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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!

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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Fourth Man" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 323 votes. Directed by William Wiard and written by Juanita Bartlett, it aired on 9/24/1976. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit".

  • The Fourth Man
    8.0/10323 votes

    #1 - The Fourth Man

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1976

    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.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
    8.1/10316 votes

    #2 - The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1976

    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.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: David Chase

  • The Family Hour
    8.1/10304 votes

    #3 - The Family Hour

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1976

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

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

  • Feeding Frenzy
    7.7/10291 votes

    #4 - Feeding Frenzy

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1976

    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.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • Drought at Indianhead River
    8.4/10338 votes

    #5 - Drought at Indianhead River

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/1976

    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

  • Coulter City Wildcat
    8.0/10280 votes

    #6 - Coulter City Wildcat

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1976

    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.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Don Carlos Dunaway

  • So Help Me God
    8.9/10382 votes

    #7 - So Help Me God

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1976

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

    Director: Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • Rattlers' Class of '63
    7.8/10281 votes

    #8 - Rattlers' Class of '63

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1976

    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.

    Director: Meta Rosenberg

    Writer: David Chase

  • Return to the 38th Parallel
    7.6/10257 votes

    #9 - Return to the 38th Parallel

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1976

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

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: Walter Dallenbach

  • Piece Work
    7.9/10270 votes

    #10 - Piece Work

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1976

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

    Director: Lawrence Doheny

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • The Trouble with Warren
    7.6/10279 votes

    #11 - The Trouble with Warren

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1976

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

    Director: Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • There's One in Every Port
    8.6/10335 votes

    #12 - There's One in Every Port

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1977

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

    Director: Meta Rosenberg

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
    8.5/10317 votes

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

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1977

    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

  • The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
    8.5/10329 votes

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

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1977

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

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

  • The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
    8.4/10304 votes

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

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1977

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

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

  • The Becker Connection
    8.1/10291 votes

    #16 - The Becker Connection

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1977

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

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • Just Another Polish Wedding
    8.3/10316 votes

    #17 - Just Another Polish Wedding

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1977

    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.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • New Life, Old Dragons
    7.5/10258 votes

    #18 - New Life, Old Dragons

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1977

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

    Director: Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer: David Taylor

  • To Protect and Serve: Part 1
    7.9/10280 votes

    #19 - To Protect and Serve: Part 1

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/11/1977

    Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: David Chase

  • To Protect and Serve: Part 2
    8.1/10259 votes

    #20 - To Protect and Serve: Part 2

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1977

    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.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: David Chase

  • Crack Back
    8.3/10279 votes

    #21 - Crack Back

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/25/1977

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

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • Dirty Money, Black Light
    8.6/10287 votes

    #22 - Dirty Money, Black Light

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/1/1977

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

    Director: Stuart Margolin

    Writer: David Taylor