The Rockford Files
Season 5.

1. Heartaches of a Fool

Air date: 1978-09-22 · 60 min

2. Rosendahl and Gilda Stern are Dead

Air date: 1978-09-29 · 60 min

3. The Jersey Bounce

Air date: 1978-10-06 · 60 min

Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.

4. White on White and Nearly Perfect

Air date: 1978-10-20 · 60 min

5. Kill the Messenger

Air date: 1978-10-27 · 60 min

6. The Empty Frame

Air date: 1978-11-03 · 60 min

At a swank party, attended by some of LA's high society and police dept. VIPs, in honor of Angel's brother-in-law, Aaron, being made Chief of Police, a robbery takes place, while Lt. Doug Chapman is in charge of security. Desperate to get back into good graces with his superiors, Chapman swallows his pride and asks Rockford to help him.

7. A Three-Day Affair with a Thirty-Day Escrow

Air date: 1978-11-10 · 60 min

8. A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights

Air date: 1978-11-17 · 60 min

9. Black Mirror (1)

Air date: 1978-11-24 · 60 min

10. Black Mirror (2)

Air date: 1978-11-24 · 60 min

11. A Fast Count

Air date: 1978-12-01 · 60 min

12. Local Man Eaten by Newspaper

Air date: 1978-12-08 · 60 min

13. With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?

Air date: 1979-01-05 · 60 min

A fashion model friend of Jim is found dead on the ground below her balcony. The police believe it's suicide, but having gotten a desperate phone call from her, Jim believes it's murder.

14. The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar

Air date: 1979-01-12 · 60 min

15. Guilt

Air date: 1979-01-19 · 60 min

Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.

16. The Deuce

Air date: 1979-01-26 · 60 min

17. The Man Who Saw the Alligators

Air date: 1979-02-10 · 60 min

A Brooklyn gangster, who believes Rockford got him sent to jail, wants revenge

18. The Return of the Black Shadow

Air date: 1979-02-17 · 60 min

A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.

19. A Material Difference

Air date: 1979-02-24 · 60 min

20. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (1)

Air date: 1979-03-03 · 60 min

21. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job (2)

Air date: 1979-03-03 · 60 min

22. A Different Drummer

Air date: 1979-04-13 · 60 min