The Rockford Files: Season 5 (1979)


60 mins 9/22/1978 1. Heartaches of a Fool
	Jim finds that a country music star, corrupt union boss and Chinese triad all have one thing in common with why Rocky ended in hospital after his rig was forced off the road: sausages.
60 mins 9/29/1978 2. Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
	A doctor's murder has direct connections to the Mob, and Jim comes to the assistance of hooker friend Rita Capcovik (Rita Moreno) when she finds herself entangled in it.
60 mins 10/6/1978 3. The Jersey Bounce
	Wrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
60 mins 10/20/1978 4. White on White and Nearly Perfect
	Handsome, charmed PI Lance White (Tom Selleck) may speak lines that sound like they're from a 1940s B movie, but everyone is so attracted to him they hang on his every word. That is, everyone except Jim.
60 mins 10/27/1978 5. Kill the Messenger
	When an already overly stressed Dennis Becker is lumped with the unwelcome task of finding out who murdered Deputy Chief Towne's unfaithful wife, Jim decides to lend a hand in the investigation.
60 mins 11/3/1978 6. A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
	Jim is forced to babysit Chicago ex-cop, now celebrity, "Frank Falcone," who has a television show and toy line. Falcone isn't easy to babysit, and things get dicey when some old Chicago "friends" of Falcone show up to complicate things.
60 mins 11/10/1978 7. Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
	After being strong-armed by an Arab sheik and his goons, and getting no help from the police, Jim decides to track down the two people who caused his trouble: a soft-voiced gigolo and the sheik's naive daughter.
60 mins 11/17/1978 8. The Empty Frame
	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.
95 mins 11/24/1978 9. Black Mirror
	Rockford's investigation of psychologist Megan Dougherty's stalker leads him to one of her patients who may have a split personality - one of which is a paid killer.
60 mins 12/1/1978 10. A Fast Count
	Jim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
60 mins 12/8/1978 11. Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
	Jim could use some saintly guidance when he goes undercover on a scandal rag that is getting confidential medical information on a doctor's famous, and infamous, patients.
60 mins 1/5/1979 12. With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
	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.
60 mins 1/12/1979 13. The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
	Ignorant that he's been driving a hot Cadillac with an illegal stash of guns in the trunk, leads Jim into rubbing shoulders with the FBI and the Company.
60 mins 1/19/1979 14. Guilt
	Jim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.
60 mins 1/25/1979 15. The Deuce
	Jim gets stuck doing jury duty in a case of hit-and-run by a drunk driver that results in a mistrial. He's then hired by the drunk driver to prove he was set-up, and to find out why.
74 mins 2/10/1979 16. The Man Who Saw the Alligators
	If having the IRS wanting to do an audit isn't bad enough, a gangster Jim helped put in prison is out on parole and wants a pound of his flesh in revenge.
60 mins 2/17/1979 17. The Return of the Black Shadow
	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.
60 mins 2/24/1979 18. A Material Difference
	Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
95 mins 3/3/1979 19. Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job
	Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
60 mins 4/13/1979 20. A Different Drummer
	While in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.

	Noah Beery Jr.	Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford
	James Garner	Jim Rockford
	Joe Santos	Dennis Becker
	Luis Delgado	Officer Billings
	Stuart Margolin	Angel Martin
	Jack Garner	Janitor
	Robert Hitchcock	Buyer
	James Luisi	Lt. Doug Chapman
	George Simmons	Con Artist
	Bo Hopkins	John Cooper
	Leo Gordon	Charlie Martell
	Joe Pine	Con Artist
	Harold Gould	Mr. Brockelman
	Robert Webber	Harold Jack Coombs
	Kim Hunter	Mrs. Brockelman
	John Pleshette	Danny Green
	Dennis Dugan	Richie Brockelman
	Stanley Brock	Cowboy Mickey Groytowicz
	Allan Arbus	Myron Katzin
	Jack Collins	Dr. Herbert Wetherford