The BEST episodes of The Rockford Files season 3
Every episode of The Rockford Files season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Rockford Files season 3!
Emmy® winner James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.
#1 - The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1976
Rockford is double-crossed by the supernatural when a psychic points to him as the potential killer of a suddenly wealthy dope pusher.
#2 - Drought at Indianhead River
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/1976
Rockford's former cellmate strikes it rich in real estate, but when his underworld connections take offense, it's up to Rockford to get them both to safer ground.
#3 - To Protect and Serve (1)
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/11/1977
Rockford's search for a gangster lawyer's missing fiancée is complicated by a civilian with an unfortunate passion for police work.
#4 - Coulter City Wildcat
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1976
Rocky thinks his luck has finally changed when he wins a piece of land in an oil-rights lottery, but he's soon hounded by some sore losers who want his winnings for themselves.
#5 - The Becker Connection
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1977
When Detective Becker is accused of stealing drugs from the police evidence room, Rockford comes to his defense and uncovers a police setup.
#6 - So Help Me God
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1976
The American justice system doesn't seem to be working in Rockford's favor when he is brought in to testify about the kidnapping of a union official and is then arrested for contempt before he can finish collecting his defense materials.
#7 - The Trouble with Warren
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1976
Corporate corruption ensnares attorney Beth Davenport's brilliant cousin, Warren Weeks, and it's up to Rockford to prove that Warren isn't responsible for the death of his superiors.
#8 - To Protect and Serve (2)
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1977
Rockford hides the missing woman on a boat, but her location is compromised when the police groupie reveals information to mobster thugs.
#9 - Return to the 38th Parallel
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1976
Friends prove to be more trouble than they're worth when Rockford's buddy gets him involved in a missing-person case that leads to a dangerous and wealthy smuggling ring.
#10 - The Fourth Man
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1976
Airport security falls through the cracks when Rockford's flight attendant friend, Lori, is threatened by an assassin after an upsetting flight.
#11 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (1)
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1977
Part 1. At his father's urgent request, Rockford comes to the aid of an old man who has been committed to a hospital by his daughter and son-in-law.
#12 - There's One in Every Port
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1977
Lady Luck is not on his side when Rockford is swindled in a poker game by a father-daughter con team, and he decides to take whatever steps are necessary to get back his stolen cash.
#13 - Dirty Money, Black Light
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/1/1977
When Rockford's father begins receiving large amounts of cash in the mail, both the mob and the Feds are interested in his new good fortune.
#14 - Piece Work
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1976
Rockford's investigation into an accident claim has him stumbling with a target on his back into a much larger gun-smuggling scheme being investigated by the Feds.
#15 - Rattlers' Class of '63
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1976
Angel thinks he's marrying his way into a fortune, but his new wife's family may also be guilty of using this unholy union to scheme their way into ill-gained riches.
#16 - Just Another Polish Wedding
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1977
Ex-con Gandy Fitch returns, reminding Rockford of their time together in prison and announcing that he would like to get into the business of detective work.
#17 - Crack Back
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/25/1977
Attorney Beth Davenport hires Rockford to help her locate a witness who can help prove her football player client innocent—but the rules of the game change when she herself becomes the target of a stalker.
#18 - Feeding Frenzy
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1976
Love is put to the test when Sandy, Rockford's fiancée, asks him to help her father return the half-million dollars he stole three years earlier from an oil company.
#19 - Sticks & Stones May Break Your Bones, but Waterbury Will Bury You
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1977
Rockford sees how competition can be a killer when fellow private investigators turn to him for assistance after they are forced out of business.
#20 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers (2)
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1977
Part 2. The drama continues as Rockford helps Flowers to escape, but then the older man takes drastic steps in an effort to hold on to his land.
#21 - New Life, Old Dragons
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1977
What begins as a missing-person case turns into a job involving a kidnapping plot, the CIA, and $500,000 stolen from American payrolls in Saigon.
#22 - The Family Hour
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1976
Rockford and his father become the unlikely babysitters of a wandering nine-year-old girl when her father goes missing.