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The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 3

Every episode of The Rockford Files Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 3

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 The Fourth Man
    8.0/10(347 votes)

    #1 - The Fourth Man

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
    8.0/10(340 votes)

    #2 - The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

    S3:E2

    Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
  3. Background image for The Family Hour
    8.1/10(324 votes)

    #3 - The Family Hour

    S3:E3

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

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  4. Background image for Feeding Frenzy
    7.6/10(309 votes)

    #4 - Feeding Frenzy

    S3:E4

    Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Coulter City Wildcat
    8.0/10(298 votes)

    #6 - Coulter City Wildcat

    S3:E6

    Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.

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

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Rattlers' Class of '63
    7.8/10(298 votes)

    #8 - Rattlers' Class of '63

    S3:E8

    Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found.

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  10. Background image for Return to the 38th Parallel
    7.6/10(275 votes)

    #9 - Return to the 38th Parallel

    S3:E9

    Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

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  11. Background image for Piece Work
    7.8/10(289 votes)

    #10 - Piece Work

    S3:E10

    While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.

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  12. Background image for The Trouble with Warren
    7.5/10(294 votes)

    #11 - The Trouble with Warren

    S3:E11

    Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

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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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    8.3/10(319 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for The Becker Connection
    8.1/10(312 votes)

    #16 - The Becker Connection

    S3:E16

    Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.

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    8.2/10(335 votes)

    #17 - Just Another Polish Wedding

    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.

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  19. Background image for New Life, Old Dragons
    7.5/10(275 votes)

    #18 - New Life, Old Dragons

    S3:E18

    Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.

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  20. Background image for To Protect and Serve: Part 1
    7.9/10(297 votes)

    #19 - To Protect and Serve: Part 1

    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.

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    Director:William Wiard
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    8.0/10(278 votes)

    #20 - To Protect and Serve: Part 2

    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.

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    Director:William Wiard
  22. Background image for Crack Back
    8.3/10(297 votes)

    #21 - Crack Back

    S3:E21

    Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.

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

    #22 - Dirty Money, Black Light

    S3:E22

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Fourth Man" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 347 votes. Directed by William Wiard and written by Juanita Bartlett, it aired on 9/24/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit".