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The Rockford Files

Season 5 1978 - 1979
TV-PG

  • 1978-09-23T01:00:00Z on NBC
  • 1h
  • 18h 26m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1978-09-23T01:00:00Z

5x01 Heartaches of a Fool

Season Premiere

5x01 Heartaches of a Fool

  • 1978-09-23T01:00:00Z49m

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.

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.

1978-10-07T01:00:00Z

5x03 The Jersey Bounce

5x03 The Jersey Bounce

  • 1978-10-07T01:00:00Z49m

Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

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.

1978-10-28T01:00:00Z

5x05 Kill the Messenger

5x05 Kill the Messenger

  • 1978-10-28T01:00:00Z49m

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.

1978-11-04T02:00:00Z

5x06 The Empty Frame

5x06 The Empty Frame

  • 1978-11-04T02:00:00Z48m

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.

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.

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.

1978-11-25T02:00:00Z

5x09 Black Mirror: Part 1

5x09 Black Mirror: Part 1

  • 1978-11-25T02:00:00Z50m

A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.

1978-11-25T02:00:00Z

5x10 Black Mirror: Part 2

5x10 Black Mirror: Part 2

  • 1978-11-25T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1978-12-02T02:00:00Z

5x11 A Fast Count

5x11 A Fast Count

  • 1978-12-02T02:00:00Z49m

Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.

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.

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.

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.

1979-01-20T02:00:00Z

5x15 Guilt

5x15 Guilt

  • 1979-01-20T02:00:00Z49m

Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

1979-01-26T02:00:00Z

5x16 The Deuce

5x16 The Deuce

  • 1979-01-26T02:00:00Z49m

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.

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.

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.

1979-02-25T02:00:00Z

5x19 A Material Difference

5x19 A Material Difference

  • 1979-02-25T02:00:00Z50m

Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.

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.

Season Finale

1979-04-14T02:00:00Z

5x22 A Different Drummer

Season Finale

5x22 A Different Drummer

  • 1979-04-14T02:00:00Z50m

While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

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