The Rockford Files

1. The Kirkoff Case

Air Date: 1974-09-13

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.

2. The Dark and Bloody Ground

Air Date: 1974-09-20

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.

3. The Countess

Air Date: 1974-09-27

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

4. Exit Prentiss Carr

Air Date: 1974-10-04

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...

5. Tall Woman in Red Wagon

Air Date: 1974-10-11

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...

6. This Case Is Closed

Air Date: 1974-10-18

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...

7. The Big Ripoff

Air Date: 1974-10-25

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.

8. Find Me If You Can

Air Date: 1974-11-01

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.

9. In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

Air Date: 1974-11-08

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.

10. The Dexter Crisis

Air Date: 1974-11-15

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."

11. Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!

Air Date: 1974-12-06

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.

12. Profit and Loss (1)

Air Date: 1974-12-20

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

13. Profit and Loss (2)

Air Date: 1974-12-27

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.

14. Aura Lee, Farewell

Air Date: 1975-01-03

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.

15. Sleight of Hand

Air Date: 1975-01-17

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.

16. Counter Gambit

Air Date: 1975-01-24

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.

17. Claire

Air Date: 1975-01-31

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.

18. Say Goodbye to Jennifer

Air Date: 1975-02-07

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.

19. Charlie Harris at Large

Air Date: 1975-02-14

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.

20. The Four Pound Brick

Air Date: 1975-02-21

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.

21. Just by Accident

Air Date: 1975-02-28

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.

22. Roundabout

Air Date: 1975-03-07

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.

1. The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

Air Date: 1975-09-12

Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.

2. The Farnsworth Stratagem

Air Date: 1975-09-19

Becker and a young writer ask for Rockford's help after they purchase a share in a condominium and discover they only own part of the lobby.

3. Gearjammers (1)

Air Date: 1975-09-26

Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.

4. Gearjammers (2)

Air Date: 1975-10-03

Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.

5. The Deep Blue Sleep

Air Date: 1975-10-10

The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.

6. The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company

Air Date: 1975-10-17

When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.

7. The Real Easy Red Dog

Air Date: 1975-10-31

A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.

8. Resurrection in Black & White

Air Date: 1975-11-07

A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.

9. Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

Air Date: 1975-11-14

A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.

10. 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go

Air Date: 1975-11-21

While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.

11. Pastoria Prime Pick

Air Date: 1975-11-28

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 ?

12. The Reincarnation of Angie

Air Date: 1975-12-05

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.

13. The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club

Air Date: 1975-12-19

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

14. The Hammer of C Block

Air Date: 1976-01-09

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.

15. The No-Cut Contract

Air Date: 1976-01-16

A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.

16. A Portrait of Elizabeth

Air Date: 1976-01-23

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

17. Joey Blue Eyes

Air Date: 1976-01-29

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

18. In Hazard

Air Date: 1976-02-05

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

19. The Italian Bird Fiasco

Air Date: 1976-02-12

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

20. Where's Houston?

Air Date: 1976-02-20

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

21. Foul on the First Play

Air Date: 1976-03-12

Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.

22. A Bad Deal in the Valley

Air Date: 1976-03-19

A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.

1. The Fourth Man

Air Date: 1976-09-24

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.

2. The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

Air Date: 1976-10-01

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.

3. The Family Hour

Air Date: 1976-10-08

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

4. Feeding Frenzy

Air Date: 1976-10-15

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.

5. Drought at Indianhead River

Air Date: 1976-11-05

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

6. Coulter City Wildcat

Air Date: 1976-11-12

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.

7. So Help Me God

Air Date: 1976-11-19

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

8. Rattlers' Class of '63

Air Date: 1976-11-26

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.

9. Return to the 38th Parallel

Air Date: 1976-12-10

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

10. Piece Work

Air Date: 1976-12-17

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

11. The Trouble with Warren

Air Date: 1976-12-24

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

12. There's One in Every Port

Air Date: 1977-01-07

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

13. Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

Air Date: 1977-01-14

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.

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

Air Date: 1977-01-21

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

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

Air Date: 1977-01-28

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

16. The Becker Connection

Air Date: 1977-02-11

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

17. Just Another Polish Wedding

Air Date: 1977-02-18

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.

