7.7/10336 votes#1 - The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1975
Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.
Director: Lou Antonio
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.5/10391 votes#2 - The Farnsworth Stratagem
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1975
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
8.2/10328 votes#3 - Gearjammers (1)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1975
Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Don Carlos Dunaway
8.3/10304 votes#4 - Gearjammers (2)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1975
Killers pursue Rocky, as Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking operation.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Don Carlos Dunaway
7.7/10308 votes#5 - The Deep Blue Sleep
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1975
The trail of a missing model leads to murder and an underworld operation within a high-fashion studio.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
8.4/10342 votes#6 - The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1975
When a client's bail money disappears in a desert town, Rockford uncovers a major land swindle.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
8.2/10354 votes#7 - The Real Easy Red Dog
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1975
A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.0/10309 votes#8 - Resurrection in Black & White
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1975
A magazine writer seeks evidence to free a man she thinks was wrongly convicted of murder.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Juanita Bartlett
8.5/10366 votes#9 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1975
A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.7/10312 votes#10 - 2 Into 5.56 Won't Go
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1975
While investigating the "traffic" death of his old Army commander, Rockford uncovers an arms-smuggling ring.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.4/10359 votes#11 - Pastoria Prime Pick
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1975
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
8.1/10301 votes#12 - The Reincarnation of Angie
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1975
Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.2/10294 votes#13 - The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1975
Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.
Director: James Garner
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
8.7/10411 votes#14 - The Hammer of C Block
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1976
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
8.0/10319 votes#15 - The No-Cut Contract
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1976
A minor league football player drags Jim into his troubles.
Director: Lou Antonio
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.6/10335 votes#16 - A Portrait of Elizabeth
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1976
A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.
Director: Meta Rosenberg
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.2/10308 votes#17 - Joey Blue Eyes
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1976
Jim helps one of Beth's clients, who is being swindled out of his business.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Walter Dallenbach
8.0/10264 votes#18 - In Hazard
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1976
Beth has trouble and is nearly killed by a client with tax trouble.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
8.1/10314 votes#19 - The Italian Bird Fiasco
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1976
Jim gets hired by a diamond smuggler posing as an art dealer causing trouble for Jim with LAPD and other smugglers.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.5/10275 votes#20 - Where's Houston?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1976
Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Don Carlos Dunaway
7.9/10283 votes#21 - Foul on the First Play
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1976
Another detective tries to use Rockford to help a client obtain a basketball franchise.
Director: Lou Antonio
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.0/10293 votes#22 - A Bad Deal in the Valley
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/1976
A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Donald L. Gold, Lester Wm. Berke
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Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Aaron Ironwood School of Success" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Lou Antonio and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/12/1975. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Farnsworth Stratagem".