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: 1977-09-16
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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...
Air date: 1977-09-23
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1977-09-30
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.
Air date: 1977-10-14
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.
Air date: 1977-10-21
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.
Air date: 1977-11-04
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.
Air date: 1977-11-11
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1977-11-18
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.
Air date: 1977-11-25
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1977-12-02
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.
Air date: 1977-12-07
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1977-12-16
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1977-12-23
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.
Air date: 1978-01-06
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.
Air date: 1978-01-13
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.
Air date: 1978-01-20
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.
Air date: 1978-01-27
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.
Air date: 1978-02-03
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1978-02-10
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.
Air date: 1978-02-17
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.
Air date: 1978-02-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1978-02-24
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.
