The Rockford Files
A cranky but likable Los Angeles private investigator takes on cases other people avoid. A former inmate with a shaky past, he often ends up in trouble himself, but he has a strong moral sense and help from his father, a lawyer girlfriend, and old contacts.
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Season 3
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E1
The Fourth Man
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.
Sep 24, 1976 · 60m -
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E2
The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
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.
Oct 1, 1976 · 60m -
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E3
The Family Hour
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
Oct 8, 1976 · 60m -
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E4
Feeding Frenzy
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.
Oct 15, 1976 · 60m -
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E5
Drought at Indianhead River
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
Nov 5, 1976 · 60m -
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E6
Coulter City Wildcat
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.
Nov 12, 1976 · 60m -
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E7
So Help Me God
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
Nov 19, 1976 · 60m -
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E8
Rattlers' Class of '63
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.
Nov 26, 1976 · 60m -
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E9
Return to the 38th Parallel
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
Dec 10, 1976 · 60m -
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E10
Piece Work
While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.
Dec 17, 1976 · 60m -
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E11
The Trouble with Warren
Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
Dec 24, 1976 · 60m -
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E12
There's One in Every Port
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
Jan 7, 1977 · 60m -
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E13
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
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.
Jan 14, 1977 · 60m -
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E14
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Jan 21, 1977 · 50m -
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E15
The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
Jan 28, 1977 · 50m -
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E16
The Becker Connection
Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
Feb 11, 1977 · 60m -
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E17
Just Another Polish Wedding
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.
Feb 18, 1977 · 60m -
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E18
New Life, Old Dragons
Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.
Feb 25, 1977 · 60m -
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E19
To Protect and Serve: Part 1
Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.
Mar 11, 1977 · 50m -
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E20
To Protect and Serve: Part 2
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.
Mar 18, 1977 · 50m -
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E21
Crack Back
Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.
Mar 25, 1977 · 60m -
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E22
Dirty Money, Black Light
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.
Apr 1, 1977 · 60m