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
Season 1
- The Kirkoff Case
- The Dark and Bloody Ground
- The Countess
- Exit Prentiss Carr
- Tall Woman in Red Wagon
- This Case Is Closed
- The Big Ripoff
- Find Me If You Can
- In Pursuit of Carol Thorne
- The Dexter Crisis
- Caledonia – It's Worth a Fortune
- Profit and Loss (Two-parter)
- Aura Lee, Farewell
- Sleight of Hand
- Counter Gambit
- Claire
- Say Goodbye to Jennifer
- The Four Pound Brick
- Just by Accident
- Roundabout
Season 2
- The Aaron Ironwood School of Success
- The Farnsworth Stratagem
- Gearjammers (Two-parter)
- The Deep Blue Sleep
- The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
- The Real Easy Red Dog
- Resurrection in Black and White
- Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken
- 2 Into 5.56 Won’t Go
- Pastoria Prime Pick
- The Reincarnation of Angie
- The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
- The Hammer of C Block
- The No-Cut Contract
- A Portrait of Elizabeth
- Joey Blue Eyes
- In Hazard
- The Italian Bird Fiasco
- Where’s Houston?
- Foul on the First Play
- A Bad Deal in the Valley
Season 3
- The Fourth Man
- The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
- The Family Hour
- The Feeding Frenzy
- Drought at Indianhead River
- Coulter City Wildcat
- So Help Me God
- Rattlers’ Class of ‘63
- Return to the Thirty-Eighth Parallel
- Piece Work
- The Trouble with Warren
- There’s One in Every Port
- Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You
- The Trees, the Bees, and T.T. Flowers (Two-Parter)
- The Becker Connection
- Just Another Polish Wedding
- New Life, Old Dragons
- To Protect and Serve (Two-parter)
- Crack Back
- Dirty Money, Black Light
Season 4
- Beamer’s Last Case
- Trouble in Chapter 17
- The Battle of Canoga Park
- Second Chance
- The Dog and Pony Show
- Requiem for a Funny Box
- Quickie Nirvana
- Irving the Explainer
- The Mayor’s Committee from Deer Lick Falls
- Hotel of Fear
- Forced Retirement
- The Queen of Peru
- Hotel of Fear
- A Deadly Maze
- The Attractive Nuisance
- The Gang at Don’s Drive-In
- The Paper Palace
- Dwarf in a Helium Hat
- South by Southeast
- The Competitive Edge
- The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
- The House on Willis Avenue
Season 5
- Heartaches of a Fool
- Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
- The Jersey Bounce
- White on White and Nearly Perfect
- Kill the Messenger
- A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
- A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow
- The Empty Frame
- Black Mirror
- A Fast Count
- Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
- If the French Heel Is Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
- The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
- Guilt
- The Deuce
- The Man Who Saw the Alligators
- The Return of the Black Shadow
- The Deuce
- Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job
- A Different Drummer
Season 6