Season 5
22 episodes · Sep 22, 1978
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S5E1Heartaches of a Fool
Sep 22, 197843mJim 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.
S5E2Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead
Sep 29, 197844mA 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.
S5E3The Jersey Bounce
Oct 6, 197848mWrongly accused of beating a man to death, Jim discovers the best legal advice he can find is from disbarred lawyer John Cooper.
S5E4White on White and Nearly Perfect
Oct 20, 197843mHandsome, 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.
S5E5Kill the Messenger
Oct 27, 197843mWhen 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.
S5E6The Empty Frame
Nov 3, 197847mAt 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.
S5E7Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow
Nov 10, 197847mAfter 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.
S5E8A Good Clean Bust with Sequel Rights
Nov 17, 197848mJim 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.
S5E9Black Mirror: Part 1
Nov 24, 197848mA blind psychologist, who is being terrorized by an unknown stalker, turns to Jim for help.
S5E10Black Mirror: Part 2
Nov 24, 197848mRockford'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.
S5E11A Fast Count
Dec 1, 197843mJim puts up his dukes and steps forward to help a boxing coach who has been framed with bribery and murder.
S5E12Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
Dec 8, 197848mJim 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.
S5E13With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
43mA 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.
S5E14The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
Jan 12, 197943mIgnorant 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.
S5E15Guilt
Jan 19, 197948mJim finds his guilty conscience being manipulated by a former fiancee, who asks him to find out who is threatening her life.
S5E16The Deuce
Jan 25, 197943mHaving Jim doing jury duty leads to a mistrial and his being hired to investigate the case of pedestrian hit by a drunk-driver that brought the accused to court.
S5E17The Man Who Saw the Alligators
Feb 10, 197949mIf 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.
S5E18The Return of the Black Shadow
Feb 17, 197949mA 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.
S5E19A Material Difference
Feb 24, 197949mJim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
S5E20Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1
Mar 3, 197949mRichie'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.
S5E21Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 2
Mar 3, 197949mThe con continues and proves successful when one of the fellow con-artists appears to make of with the check.
S5E22A Different Drummer
Apr 13, 197943mWhile in hospital after a car accident, Jim stumbles across a black market for vital organs.