The Rockford Files — Season 3
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About this season
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 didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Episodes (22)
1. The Fourth Man
7.5Aired 24 September 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.
2. The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
7.0Aired 1 October 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.
3. The Family Hour
8.0Aired 8 October 1976 • 48 min
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
4. Feeding Frenzy
6.0Aired 15 October 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.
5. Drought at Indianhead River
9.0Aired 5 November 1976 • 48 min
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
6. Coulter City Wildcat
8.0Aired 12 November 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.
7. So Help Me God
Aired 19 November 1976 • 48 min
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
8. Rattlers' Class of '63
8.0Aired 26 November 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.
9. Return to the 38th Parallel
8.0Aired 10 December 1976 • 43 min
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
10. Piece Work
8.0Aired 17 December 1976 • 43 min
While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.
11. The Trouble with Warren
8.0Aired 24 December 1976 • 43 min
Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
12. There's One in Every Port
9.0Aired 7 January 1977 • 48 min
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
13. Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
Aired 14 January 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.
14. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
9.0Aired 21 January 1977 • 43 min
Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
15. The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
9.0Aired 28 January 1977 • 44 min
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
16. The Becker Connection
8.0Aired 11 February 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.
17. Just Another Polish Wedding
8.0Aired 18 February 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.
18. New Life, Old Dragons
8.0Aired 25 February 1977 • 48 min
Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.
19. To Protect and Serve: Part 1
8.0Aired 11 March 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.
20. To Protect and Serve: Part 2
Aired 18 March 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.
21. Crack Back
8.0Aired 25 March 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.
22. Dirty Money, Black Light
9.0Aired 1 April 1977 • 43 min
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.