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The Rockford Files

Season 4 1977 - 1978
TV-PG

  • 1977-09-17T01:00:00Z on NBC
  • 1h
  • 19h 19m (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

1977-09-17T01:00:00Z

4x01 Beamer's Last Case

Season Premiere

4x01 Beamer's Last Case

  • 1977-09-17T01:00:00Z49m

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...

1977-09-24T01:00:00Z

4x02 Trouble in Chapter 17

4x02 Trouble in Chapter 17

  • 1977-09-24T01:00:00Z48m

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.

1977-10-01T01:00:00Z

4x03 The Battle of Canoga Park

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

1977-10-15T01:00:00Z

4x04 Second Chance

4x04 Second Chance

  • 1977-10-15T01:00:00Z49m

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

1977-10-22T01:00:00Z

4x05 The Dog and Pony Show

4x05 The Dog and Pony Show

  • 1977-10-22T01:00:00Z49m

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

1977-11-05T02:00:00Z

4x06 Requiem for a Funny Box

4x06 Requiem for a Funny Box

  • 1977-11-05T02:00:00Z49m

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

1977-11-12T02:00:00Z

4x07 Quickie Nirvana

4x07 Quickie Nirvana

  • 1977-11-12T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1977-11-19T02:00:00Z

4x08 Irving the Explainer

4x08 Irving the Explainer

  • 1977-11-19T02:00:00Z49m

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

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.

1977-12-03T02:00:00Z

4x10 Hotel of Fear

4x10 Hotel of Fear

  • 1977-12-03T02:00:00Z49m

Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

1977-12-08T02:00:00Z

4x11 Forced Retirement

4x11 Forced Retirement

  • 1977-12-08T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1977-12-17T02:00:00Z

4x12 The Queen of Peru

4x12 The Queen of Peru

  • 1977-12-17T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1977-12-24T02:00:00Z

4x13 A Deadly Maze

4x13 A Deadly Maze

  • 1977-12-24T02:00:00Z49m

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

1978-01-07T02:00:00Z

4x14 The Attractive Nuisance

4x14 The Attractive Nuisance

  • 1978-01-07T02:00:00Z49m

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

1978-01-21T02:00:00Z

4x16 The Paper Palace

4x16 The Paper Palace

  • 1978-01-21T02:00:00Z1h 13m

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

1978-01-28T02:00:00Z

4x17 Dwarf in a Helium Hat

4x17 Dwarf in a Helium Hat

  • 1978-01-28T02:00:00Z49m

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

1978-02-04T02:00:00Z

4x18 South by Southeast

4x18 South by Southeast

  • 1978-02-04T02:00:00Z48m

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.

1978-02-11T02:00:00Z

4x19 The Competitive Edge

4x19 The Competitive Edge

  • 1978-02-11T02:00:00Z49m

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

4x21 The House on Willis Avenue

  • 1978-02-25T02:00:00Z1h 38m

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.

Season Finale

1978-02-25T02:00:00Z

4x22 The House on Willis Avenue

Season Finale

4x22 The House on Willis Avenue

  • 1978-02-25T02:00:00Z1h

Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.

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