Recap / The Rockford Files

Recap page for the classic detective series The Rockford Files. Because the plots and tropes involve the solutions to mysteries, be aware of Spoilers Off.

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Pilot Movie

1. Backlash of the Hunter

Season 1

1. The Kirkoff Case
2. The Dark and Bloody Ground
3. The Countess
4. Exit Prentiss Carr
5. Tall Woman in Red Wagon
6. This Case Is Closed
7. The Big Ripoff
8. Find Me If You Can
9. In Pursuit of Carol Thorne
10. The Dexter Crisis
11. Caledonia – It's Worth a Fortune
12. Profit and Loss (Two-parter)
13. Aura Lee, Farewell
14. Sleight of Hand
15. Counter Gambit
16. Claire
17. Say Goodbye to Jennifer
18. The Four Pound Brick
19. Just by Accident
20. Roundabout

Season 2

1. The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
2. The Farnsworth Stratagem
3. Gearjammers (Two-parter)
4. The Deep Blue Sleep
5. The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
6. The Real Easy Red Dog
7. Resurrection in Black and White
8. Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
9. 2 Into 5.56 Won’t Go
10. Pastoria Prime Pick
11. The Reincarnation of Angie
12. The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
13. The Hammer of C Block
14. The No-Cut Contract
15. A Portrait of Elizabeth
16. Joey Blue Eyes
17. In Hazard
18. The Italian Bird Fiasco
19. Where’s Houston?
20. Foul on the First Play
21. A Bad Deal in the Valley

Season 3

1. The Fourth Man
2. The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
3. The Family Hour
4. The Feeding Frenzy
5. Drought at Indianhead River
6. Coulter City Wildcat
7. So Help Me God
8. Rattlers’ Class of ‘63
9. Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
10. Piece Work
11. The Trouble with Warren
12. There’s One in Every Port
13. Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You
14. The Trees, the Bees, and T.T. Flowers (Two-Parter)
15. The Becker Connection
16. Just Another Polish Wedding
17. New Life, Old Dragons
18. To Protect and Serve (Two-parter)
19. Crack Back
20. Dirty Money, Black Light

Season 4

1. Beamer’s Last Case
2. Trouble in Chapter 17
3. The Battle of Canoga Park
4. Second Chance
5. The Dog and Pony Show
6. Requiem for a Funny Box
7. Quickie Nirvana
8. Irving the Explainer
9. The Mayor’s Committee from Deer Lick Falls
10. Hotel of Fear
11. Forced Retirement
12. The Queen of Peru
13. Hotel of Fear
14. A Deadly Maze
15. The Attractive Nuisance
16. The Gang at Don’s Drive-In
17. The Paper Palace
18. Dwarf in a Helium Hat
19. South by Southeast
20. The Competitive Edge
21. The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
22. The House on Willis Avenue

Season 5

1. Heartaches of a Fool
2. Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
3. The Jersey Bounce
4. White on White and Nearly Perfect
5. Kill the Messenger
6. A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
7. A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow
8. The Empty Frame
9. Black Mirror
10. A Fast Count
11. Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
12. If the French Heel Is Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
13. The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
14. Guilt
15. The Deuce
16. The Man Who Saw the Alligators
17. The Return of the Black Shadow
18. The Deuce
19. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job
20. A Different Drummer

Season 6

1. Paradise Cove
2. Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs
3. Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Will Never Die (Two-parter)
4. Love Is the Word
5. Nice Guys Finish Dead
6. The Hawaiian Headache
7. No Fault Affair
8. The Big Cheese
9. Just a Coupla Guys
10. Deadlock in Parma

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