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The Best Episodes Directed By William Wiard

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Gearjammers (1)
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E3

    Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - To Protect and Serve: Part 2
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 3 - The Jersey Bounce
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E3

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

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 6 Episode 8 - The Hawaiian Headache
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E8

    Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 19 - To Protect and Serve: Part 1
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E19

    Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Sleight of Hand
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S1:E15

    Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Claire
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S1:E17

    Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones, and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soon discovers there's a missing undercover cop, which puts him up against an arrogant Cpt. Highland, as well.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Gearjammers (2)
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    S2:E4

    Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - The Family Hour
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E3

    Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - Just Another Polish Wedding
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E17

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - A Deadly Maze
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E13

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

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - South by Southeast
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E18

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Heartaches of a Fool
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E2

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Tuttle
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S1:E15

    Hawkeye creates a fake doctor, Captain Jonathan S. Tuttle, to give supplies to the local orphans. Henry wants Tuttle to be officer of the day, so Hawkeye creates a fake personnel file, and all his back pay is given to the orphanage. When General Clayton wants to reward his generosity, Hawkeye is forced to invent a story about Tuttle jumping from a chopper without his parachute! Of course, Trapper's new friend, Captain Murdoch, obtained the fake dog tags and parachute...!

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S1:E17

    Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been 'technically' wounded at a frontline unit. Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye's, is writing a book about the war, and pays him a visit. Later, Tommy is brought into the camp, seriously wounded, and Hawkeye can't save him. A 15-year-old kid is in the hospital to have his appendix out. He joined up to be a hero back home, but Hawkeye has him sent home, giving him Frank's purple heart.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - The Girls from KAOS
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E21

    Max is assigned to protect Miss USA, but KAOS has other plans.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - The Fourth Man
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - The Longjohn Flap
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S1:E19

    The camp suffers from the severe cold, except for Hawkeye who has received some long john's from his father. They get passed around from person to person, as a gift, a gambling stake, a trade, a bribe, stolen, given up to Father Mulcahy, who gives them to Henry, who returns them to Hawkeye as thanks for taking out his appendix.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Kim
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    S2:E6

    Everyone wants to mother a wounded and apparently orphaned boy.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Bronzefinger
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E12

    Max has to learn about art in order to try to capture an art thief.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - The Whole Tooth and . . .
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E14

    While carrying plans for a nuclear reactor, Max runs into KAOS Agents, so he must hide the plans. Max later has to pretend to be a convict and go to jail to get them back.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Henry Please Come Home
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    S1:E9

    Henry receives a citation for the camp achieving the best efficiency rating, and then General Hammond reassigns him to Tokyo. Frank then changes the camp to be more military, and he confiscates Hawkeye's and Trapper's still. They use forged passes to go to Tokyo to convince Henry to come back and end up pretending Radar is sick.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    S2:E7

    Hawkeye cuts through red tape to help a GI marry his child's Korean mother, and cuts romantic ties with a bigoted nurse.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Deep Blue Sleep
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    S2:E5

    The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:N/A

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William Wiard Ratings Summary

"Gearjammers (1)" is the best rated episode directed by William Wiard. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/26/1975 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "To Protect and Serve: Part 2".