The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 4

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.

Director: Hy Averback

Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

Director: Harry Falk

Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

Director: Reza Badiyi

Writer: David Chase

Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

Director: Russ Mayberry

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.

Director: Meta Rosenberg

Writer: David Chase

Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his Firebird. And that's just the beginning of his problems...

Director: Stephen J. Cannell

Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs after her to retrieve some money he put in her care.

Director: Meta Rosenberg

Writer: David Chase

Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone who could bring the IRS down on them.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: William R. Stratton

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

Director: Reza Badiyi

Writer: Gordon T. Dawson

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

Director: Richard Crenna

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

Director: Dana Elcar

Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

Director: Reza Badiyi

Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

Director: James Coburn

Writer: David Chase

Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: James Crocker

Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the target of some shady businessmen. Jimmy Joe Meeker comes to her rescue.

Director: Alexander Singer

Writer: William R. Stratton

Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

Director: Harry Falk

Writer: James Crocker

Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A