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.
Biên kịch: Stephen J. Cannell
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-09-22
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Juanita Bartlett
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-09-29
Thời lượng: 44 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: David Chase
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-10-06
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
Biên kịch: Stephen J. Cannell
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-10-20
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Juanita Bartlett
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-10-27
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Stephen J. Cannell
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-11-03
Thời lượng: 47 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: David Chase
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-11-10
Thời lượng: 47 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Rudolph Borchert
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-11-17
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: David Chase
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-11-24
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.
Biên kịch: David Chase
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-11-24
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Gordon T. Dawson
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-12-01
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Biên kịch: Juanita Bartlett
Ngày phát sóng: 1978-12-08
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Rudolph Borchert
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-01-05
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Rogers Turrentine
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-01-12
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Juanita Bartlett
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-01-19
Thời lượng: 48 min
Tổng quan: Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.
Biên kịch: Gordon T. Dawson
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-01-25
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: David Chase
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-02-10
Thời lượng: 49 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Stephen J. Cannell
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-02-17
Thời lượng: 49 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Rogers Turrentine
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-02-24
Thời lượng: 49 min
Tổng quan: Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Biên kịch: Juanita Bartlett
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-03-03
Thời lượng: 49 min
Tổng quan: 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.
Biên kịch: Rudolph Borchert
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-03-03
Thời lượng: 49 min
Tổng quan: The con continues and proves successful when one of the fellow con-artists appears to make of with the check.
Biên kịch: Rudolph Borchert
Ngày phát sóng: 1979-04-13
Thời lượng: 43 min
Tổng quan: While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.
