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.
Air date: 1975-09-12
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.
Air date: 1975-09-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1975-09-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.
Air date: 1975-10-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.
Air date: 1975-10-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.
Air date: 1975-10-17
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.
Air date: 1975-10-31
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.
Air date: 1975-11-07
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.
Air date: 1975-11-14
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.
Air date: 1975-11-21
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.
Air date: 1975-11-28
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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 ?
Air date: 1975-12-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1975-12-19
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.
Air date: 1976-01-09
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1976-01-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.
Air date: 1976-01-23
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.
Air date: 1976-01-29
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.
Air date: 1976-02-05
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.
Air date: 1976-02-12
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.
Air date: 1976-02-20
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.
Air date: 1976-03-12
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.
Air date: 1976-03-19
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.
