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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. Background image for The House on Willis Avenue (2)
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    #1 - The House on Willis Avenue (2)

    S4:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2
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    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for A Different Drummer
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    #3 - 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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    #4 - Deadlock in Parma

    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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  5. Background image for The Big Cheese
    6.3/10(283 votes)

    #5 - The Big Cheese

    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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  6. Background image for Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)
    6.9/10(254 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for The Gang at Don's Drive-In
    7.2/10(274 votes)

    #7 - The Gang at Don's Drive-In

    S4:E15

    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
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  9. Background image for The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
    7.2/10(253 votes)

    #8 - 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. Background image for Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)
    7.2/10(266 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for A Fast Count
    7.3/10(265 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
    7.3/10(261 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)
    7.3/10(283 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Hawaiian Headache
    7.3/10(250 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Where's Houston?
    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #14 - Where's Houston?

    S2:E20

    Rocky's friend is killed thinking his Granddaughter was kidnapped leading Jim with the help of Rocky to untangle a crooked real estate deal.

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    7.4/10(313 votes)

    #15 - Trouble in Chapter 17

    S4:E2

    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.

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  17. Background image for Exit Prentiss Carr
    7.5/10(451 votes)

    #16 - Exit Prentiss Carr

    S1:E4

    Jim finds the murdered body of Prentiss Carr in his hotel room and after reporting the incident to the police learns it has been classified as suicide...

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  18. Background image for This Case Is Closed
    7.5/10(467 votes)

    #17 - This Case Is Closed

    S1:E6

    While investigating the fiance of Warren Jamison's daughter, Jim experiences some strange events which include kidnapping by the mob and the FBI who are anxious to get a statement - it all relates back to Jim recent trip to Newark...

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  19. Background image for Claire
    7.5/10(382 votes)

    #18 - Claire

    S1:E17

    Jim's old girlfriend, Claire Prescott, phones, and asks him to help give her protection from 2 hoods chasing her. He soon discovers there's a missing undercover cop, which puts him up against an arrogant Cpt. Highland, as well.

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  20. Background image for New Life, Old Dragons
    7.5/10(286 votes)

    #19 - New Life, Old Dragons

    S3:E18

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

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  21. Background image for The Empty Frame
    7.5/10(275 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
    7.5/10(258 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for The Man Who Saw the Alligators
    7.5/10(290 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for Nice Guys Finish Dead
    7.5/10(273 votes)

    #23 - 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. Background image for The Dark and Bloody Ground
    7.6/10(540 votes)

    #24 - The Dark and Bloody Ground

    S1:E2

    Jim reluctantly agrees to work for Beth Davenport. His job is to help her prove her client, Ann Calhoun, is innocent of the crime she is accused of; murdering her husband Kevin Calhoun. Jim's investigation takes him to the town of Parker, Arizona, where the Calhouns are from. He digs up info someone doesn't want found out and is almost killed trying to return to L.A. Socialites Clyde Russell and Elizabeth Gorman, who were throwing a party the Calhouns attended, are also investigated. Jim's investigation is making someone nervous as another attempt is made on his life.

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  26. Background image for The Countess
    7.6/10(528 votes)

    #25 - The Countess

    S1:E3

    Jim is helping a Countess avoid a blackmailer but is then charged for the Blackmailer murder...

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The House on Willis Avenue (2)" is the worst rated episode of "The Rockford Files". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2".