The Rockford Files

  • Premiered: Sep 1974
  • Episodes: 123
  • Followers: 25
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Friday at 21
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Season 4
4x1
Beamer's Last Case
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 16, 1977
Even if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Rockford's not feeling the love when he returns from a vacation and finds that someone has taken on his identity and antagonized his clients.
4x2
Trouble in Chapter 17
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 1977
Rockford must read between the lines when he investigates mysterious death threats against a best-selling author.
4x3
The Battle of Canoga Park
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 1977
Danger appears on Rockford's doorstep when a gun he hid in a cookie jar appears at the scene of a brutal crime.
4x4
Second Chance
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 1977
An illustrious singer is in the spotlight when Rockford and his former cellmate, Gandy, work to find the person who wants her silenced forever.
4x5
The Dog and Pony Show
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 1977
It's mind over matter when Rockford helps a frightened young woman with mental issues overcome her problems with the mob.
4x6
Requiem for a Funny Box
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 1977
The joke falls flat when a second-rate comedian frames Rockford for the murder of his former partner.
4x7
Quickie Nirvana
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1977
Rockford thinks he's doing a good deed when he allows a hippie girl camping outside his trailer to use his mailing address. But their harmonious relationship comes to a jarring end when thugs working for a high-powered attorney come to call.
4x8
Irving the Explainer
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1977
The legacy of a famous director haunts Rockford as he digs into the man's past and discovers Nazi sympathies and a missing painting worth millions.
4x9
The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 1977
A group of small-town citizens are hiding a much bigger crime when they hire Rockford first to find their fire truck—and then to find and dispose of one of their former residents.
4x10
Hotel of Fear
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 1977
Angel's living the high life in return for his testimony against a hit man. But does living in the lap of luxury mean he'll pay the ultimate price?
4x11
Forced Retirement
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 1977
Corporate corruption comes bubbling to the surface when Rockford investigates a company creating an offshore drilling device and then has his cover blown when he meets up with Angel and one of the company's officials.
4x12
The Queen of Peru
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 1977
A dangerous beachside transaction between Rockford and some jewel thieves has a change of fortune when a family barbecuing nearby happens upon the priceless gems.
4x13
A Deadly Maze
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 23, 1977
The pressure is on when a bizarre scientist asks Rockford to look into the disappearance of his wife in order to study Rockford's reaction to frustration.
4x14
The Attractive Nuisance
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 06, 1978
The past refuses to stay buried when a retired FBI agent comes to the truck-stop café seeking revenge against Rocky's old partner in crime.
4x15
The Gang at Don's Drive-In
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 13, 1978
A beleaguered author asks Rockford to look into the cold case of a murdered high school girl and the suspects who want the case permanently put on ice.
4x16
The Paper Palace
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 20, 1978
Rockford reluctantly agrees to help a prostitute find the people who have been sending her death threats and discovers that—if she survives—she could be in for a rags-to-riches ending.
4x17
Dwarf in a Helium Hat
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 1978
A wrong-number phone call has Rockford rushing to find and protect its intended recipient, Jay Rockfelt, from imminent kidnapping and death.
4x18
South by Southeast
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1978
There's trouble south of the border when Rockford is mistakenly abducted by federal agents and then asked to help them protect an international playgirl. .
4x19
The Competitive Edge
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1978
Crazy is as crazy does, and Rockford's heading for the mental ward when a health club doctor unmasks his top-secret cover and attributes his weird behavior to psychological problems.
4x20
The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 17, 1978
Hazing rituals at a local fraternity get fatally out of control when Rockford's young friend and an Arab student are murdered.
4x21 Season finale
The House on Willis Avenue (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 1978
When his mentor is found dead in a road accident, Jim teams up with young P.I. Ritchie Brockleman following up leads on a murder and find a lot more than they bargained for.
4x22 Season finale
The House on Willis Avenue (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 1978
Jim and Ritchie continue to investigate their mentor's death and follow leads to a massive computer data storage company who have a plot in a desert canyon.

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