The Rockford Files
Season 5
197822 episodes
Episode 1
Heartaches of a Fool
Sep 22, 197843m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
Sep 29, 197844m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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.
Episode 3
The Jersey Bounce
Oct 6, 197848m
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
Episode 4
White on White and Nearly Perfect
Oct 20, 197843m
TMDB rating 9.5TMDB
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.
Episode 5
Kill the Messenger
Oct 27, 197843m
TMDB rating 9.5TMDB
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.
Episode 6
The Empty Frame
Nov 3, 197847m
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.
Episode 7
Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
Nov 10, 197847m
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.
Episode 8
A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Nov 17, 197848m
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.
Episode 9
Black Mirror: Part 1
Nov 24, 197848m
A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.
Episode 10
Black Mirror: Part 2
Nov 24, 197848m
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.
Episode 11
A Fast Count
Dec 1, 197843m
Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Episode 12
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
Dec 8, 197848m
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.
Episode 13
With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
Air date not announced43m
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.
Episode 14
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
Jan 12, 197943m
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.
Episode 15
Guilt
Jan 19, 197948m
Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.
Episode 16
The Deuce
Jan 25, 197943m
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.
Episode 17
The Man Who Saw the Alligators
Feb 10, 197949m
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.
Episode 18
The Return of the Black Shadow
Feb 17, 197949m
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.
Episode 19
A Material Difference
Feb 24, 197949m
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Episode 20
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1
Mar 3, 197949m
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.
Episode 21
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2
Mar 3, 197949m
The con continues and proves successful when one of the fellow con-artists appears to make of with the check.
Episode 22
A Different Drummer
Apr 13, 197943m
While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.