The Best Episodes Written By Stephen J. cannell

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   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Paradise Cove

   S6:E19/28/1979

   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 - Nice Guys Finish Dead

   S6:E711/16/1979

   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.

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   #3 - There's One in Every Port

   S3:E121/7/1977

   After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.

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   #4 - The House on Willis Avenue (1)

   S4:E212/24/1978

   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.

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   #5 - White on White and Nearly Perfect

   S5:E410/20/1978

   Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.

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   #6 - Dwarf in a Helium Hat

   S4:E171/27/1978

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

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   #7 - The Hawaiian Headache

   S6:E811/23/1979

   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.

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   #8 - Profit and Loss (2)

   S1:E1312/27/1974

   Rockford discovers the investment firm Fiscal Dynamics is a financial fraud and its president Leon Fielder will do anything to prevent him from destroying his company.

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   #9 - Drought at Indianhead River

   S3:E511/5/1976

   Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.

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    #10 - The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

    S4:E202/17/1978

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

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    #11 - Gearjammers (1)

    S2:E39/26/1975

    Becker and Rockford investigate a hijacking scheme as killers pursue crime-witness Rocky.

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    #12 - The Jersey Bounce

    S5:E310/6/1978

    Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

    S1:E64/29/1981

    Ralph reconsiders his suit of powers after a flying mistake almost takes out a bus full of tourists. Bill also reconsiders his job path when one of his heroes is suspected of plotting out the theft of a precious diamond.

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    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #14 - The Road to Hope

    S4:E410/29/1985

    Hannibal poses as a wino to avoid being caught by the Army and stumbles onto a racket that involves killing the derelicts.

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Mind Games

    S4:E811/26/1985

    Face quits the A-Team after receiving a full government pardon and quickly becomes a celebrity, the rest of the A-Team keeps an eye on him suspecting the pardon's not 100% legit.

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    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Kirkoff Case

    S1:E19/13/1974

    Rockford is hired by Larry Kirkoff to find the identity of his parents killer. There are a number of possible suspects including Travis Buckman and Tawnia Baker who were lovers of Mrs. and Mr. Kirkoff respectively. The police actually suspect Larry of the crime, but, lack of evidence prevents them from making a case against him. Rockford's investigation runs him afoul of some pretty bad men who want everyone to go on thinking Larry killed them.

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Countess

    S1:E39/27/1974

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

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    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken

    S2:E911/14/1975

    A good deed for Angel makes Rockford the target of a mobster.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

    S1:E911/8/1974

    Jim tails a woman just released from prison. She was involved in a robbery of a Marine Payroll. The mastermind of the crime and his henchman follow her as well. They search for the remaining robber who wound up with the loot.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Aaron Ironwood School of Success

    S2:E19/12/1975

    Rockford's wealthy foster brother is wanted by the mob and the government.

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    #21 - Waiting for Insane Wayne

    S4:E162/18/1986

    When Murdock gets mistaken for an insane mercenary the A-Team is drawn into a fight over property rights and an oil well.

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Sleight of Hand

    S1:E151/17/1975

    Jim's girlfriend suddenly disappears with no clue as to how or why. Lt. Diel thinks Rockford is probably responsible for her disappearance and orders him to stay away from the case. But Jim can't stop until he finds out what happened.

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    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Claire

    S1:E171/31/1975

    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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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - The Real Easy Red Dog

    S2:E710/31/1975

    A private investigator uses Rockford to divert police attention from her insurance case.

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    #25 - A Portrait of Elizabeth

    S2:E161/23/1976

    A client of Beth's hires Jim misleadingly to check on his company.

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