federal prison.

Season 3, Episode 7: So Help Me God

Original Air Date—19 November 1976
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 8 -- Rockford's former cellmate, Angel, suckers him into being best man at his wedding, which turns out to be part of Angel's scheme to swindle an Armenian family in a real estate deal.

Season 3, Episode 8: Rattlers' Class of '63

Original Air Date—26 November 1976
Jim uncovers a crime from the past.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 9 -- An old army buddy inveigles Rockford into accepting a client who says she is looking for her missing sister, but the trail leads to a stolen art object.

Season 3, Episode 9: Return to the 38th Parallel

Original Air Date—10 December 1976
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 10 -- Rockford is hired by an insurance company to check out an accident claim and uncovers a gun-running caper that makes him the target of both the underworld and federal agents.

Season 3, Episode 10: Piece Work

Original Air Date—17 December 1976
While investigating an insurance claim, Jim stumbles into something much bigger.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 11 -- Rockford's attorney, Beth Davenport, pressures him into helping her brilliant cousin who is suspected of slaying his boss, and Jim's investigation uncovers a web of bribery and conspiracy.

Season 3, Episode 11: The Trouble with Warren

Original Air Date—24 December 1976
Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 12 -- After being taken by a father-daughter swindle team, Rockford puts his own con game in motion while trying to recover $200,000 stolen from him and others in the robbery of a private poker party.

Season 3, Episode 12: There's One in Every Port

Original Air Date—7 January 1977
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 13 -- Rockford's clients are fellow private investigators who are being illegally forced out of business by a conglomerate agency which goes to elaborate means, including homicide, to stamp out competition.

Season 3, Episode 13: Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

Original Air Date—14 January 1977
Jim helps some fellow P.I.'s that have lost their licenses.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 14 -- Jim Rockford succumbs to the pleas of his father, Rocky, to help get their old friend, T.T. Flowers, out of a senior citizens hospital, where his daughter and son-in-law have committed him. Part 1 of 2.

Season 3, Episode 14: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

Original Air Date—21 January 1977
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 15 -- Rockford attempts to rescue T.T. from a senior citizens hospital but the old gentleman escapes and barricades himself at Freedom Farm. Part 2 of 2.

Season 3, Episode 15: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

Original Air Date—28 January 1977
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 16 -- When Det. Becker is suspended on suspicions of dealing in dope, Rockford investigates and uncovers a narcotics ring complete with a crooked cop. Jack Kelly and Jack Carter guest-star.

Season 3, Episode 16: The Becker Connection

Original Air Date—11 February 1977

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 17 -- Composer-singer Isaac Hayes, who won an Oscar in 1971 for the theme song from "Shaft," will make his second guest-star appearance as ex-con Gandy Fitch, one half of a team of private detectives competing with Rockford on a finder's fee case.

Season 3, Episode 17: Just Another Polish Wedding

Original Air Date—18 February 1977
Jim gets Gandy (Fitch) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Gabby to Gandy) who promptly then tries to steal Jim's (Rockfish to Gandy) case.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 18 -- A Vietnamese beauty hires Rockford to find her missing brother and the investigation uncovers a bizarre kidnap plot involving three ex-soldiers, a CIA agent, and $500,000 stolen from American payrolls in Saigon.

Season 3, Episode 18: New Life, Old Dragons

Original Air Date—25 February 1977

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 19 -- Police buff Lianne Sweeney causes problems for Detective Becker when she involves herself in Rockford's search for a mobster lawyer's missing fiancée. Part 1 of 2.

Season 3, Episode 19: To Protect and Serve: Part 1

Original Air Date—11 March 1977

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 20 -- Police groupie Sweeney jeopardizes the lives of Rockford and Patsy Fossler, the woman he is shielding from hit men, when she tells the thugs where Jim is hiding her. Part 2 of 2.

Season 3, Episode 20: To Protect and Serve: Part 2

Original Air Date—18 March 1977

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 21 -- Counselor Beth Davenport hires Rockford to find a missing witness who can provide an alibi for her client, a football player who is charged with homicide, when she is suddenly harassed by phone calls and pornographic gifts.

Season 3, Episode 21: Crack Back

Original Air Date—25 March 1977
Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.

"The Rockford Files" (1974): Season 3: Episode 22 -- Rockford enters the case after his father, Rocky, vacationing in Hawaii, receives huge sums of money in the mail at home, and suddenly both the mob and Federal agents are interested in his good fortune.

Season 3, Episode 22: Dirty Money, Black Light

Original Air Date—1 April 1977
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Beamer's Last Case

Original Air Date—16 September 1977
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...

Season 4, Episode 2: Trouble in Chapter 17

Original Air Date—23 September 1977
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.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Battle of Canoga Park

Original Air Date—30 September 1977
Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

Season 4, Episode 4: Second Chance

Original Air Date—14 October 1977
When the life of Gandy Fitch's girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

Season 4, Episode 5: The Dog and Pony Show

Original Air Date—21 October 1977
Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

Season 4, Episode 6: Requiem for a Funny Box

Original Air Date—4 November 1977
A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

Season 4, Episode 7: Quickie Nirvana

Original Air Date—11 November 1977
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.

