Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 13, 1974
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 122
Networks: NBC
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

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The Rockford Files(1974)
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This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (109 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1974Avg: 7.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Kirkoff Case	Sep 13, 1974	8.7
2	The Dark and Bloody Ground	Sep 20, 1974	8.0
3	The Countess	Sep 27, 1974	9.0
4	Exit Prentiss Carr	Oct 4, 1974	6.0
5	Tall Woman in Red Wagon	Oct 11, 1974	0.0
6	This Case Is Closed	Oct 18, 1974	0.0
7	The Big Ripoff	Oct 25, 1974	8.0
8	Find Me If You Can	Nov 1, 1974	7.3
9	In Pursuit of Carol Thorne	Nov 8, 1974	8.5
10	The Dexter Crisis	Nov 15, 1974	8.0
11	Caledonia - It's Worth a Fortune!	Dec 6, 1974	7.0
12	Profit and Loss (1)	Dec 20, 1974	6.0
13	Profit and Loss (2)	Dec 27, 1974	9.0
14	Aura Lee, Farewell	Jan 3, 1975	7.5
15	Sleight of Hand	Jan 17, 1975	7.5
16	Counter Gambit	Jan 24, 1975	7.7
17	Claire	Jan 31, 1975	7.5
18	Say Goodbye to Jennifer	Feb 7, 1975	8.0
19	Charlie Harris at Large	Feb 14, 1975	8.0
20	The Four Pound Brick	Feb 21, 1975	8.0
21	Just by Accident	Feb 28, 1975	0.0
22	Roundabout	Mar 7, 1975	7.3

Season 2

22 episodes • 1975Avg: 6.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Aaron Ironwood School of Success	Sep 12, 1975	7.0
2	The Farnsworth Stratagem	Sep 19, 1975	5.0
3	Gearjammers (1)	Sep 26, 1975	0.0
4	Gearjammers (2)	Oct 3, 1975	6.5
5	The Deep Blue Sleep	Oct 10, 1975	2.0
6	The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company	Oct 17, 1975	8.0
7	The Real Easy Red Dog	Oct 31, 1975	8.5
8	Resurrection in Black & White	Nov 7, 1975	7.0
9	Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken	Nov 14, 1975	8.0
10	2 Into 5.56 Won't Go	Nov 21, 1975	7.0
11	Pastoria Prime Pick	Nov 28, 1975	0.0
12	The Reincarnation of Angie	Dec 5, 1975	8.0
13	The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club	Dec 19, 1975	9.0
14	The Hammer of C Block	Jan 9, 1976	5.0
15	The No-Cut Contract	Jan 16, 1976	8.0
16	A Portrait of Elizabeth	Jan 23, 1976	7.0
17	Joey Blue Eyes	Jan 29, 1976	0.0
18	In Hazard	Feb 5, 1976	8.0
19	The Italian Bird Fiasco	Feb 12, 1976	7.5
20	Where's Houston?	Feb 20, 1976	6.0
21	Foul on the First Play	Mar 12, 1976	5.0
22	A Bad Deal in the Valley	Mar 19, 1976	7.0

Season 3

22 episodes • 1976Avg: 8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Fourth Man	Sep 24, 1976	7.5
2	The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit	Oct 1, 1976	7.0
3	The Family Hour	Oct 8, 1976	8.0
4	Feeding Frenzy	Oct 15, 1976	6.0
5	Drought at Indianhead River	Nov 5, 1976	9.0
6	Coulter City Wildcat	Nov 12, 1976	8.0
7	So Help Me God	Nov 19, 1976	0.0
8	Rattlers' Class of '63	Nov 26, 1976	8.0
9	Return to the 38th Parallel	Dec 10, 1976	8.0
10	Piece Work	Dec 17, 1976	8.0
11	The Trouble with Warren	Dec 24, 1976	8.0
12	There's One in Every Port	Jan 7, 1977	9.0
13	Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You	Jan 14, 1977	0.0
14	The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1	Jan 21, 1977	9.0
15	The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2	Jan 28, 1977	9.0
16	The Becker Connection	Feb 11, 1977	8.0
17	Just Another Polish Wedding	Feb 18, 1977	8.0
18	New Life, Old Dragons	Feb 25, 1977	8.0
19	To Protect and Serve: Part 1	Mar 11, 1977	8.0
20	To Protect and Serve: Part 2	Mar 18, 1977	0.0
21	Crack Back	Mar 25, 1977	8.0
22	Dirty Money, Black Light	Apr 1, 1977	9.0

