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The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Rockford Files Season 4 Episode 22 - The House on Willis Avenue (2)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The House on Willis Avenue (2)

    S4:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 7 - So Help Me God
    8.9/10(466 votes)

    #2 - So Help Me God

    S3:E7

    Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  3. The Rockford Files Season 5 Episode 4 - White on White and Nearly Perfect
    8.8/10(507 votes)

    #3 - White on White and Nearly Perfect

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Stephen J. Cannell
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  4. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 16 - A Portrait of Elizabeth
    8.7/10(416 votes)

    #4 - A Portrait of Elizabeth

    S2:E16

    A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

    Director:Meta Rosenberg
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  5. The Rockford Files Season 4 Episode 21 - The House on Willis Avenue (1)
    8.7/10(438 votes)

    #5 - The House on Willis Avenue (1)

    S4:E21

    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.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  6. The Rockford Files Season 5 Episode 19 - A Material Difference
    8.7/10(402 votes)

    #6 - A Material Difference

    S5:E19

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

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Rogers Turrentine

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  7. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 1 - Paradise Cove
    8.7/10(377 votes)

    #7 - Paradise Cove

    S6:E1

    Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

    Director:Stephen J. Cannell
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  8. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 14 - The Hammer of C Block
    8.6/10(481 votes)

    #8 - The Hammer of C Block

    S2:E14

    A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  9. The Rockford Files Season 4 Episode 19 - The Competitive Edge
    8.6/10(364 votes)

    #9 - The Competitive Edge

    S4:E19

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

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  10. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 6 - Love Is the Word
    8.6/10(445 votes)

    #10 - Love Is the Word

    S6:E6

    Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:David Chase

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  11. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 9 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
    8.5/10(436 votes)

    #11 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

    S2:E9

    A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  12. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 12 - There's One in Every Port
    8.5/10(387 votes)

    #12 - There's One in Every Port

    S3:E12

    After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

    Director:Meta Rosenberg
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  13. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 22 - Dirty Money, Black Light
    8.5/10(342 votes)

    #13 - Dirty Money, Black Light

    S3:E22

    Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.

    Director:Stuart Margolin
    Writer:David Taylor

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  14. The Rockford Files Season 5 Episode 5 - Kill the Messenger
    8.5/10(334 votes)

    #14 - Kill the Messenger

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  15. The Rockford Files Season 1 Episode 12 - Profit and Loss (1)
    8.4/10(481 votes)

    #15 - Profit and Loss (1)

    S1:E12

    Jim investigates a large corporation when one of its executives is kidnapped and the wife of another executive claims the company murdered her husband.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  16. The Rockford Files Season 1 Episode 13 - Profit and Loss (2)
    8.4/10(447 votes)

    #16 - Profit and Loss (2)

    S1:E13

    Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  17. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 2 - The Farnsworth Stratagem
    8.4/10(481 votes)

    #17 - The Farnsworth Stratagem

    S2:E2

    Becker and a young writer ask for Rockford's help after they purchase a share in a condominium and discover they only own part of the lobby.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  18. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 6 - The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
    8.4/10(424 votes)

    #18 - The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company

    S2:E6

    When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  19. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 11 - Pastoria Prime Pick
    8.4/10(422 votes)

    #19 - Pastoria Prime Pick

    S2:E11

    A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down near the boomtown, after a source Rockford contacts in a divorce case steers Rockford there. While his car is being worked on, Rockford is quickly entangled between an underage motel worker and her jealous cop boyfriend, and in a double-cross over a narcotics deal. Is it just another tricky day for unlucky Jim, or is bucolic New Pastoria a sunny sin city ?

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  20. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 5 - Drought at Indianhead River
    8.4/10(401 votes)

    #20 - Drought at Indianhead River

    S3:E5

    Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  21. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 13 - Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
    8.4/10(375 votes)

    #21 - Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:David Chase

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  22. The Rockford Files Season 3 Episode 14 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
    8.4/10(376 votes)

    #22 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

    S3:E14

    Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  23. The Rockford Files Season 5 Episode 8 - A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
    8.4/10(311 votes)

    #23 - A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

    S5:E8

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  24. The Rockford Files Season 1 Episode 16 - Counter Gambit
    8.3/10(452 votes)

    #24 - Counter Gambit

    S1:E16

    Two former cons hire Rockford to find an old girlfriend. They actually want her valuable pearl necklace and implicate him as the thief. With Angel's help, he'll get the pearls back and square himself with the police.

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writers:Juanita Bartlett, Howard Berk

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  25. The Rockford Files Season 2 Episode 4 - Gearjammers (2)
    8.3/10(365 votes)

    #25 - Gearjammers (2)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Don Carlos Dunaway

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Best Episodes Summary

"The House on Willis Avenue (2)" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1978. This episode scored 1.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "So Help Me God".