The Rockford Files - Season 5

The Rockford Files - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes22
DatesSep 22, 1978 - Apr 13, 1979
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Episodes

Heartaches of a Fool
Season 5Episode 160 min

Heartaches of a Fool

Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.
Sep 22, 1978
Rosendahl and Gilda Stern are Dead
Season 5Episode 260 min

Rosendahl and Gilda Stern are Dead

A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.
Sep 29, 1978
The Jersey Bounce
Season 5Episode 360 min

The Jersey Bounce

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

Oct 6, 1978
White on White and Nearly Perfect
Season 5Episode 460 min

White on White and Nearly Perfect

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.
Oct 20, 1978
Kill the Messenger
Season 5Episode 560 min

Kill the Messenger

When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.
Oct 27, 1978
The Empty Frame
Season 5Episode 660 min

The Empty Frame

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.

Nov 3, 1978
A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow
Season 5Episode 760 min

A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow

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.
Nov 10, 1978
A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Season 5Episode 860 min

A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

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.
Nov 17, 1978
Black Mirror (1)
Season 5Episode 960 min

Black Mirror (1)

A blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.
Nov 24, 1978
Black Mirror (2)
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Black Mirror (2)

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.
Nov 24, 1978
A Fast Count
Season 5Episode 1160 min

A Fast Count

Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
Dec 1, 1978
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

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.
Dec 8, 1978
With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
Season 5Episode 1360 min

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

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.

Jan 5, 1979
The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
Season 5Episode 1460 min

The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

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.
Jan 12, 1979
Guilt
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Guilt

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

Jan 19, 1979
The Deuce
Season 5Episode 1660 min

The Deuce

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.
Jan 26, 1979
The Man Who Saw the Alligators
Season 5Episode 1760 min

The Man Who Saw the Alligators

A Brooklyn gangster, who believes Rockford got him sent to jail, wants revenge

Feb 10, 1979
The Return of the Black Shadow
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The Return of the Black Shadow

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.

Feb 17, 1979
A Material Difference
Season 5Episode 1960 min

A Material Difference

Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Feb 24, 1979
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (1)
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (1)

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.
Mar 3, 1979
Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (2)
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (2)

Conclusion
Mar 3, 1979
A Different Drummer
Season 5Episode 2260 min

A Different Drummer

While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.
Apr 13, 1979

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