Season 4

22 episodes • 1977Avg: 8.2Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Beamer's Last Case	Sep 16, 1977	0.0
2	Trouble in Chapter 17	Sep 23, 1977	0.0
3	The Battle of Canoga Park	Sep 30, 1977	0.0
4	Second Chance	Oct 14, 1977	0.0
5	The Dog and Pony Show	Oct 21, 1977	0.0
6	Requiem for a Funny Box	Nov 4, 1977	0.0
7	Quickie Nirvana	Nov 11, 1977	0.0
8	Irving the Explainer	Nov 18, 1977	0.0
9	The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls	Nov 25, 1977	0.0
10	Hotel of Fear	Dec 2, 1977	0.0
11	Forced Retirement	Dec 7, 1977	0.0
12	The Queen of Peru	Dec 16, 1977	0.0
13	A Deadly Maze	Dec 23, 1977	8.0
14	The Attractive Nuisance	Jan 6, 1978	7.0
15	The Gang at Don's Drive-In	Jan 13, 1978	0.0
16	The Paper Palace	Jan 20, 1978	8.5
17	Dwarf in a Helium Hat	Jan 27, 1978	0.0
18	South by Southeast	Feb 3, 1978	8.0
19	The Competitive Edge	Feb 10, 1978	9.0
20	The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall	Feb 17, 1978	8.0
21	The House on Willis Avenue (1)	Feb 24, 1978	9.0
22	The House on Willis Avenue (2)	Feb 24, 1978	0.0

Season 5

22 episodes • 1978Avg: 8.4Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Heartaches of a Fool	Sep 22, 1978	8.0
2	Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead	Sep 29, 1978	8.0
3	The Jersey Bounce	Oct 6, 1978	8.0
4	White on White and Nearly Perfect	Oct 20, 1978	9.0
5	Kill the Messenger	Oct 27, 1978	9.0
6	The Empty Frame	Nov 3, 1978	0.0
7	Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow	Nov 10, 1978	0.0
8	A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights	Nov 17, 1978	0.0
9	Black Mirror: Part 1	Nov 24, 1978	0.0
10	Black Mirror: Part 2	Nov 24, 1978	0.0
11	A Fast Count	Dec 1, 1978	0.0
12	Local Man Eaten by Newspaper	Dec 8, 1978	0.0
13	With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?	Jan 5, 1979	0.0
14	The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar	Jan 12, 1979	0.0
15	Guilt	Jan 19, 1979	0.0
16	The Deuce	Jan 25, 1979	0.0
17	The Man Who Saw the Alligators	Feb 10, 1979	0.0
18	The Return of the Black Shadow	Feb 17, 1979	0.0
19	A Material Difference	Feb 24, 1979	0.0
20	Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1	Mar 3, 1979	0.0
21	Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2	Mar 3, 1979	0.0
22	A Different Drummer	Apr 13, 1979	0.0

Season 6

12 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Paradise Cove	Sep 28, 1979
2	Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)	Oct 12, 1979
3	Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)	Oct 12, 1979
4	Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)	Oct 19, 1979
5	Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)	Oct 26, 1979
6	Love Is the Word	Nov 19, 1979
7	Nice Guys Finish Dead	Nov 16, 1979
8	The Hawaiian Headache	Nov 23, 1979
9	No Fault Affair	Nov 30, 1979
10	The Big Cheese	Dec 7, 1979
11	Just a Coupla Guys	Dec 14, 1979
12	Deadlock in Parma	Jan 10, 1980

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