18. New Life, Old Dragons

Air Date: 1977-02-25

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

19. To Protect and Serve: Part 1

Air Date: 1977-03-11

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

20. To Protect and Serve: Part 2

Air Date: 1977-03-18

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.

21. Crack Back

Air Date: 1977-03-25

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

22. Dirty Money, Black Light

Air Date: 1977-04-01

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

1. Beamer's Last Case

Air Date: 1977-09-16

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...

2. Trouble in Chapter 17

Air Date: 1977-09-23

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.

3. The Battle of Canoga Park

Air Date: 1977-09-30

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

4. Second Chance

Air Date: 1977-10-14

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

5. The Dog and Pony Show

Air Date: 1977-10-21

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

6. Requiem for a Funny Box

Air Date: 1977-11-04

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

7. Quickie Nirvana

Air Date: 1977-11-11

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.

8. Irving the Explainer

Air Date: 1977-11-18

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

9. The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls

Air Date: 1977-11-25

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.

10. Hotel of Fear

Air Date: 1977-12-02

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

11. Forced Retirement

Air Date: 1977-12-07

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.

12. The Queen of Peru

Air Date: 1977-12-16

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.

13. A Deadly Maze

Air Date: 1977-12-23

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

14. The Attractive Nuisance

Air Date: 1978-01-06

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

15. The Gang at Don's Drive-In

Air Date: 1978-01-13

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

16. The Paper Palace

Air Date: 1978-01-20

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

17. Dwarf in a Helium Hat

Air Date: 1978-01-27

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

18. South by Southeast

Air Date: 1978-02-03

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.

19. The Competitive Edge

Air Date: 1978-02-10

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

20. The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

Air Date: 1978-02-17

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

21. The House on Willis Avenue

Air Date: 1978-02-24

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.

22. The House on Willis Avenue

Air Date: 1978-02-24

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

1. Heartaches of a Fool

Air Date: 1978-09-22

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.

2. Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead

Air Date: 1978-09-29

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.

3. The Jersey Bounce

Air Date: 1978-10-06

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

4. White on White and Nearly Perfect

Air Date: 1978-10-20

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.

5. Kill the Messenger

Air Date: 1978-10-27

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.

6. The Empty Frame

Air Date: 1978-11-03

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.

7. Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow

Air Date: 1978-11-10

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.

8. A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

Air Date: 1978-11-17

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.

9. Black Mirror: Part 1

Air Date: 1978-11-24

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

10. Black Mirror: Part 2

Air Date: 1978-11-24

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.

11. A Fast Count

Air Date: 1978-12-01

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

12. Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

Air Date: 1978-12-08

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.

13. With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?

Air Date: 1979-01-05

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.

14. The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

Air Date: 1979-01-12

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.

15. Guilt

Air Date: 1979-01-19

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

16. The Deuce

Air Date: 1979-01-25

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.

17. The Man Who Saw the Alligators

Air Date: 1979-02-10

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.

18. The Return of the Black Shadow

Air Date: 1979-02-17

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.

19. A Material Difference

Air Date: 1979-02-24

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

20. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1

Air Date: 1979-03-03

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.

21. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2

Air Date: 1979-03-03

Conclusion

22. A Different Drummer

Air Date: 1979-04-13

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

1. Paradise Cove

Air Date: 1979-09-28

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

2. Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)

Air Date: 1979-10-12

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

3. Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)

Air Date: 1979-10-12

4. Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)

Air Date: 1979-10-19

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

5. Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)

Air Date: 1979-10-26

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.

6. Love Is the Word

Air Date: 1979-11-19

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.

7. Nice Guys Finish Dead

Air Date: 1979-11-16

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.

8. The Hawaiian Headache

Air Date: 1979-11-23

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.

9. No Fault Affair

Air Date: 1979-11-30

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.

10. The Big Cheese

Air Date: 1979-12-07

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.

11. Just a Coupla Guys

Air Date: 1979-12-14

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.

12. Deadlock in Parma

Air Date: 1980-01-10

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.