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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. 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. 8.6/10(303 votes)

    #2 - Dirty Money, Black Light

    S3:E22

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

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  3. 8.5/10(356 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 8.5/10(337 votes)

    #4 - 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
  5. 8.5/10(346 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.4/10(358 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 8.3/10(318 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 8.3/10(295 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 8.2/10(333 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 8.1/10(323 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 8.1/10(310 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 8.0/10(345 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 8.0/10(339 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 8.0/10(297 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. 8.0/10(278 votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. 7.9/10(297 votes)

    #16 - 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
  18. 7.8/10(298 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 7.8/10(289 votes)

    #18 - Piece Work

    S3:E10

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

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  20. 7.6/10(307 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 7.6/10(275 votes)

    #20 - Return to the 38th Parallel

    S3:E9

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

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  22. 7.5/10(293 votes)

    #21 - The Trouble with Warren

    S3:E11

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

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  23. 7.5/10(274 votes)

    #22 - New Life, Old Dragons

    S3:E18

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"So Help Me God" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 3. 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 is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Dirty Money, Black Light".