The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 6
Every episode of The Rockford Files Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 6!
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 didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Season 6 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Rockford Files" season 6 is "Paradise Cove", rated 8.7/10 from 311 user votes. It was directed by Stephen J. Cannell and written by Stephen J. Cannell. "Paradise Cove" aired on 9/28/1979 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)".
8.7/10 311 votes#1 - Paradise Cove
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1979
Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.
Director: Stephen J. Cannell
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.8/10 306 votes#2 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1979
Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
7.2/10 234 votes#3 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1979
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 228 votes#4 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1979
Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: David Chase
7.4/10 250 votes#5 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1979
While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds his body but the presumed killer is not whom he had expected.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: David Chase
8.7/10 361 votes#6 - Love Is the Word
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1979
Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.
Director: John Patterson
Writer: David Chase
7.5/10 243 votes#7 - Nice Guys Finish Dead
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1979
The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.
Director: John Patterson
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.4/10 231 votes#8 - The Hawaiian Headache
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1979
Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.1/10 222 votes#9 - No Fault Affair
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1979
Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him again. As Jim helps Rita recover she begins to see him as more than just as a friend, to the concern of everyone.
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
6.2/10 260 votes#10 - The Big Cheese
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1979
Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Shel Willens
7.6/10 236 votes#11 - Just a Coupla Guys
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1979
Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the middle of a mob war when 2 mooks, looking to make a name for themselves, get involved and complicate everything.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: David Chase
NaN/10 0 votes#12 - Deadlock in Parma
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/1980
In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout fishing in the mountains, the vacationing PI becomes the emergency proxy for a fellow angler, an environmentalist councilman, felled by appendicitis. But the seemingly-innocuous proposition for a Parma city park, attracts a trailer load of New Jersey mobsters who urge Rockford to keep his vote green, or sleep with the fishes. Meanwhile, this town council in the land of endless propositions, acts to force their temporary member Rockford to go fishing under the moonlight, but not in Parma.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Rudolph Borchert, Donald L. Gold, Lester Wm. Berke