The BEST episodes of The Rockford Files season 4
Every episode of The Rockford Files season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Rockford Files season 4!
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 House on Willis Avenue (2)
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1978
Jim and Ritchie continue to investigate their mentor's death and follow leads to a massive computer data storage company who have a plot in a desert canyon.
#2 - The House on Willis Avenue (1)
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/1978
When his mentor is found dead in a road accident, Jim teams up with young P.I. Ritchie Brockleman following up leads on a murder and find a lot more than they bargained for.
#3 - Irving the Explainer
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1977
The legacy of a famous director haunts Rockford as he digs into the man's past and discovers Nazi sympathies and a missing painting worth millions.
#4 - The Competitive Edge
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1978
Crazy is as crazy does, and Rockford's heading for the mental ward when a health club doctor unmasks his top-secret cover and attributes his weird behavior to psychological problems.
#5 - Hotel of Fear
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1977
Angel's living the high life in return for his testimony against a hit man. But does living in the lap of luxury mean he'll pay the ultimate price?
#6 - Beamer's Last Case
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1977
Even if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Rockford's not feeling the love when he returns from a vacation and finds that someone has taken on his identity and antagonized his clients.
#7 - A Deadly Maze
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1977
The pressure is on when a bizarre scientist asks Rockford to look into the disappearance of his wife in order to study Rockford's reaction to frustration.
#8 - The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1977
A group of small-town citizens are hiding a much bigger crime when they hire Rockford first to find their fire truck—and then to find and dispose of one of their former residents.
#9 - Dwarf in a Helium Hat
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1978
A wrong-number phone call has Rockford rushing to find and protect its intended recipient, Jay Rockfelt, from imminent kidnapping and death.
#10 - Quickie Nirvana
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1977
Rockford thinks he's doing a good deed when he allows a hippie girl camping outside his trailer to use his mailing address. But their harmonious relationship comes to a jarring end when thugs working for a high-powered attorney come to call.
#11 - Requiem for a Funny Box
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1977
The joke falls flat when a second-rate comedian frames Rockford for the murder of his former partner.
#12 - The Dog and Pony Show
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1977
It's mind over matter when Rockford helps a frightened young woman with mental issues overcome her problems with the mob.
#13 - Forced Retirement
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1977
Corporate corruption comes bubbling to the surface when Rockford investigates a company creating an offshore drilling device and then has his cover blown when he meets up with Angel and one of the company's officials.
#14 - The Paper Palace
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1978
Rockford reluctantly agrees to help a prostitute find the people who have been sending her death threats and discovers that—if she survives—she could be in for a rags-to-riches ending.
#15 - South by Southeast
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1978
There's trouble south of the border when Rockford is mistakenly abducted by federal agents and then asked to help them protect an international playgirl. .
#16 - Trouble in Chapter 17
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1977
Rockford must read between the lines when he investigates mysterious death threats against a best-selling author.
#17 - The Battle of Canoga Park
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1977
Danger appears on Rockford's doorstep when a gun he hid in a cookie jar appears at the scene of a brutal crime.
#18 - The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1978
Hazing rituals at a local fraternity get fatally out of control when Rockford's young friend and an Arab student are murdered.
#19 - Second Chance
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1977
An illustrious singer is in the spotlight when Rockford and his former cellmate, Gandy, work to find the person who wants her silenced forever.
#20 - The Attractive Nuisance
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1978
The past refuses to stay buried when a retired FBI agent comes to the truck-stop café seeking revenge against Rocky's old partner in crime.
#21 - The Queen of Peru
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1977
A dangerous beachside transaction between Rockford and some jewel thieves has a change of fortune when a family barbecuing nearby happens upon the priceless gems.
#22 - The Gang at Don's Drive-In
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1978
A beleaguered author asks Rockford to look into the cold case of a murdered high school girl and the suspects who want the case permanently put on ice.