Season 4, Episode 8: Irving the Explainer

Original Air Date—18 November 1977
Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

Season 4, Episode 9: The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls

Original Air Date—25 November 1977
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.

Season 4, Episode 10: Hotel of Fear

Original Air Date—2 December 1977
Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

Season 4, Episode 11: Forced Retirement

Original Air Date—9 December 1977
Jim gets a whiff of corporate corruption when Beth asks him to check up on a client's associates.

Season 4, Episode 12: The Queen of Peru

Original Air Date—16 December 1977
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.

Season 4, Episode 13: A Deadly Maze

Original Air Date—23 December 1977
Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

Season 4, Episode 14: The Attractive Nuisance

Original Air Date—6 January 1978
An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

Season 4, Episode 15: The Gang at Don's Drive-In

Original Air Date—13 January 1978
An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

Season 4, Episode 16: The Paper Palace

Original Air Date—20 January 1978
A prostitute hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

Season 4, Episode 17: Dwarf in a Helium Hat

Original Air Date—27 January 1978
A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

Season 4, Episode 18: South by Southeast

Original Air Date—3 February 1978
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.

Season 4, Episode 19: The Competitive Edge

Original Air Date—10 February 1978
Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

Season 4, Episode 20: The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

Original Air Date—17 February 1978
When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

Season 4, Episode 21: The House on Willis Avenue

Original Air Date—24 February 1978
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 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Heartaches of a Fool

Original Air Date—22 September 1978
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 of the road: sausages.

Season 5, Episode 2: Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead

Original Air Date—29 September 1978
A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik when she finds herself entangled in it.

Season 5, Episode 3: The Jersey Bounce

Original Air Date—6 October 1978
Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

Season 5, Episode 4: White on White and Nearly Perfect

Original Air Date—20 October 1978
Handsome, charmed PI Lance White 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.

Season 5, Episode 5: Kill the Messenger

Original Air Date—27 October 1978
When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Town's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.

Season 5, Episode 6: A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

Original Air Date—3 November 1978
Jim finds himself babysitting an ex-cop turned celebrity, but the streets of L.A. are no nursery.

Season 5, Episode 7: Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow

Original Air Date—10 November 1978
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.

Season 5, Episode 8: The Empty Frame

Original Air Date—17 November 1978

Season 5, Episode 9: Black Mirror: Part 1

Original Air Date—24 November 1978
A blind psychiatrist,who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.

Season 5, Episode 10: Black Mirror: Part 2

Original Air Date—24 November 1978

Season 5, Episode 11: A Fast Count

Original Air Date—1 December 1978
Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.

Season 5, Episode 12: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

Original Air Date—8 December 1978
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.

Season 5, Episode 13: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?

Original Air Date—5 January 1979
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.

Season 5, Episode 14: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

Original Air Date—12 January 1979
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.

Season 5, Episode 15: Guilt

Original Air Date—19 January 1979
Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

Season 5, Episode 16: The Deuce

Original Air Date—25 January 1979
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.

Season 5, Episode 17: The Man Who Saw the Alligators

Original Air Date—10 February 1979
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.

Season 5, Episode 18: The Return of the Black Shadow

Original Air Date—17 February 1979
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.

Season 5, Episode 19: A Material Difference

Original Air Date—24 February 1979
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.

Season 5, Episode 20: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1

Original Air Date—3 March 1979
When a corrupt businessman uses extortion to force Richie Brockleman's father to sell him his business for a paltry amount, Richie goes to Jim for advice on how to get back at him with a con job.

Season 5, Episode 21: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2

Original Air Date—3 March 1979

Season 5, Episode 22: A Different Drummer

Original Air Date—13 April 1979
While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: Paradise Cove

Original Air Date—28 September 1979
Jim's Malibu neighbourhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

Season 6, Episode 2: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 1

Original Air Date—5 October 1979
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend.

Season 6, Episode 3: Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 2

Original Air Date—12 October 1979

Season 6, Episode 4: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die: Part 1

Original Air Date—19 October 1979
Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.

Season 6, Episode 5: Only Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die: Part 2

Original Air Date—26 October 1979

Season 6, Episode 6: Love Is the Word

Original Air Date—9 November 1979

Season 6, Episode 7: Nice Guys Finish Dead

Original Air Date—16 November 1979
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, while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.

Season 6, Episode 8: The Hawaiian Headache

Original Air Date—23 November 1979
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.

Season 6, Episode 9: No-Fault Affair

Original Air Date—30 November 1979

Season 6, Episode 10: The Big Cheese

Original Air Date—7 December 1979

Season 6, Episode 11: Just a Coupla Guys

Original Air Date—14 December 1979

Season 6, Episode 12: Deadlock in Parma

Original Air Date—10 January 1980

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