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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!

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...

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  1. 8.7/10(332 votes)

    #1 - Paradise Cove

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    S6:E1

    Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

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  2. 8.6/10(390 votes)

    #2 - Love Is the Word

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    S6:E6

    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.

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  3. 8.1/10(236 votes)

    #3 - No Fault Affair

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    S6:E9

    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.

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  4. 7.7/10(328 votes)

    #4 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)

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    S6:E2

    Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).

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  5. 7.6/10(255 votes)

    #5 - Just a Coupla Guys

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    S6:E11

    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.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
  6. 7.5/10(263 votes)

    #6 - Nice Guys Finish Dead

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    S6:E7

    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.

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  8. 7.4/10(244 votes)

    #7 - The Hawaiian Headache

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    S6:E8

    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.

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  9. 7.3/10(267 votes)

    #8 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)

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    S6:E5

    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.

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    Director:William Wiard
  10. 7.1/10(253 votes)

    #9 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)

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  11. 6.9/10(242 votes)

    #10 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)

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    S6:E4

    Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.

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    Director:William Wiard
  12. 6.3/10(274 votes)

    #11 - The Big Cheese

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    S6:E10

    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.

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    #12 - Deadlock in Parma

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    S6:E12

    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.

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Paradise Cove" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 6. It scored 8.7/10 based on 332 votes. Directed by Stephen J. Cannell and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/28/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Love Is the Word".