The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files: Season 3

Air Date

September 24, 1976

Episodes

22 episodes

The Rockford Files

Season 3

Episodes

The Fourth Man

1. The Fourth Man

7.5
September 24, 1976
43 min

Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.

The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

2. The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit

7.0
October 1, 1976
43 min

Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.

The Family Hour

3. The Family Hour

8.0
October 8, 1976
48 min

Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.

Feeding Frenzy

4. Feeding Frenzy

6.0
October 15, 1976
43 min

Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.

Drought at Indianhead River

5. Drought at Indianhead River

9.0
November 5, 1976
48 min

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

Coulter City Wildcat

6. Coulter City Wildcat

8.0
November 12, 1976
43 min

Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.

So Help Me God

7. So Help Me God

November 19, 1976
48 min

Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.

Rattlers' Class of '63

8. Rattlers' Class of '63

8.0
November 26, 1976
43 min

Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found.

Return to the 38th Parallel

9. Return to the 38th Parallel

8.0
December 10, 1976
43 min

Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.

Piece Work

10. Piece Work

8.0
December 17, 1976
43 min

While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.

The Trouble with Warren

11. The Trouble with Warren

8.0
December 24, 1976
43 min

Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.

There's One in Every Port

12. There's One in Every Port

9.0
January 7, 1977
48 min

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

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

13. Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You

January 14, 1977
43 min

When several of Jim's fellow P.I.'s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.

The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

14. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1

9.0
January 21, 1977
43 min

Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

15. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2

9.0
January 28, 1977
44 min

Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.

The Becker Connection

16. The Becker Connection

8.0
February 11, 1977
43 min

Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.

Just Another Polish Wedding

17. Just Another Polish Wedding

8.0
February 18, 1977
48 min

Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.

New Life, Old Dragons

18. New Life, Old Dragons

8.0
February 25, 1977
48 min

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

To Protect and Serve: Part 1

19. To Protect and Serve: Part 1

8.0
March 11, 1977
48 min

Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.

To Protect and Serve: Part 2

20. To Protect and Serve: Part 2

March 18, 1977
48 min

Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.

Crack Back

21. Crack Back

8.0
March 25, 1977
47 min

Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.

Dirty Money, Black Light

22. Dirty Money, Black Light

9.0
April 1, 1977
43 min

Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.