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The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files

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The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files

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...

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  1. Background image for So Help Me God
    8.9/10(404 votes)

    #1 - So Help Me God

    S3:E7

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

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  2. Background image for White on White and Nearly Perfect
    8.8/10(441 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. Background image for The House on Willis Avenue (1)
    8.7/10(386 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. Background image for Paradise Cove
    8.7/10(334 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for The Hammer of C Block
    8.6/10(433 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. Background image for A Portrait of Elizabeth
    8.6/10(354 votes)

    #6 - A Portrait of Elizabeth

    S2:E16

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

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  8. Background image for Dirty Money, Black Light
    8.6/10(304 votes)

    #7 - Dirty Money, Black Light

    S3:E22

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

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  9. Background image for The Competitive Edge
    8.6/10(330 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for A Material Difference
    8.6/10(364 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for Love Is the Word
    8.6/10(394 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.

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  12. Background image for Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
    8.5/10(385 votes)

    #11 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

    S2:E9

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

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  13. Background image for There's One in Every Port
    8.5/10(356 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.

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  14. Background image for Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
    8.5/10(337 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    Director:Jerry London
  15. Background image for The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
    8.5/10(347 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Kill the Messenger
    8.5/10(300 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. Background image for Profit and Loss (1)
    8.4/10(422 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    8.4/10(386 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. Background image for The Farnsworth Stratagem
    8.4/10(422 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
    8.4/10(364 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. Background image for Pastoria Prime Pick
    8.4/10(380 votes)

    #20 - 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 ?

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  22. Background image for Drought at Indianhead River
    8.4/10(359 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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  23. Background image for A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
    8.4/10(281 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for Counter Gambit
    8.3/10(392 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for Gearjammers (2)
    8.3/10(322 votes)

    #24 - Gearjammers (2)

    S2:E4

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

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  26. Background image for The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
    8.3/10(319 votes)

    #25 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

    S3:E15

    Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

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Best Episodes Summary

"So Help Me God" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files". It scored 8.9/10 based on 404 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Juanita Bartlett, it aired on 11/19/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "White on White and Nearly Perfect".