Season 4

1. Beamer's Last Case

Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his Firebird. And that's just the beginning of his problems...

1977-09-16 • 48 min

2. Trouble in Chapter 17

Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her.

1977-09-23 • 48 min

3. The Battle of Canoga Park

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

1977-09-30 • 48 min

4. Second Chance

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

1977-10-14 • 48 min

5. The Dog and Pony Show

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

1977-10-21 • 48 min

6. Requiem for a Funny Box

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

1977-11-04 • 48 min

7. Quickie Nirvana

Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs after her to retrieve some money he put in her care.

1977-11-11 • 48 min

8. Irving the Explainer

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

1977-11-18 • 48 min

9. The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls

Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone who could bring the IRS down on them.

1977-11-25 • 48 min

10. Hotel of Fear

Accidently witnessing a murder makes Angel Martin the police's prime witness in the trial of the murderer.

1977-12-02 • 49 min

11. Forced Retirement

Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the target of some shady businessmen. Jimmy Joe Meeker comes to her rescue.

1977-12-07 • 48 min

12. The Queen of Peru

The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.

1977-12-16 • 48 min

13. A Deadly Maze

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

1977-12-23 • 48 min

14. The Attractive Nuisance

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

1978-01-06 • 48 min

15. The Gang at Don's Drive-In

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

1978-01-13 • 48 min

16. The Paper Palace

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

1978-01-20 • 49 min

17. Dwarf in a Helium Hat

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

1978-01-27 • 48 min

18. South by Southeast

Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.

1978-02-03 • 43 min

19. The Competitive Edge

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

1978-02-10 • 48 min

20. The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

1978-02-17 • 48 min

21. The House on Willis Avenue (1)

When a fellow P.I. is killed on the Ventura freeway, Jim and Richie Brockelman team up to find out if it really was an accident.

1978-02-24 • 43 min

22. The House on Willis Avenue (2)

Part two of episode. Originally aired as 1 2-hour episode.

1978-02-24 • 39 min