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The Worst Episodes of The Rockford Files

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The Worst Episodes of The Rockford Files

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 - The Empty Frame

    S5:E6

    At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him.

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    #2 - Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow

    S5:E7

    After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
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    #3 - A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

    S5:E8

    Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone isn't easy to babysit, and things get dicey when some old Chicago "friends" of Falcone show up to complicate things.

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    #4 - Black Mirror: Part 1

    S5:E9

    A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.

    Director:Arnold Laven
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    #5 - Black Mirror: Part 2

    S5:E10

    Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split personality - one of which is a paid killer.

    Director:Arnold Laven
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    #6 - A Fast Count

    S5:E11

    Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.

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    #7 - Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

    S5:E12

    Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.

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    #8 - With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?

    S5:E13

    A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.

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    #9 - The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

    S5:E14

    Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.

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    #10 - Guilt

    S5:E15

    Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

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    #11 - The Deuce

    S5:E16

    Having Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-driver that brought the accused to court.

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    #12 - The Man Who Saw the Alligators

    S5:E17

    If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.

    Director:Corey Allen
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    #13 - The Return of the Black Shadow

    S5:E18

    A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.

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    #14 - A Material Difference

    S5:E19

    Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.

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    #15 - Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1

    S5:E20

    Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.

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    #16 - Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2

    S5:E21

    The con continues and proves successful when one of the fellow con-artists appears to make of with the check.

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    #17 - A Different Drummer

    S5:E22

    While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

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    #18 - Paradise Cove

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

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

    S6:E3

    Jim traces a killer via a barman, florist and gangster in order to establish who ordered the Princess' friend killed…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)

    S6:E4

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

    Director:William Wiard
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    #22 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
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    #23 - Love Is the Word

    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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    #24 - Nice Guys Finish Dead

    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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    #25 - The Hawaiian Headache

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Empty Frame" is the worst rated episode of "The Rockford Files". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 11/3/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow".