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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- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes aired
- 121
- Latest aired
- S06E12
- Total runtime
- 3d 22h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1974 – March 1975 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1975 – March 1976 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1976 – April 1977 22 episodes
- Season 4 September 1977 – February 1978 22 episodes
- Season 5 September 1978 – April 1979 21 episodes
- Season 6 September 1979 – January 1980 12 episodes
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S03E01 The Fourth Man
September 24 · 43min find the promo
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Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.
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S03E02 The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
October 1 · 43min find the promo
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Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.
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S03E03 The Family Hour
October 8 · 48min find the promo
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Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
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S03E04 Feeding Frenzy
October 15 · 43min find the promo
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Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.
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S03E05 Drought at Indianhead River
November 5 · 48min find the promo
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Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
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S03E06 Coulter City Wildcat
November 12 · 43min find the promo
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Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.
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S03E07 So Help Me God
November 19 · 48min find the promo
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Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
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S03E08 Rattlers' Class of '63
November 26 · 43min find the promo
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Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found.
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S03E09 Return to the 38th Parallel
December 10 · 43min find the promo
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Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
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S03E10 Piece Work
December 17 · 43min find the promo
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While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.
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S03E11 The Trouble with Warren
December 24 · 43min find the promo
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Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
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S03E12 There's One in Every Port
January 7 · 48min find the promo
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After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
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S03E13 Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
January 14 · 43min find the promo
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When several of Jim's fellow P.I.'s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.
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S03E14 The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
January 21 · 43min find the promo
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Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
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S03E15 The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
January 28 · 44min find the promo
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Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
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S03E16 The Becker Connection
February 11 · 43min find the promo
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Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
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S03E17 Just Another Polish Wedding
February 18 · 48min find the promo
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Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.
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S03E18 New Life, Old Dragons
February 25 · 48min find the promo
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Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.
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S03E19 To Protect and Serve: Part 1
March 11 · 48min find the promo
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Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.
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S03E20 To Protect and Serve: Part 2
March 18 · 48min find the promo
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Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.
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S03E21 Crack Back
March 25 · 47min find the promo
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Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.
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S03E22 Dirty Money, Black Light
April 1 · 43min find the promo
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Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.