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The Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 6

Every episode of The Rockford Files Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rockford Files Season 6!

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Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 1 - Paradise Cove
    8.7/10(377 votes)

    S6:E1

    Jim's Malibu neighborhood becomes the site of a treasure hunt for a stash of gold bullion, stolen fifty years earlier.

    Director:Stephen J. Cannell
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  2. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 6 - Love Is the Word
    8.6/10(445 votes)

    S6:E6

    Jim reconnects with Dr. Megan Dougherty and discovers she is engaged to another man. When she believes he is missing Jim agrees to help her, despite the fact he disapproves of her engagement and for his feelings for Megan.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:David Chase

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  3. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 9 - No Fault Affair
    8.1/10(267 votes)

    S6:E9

    Rita Capkovic (Rita Moreno) comes to Jim for help after her former pimp has beaten her up for refusing to work for him again. As Jim helps Rita recover she begins to see him as more than just as a friend, to the concern of everyone.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  4. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 2 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (1)
    7.7/10(368 votes)

    S6:E2

    Jim rubs shoulders with royalty when a princess hires him because she believes someone is trying to kill her friend (Lauren Bacall).

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  5. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 7 - Nice Guys Finish Dead
    7.5/10(299 votes)

    S6:E7

    The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  6. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 11 - Just a Coupla Guys
    7.5/10(294 votes)

    S6:E11

    Rockford flies to Newark for a case and is robbed, leaving him stranded at the police station. Jim is caught in the middle of a mob war when 2 mooks, looking to make a name for themselves, get involved and complicate everything.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:David Chase

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  7. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 8 - The Hawaiian Headache
    7.4/10(273 votes)

    S6:E8

    Jim is tricked into believing he's won a trip to Hawaii, when it really turns out to be doing a favor for an old army pal in the CIA.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  8. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 5 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (2)
    7.2/10(310 votes)

    S6:E5

    While consoling his morose love-lorn friend Eddie, Jim continues to look for the missing producer. He eventually finds his body but the presumed killer is not whom he had expected.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:David Chase

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  9. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 3 - Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)
    7.1/10(291 votes)

    S6:E3

    Jim traces a killer via a barman, florist and gangster in order to establish who ordered the Princess' friend killed…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 4 - Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die (1)
    6.9/10(274 votes)

    S6:E4

    Jim senses something is out of tune while looking into the disappearance of a rock star's producer.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:David Chase

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  11. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 10 - The Big Cheese
    6.2/10(309 votes)

    S6:E10

    Rockford gets a phone call telling him to expect a package in the mail. Two hoods then murder the caller and go to Rockford's trailer to await the package's arrival. When the package is a wheel of cheese the mystery only gets deeper.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Shel Willens

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  12. The Rockford Files Season 6 Episode 12 - Deadlock in Parma
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E12

    In the series finale, Jim Rockford drives off into a California sunset in his wounded Firebird, after being ensnared in a small-town council battle with big implications. While trout fishing in the mountains, the vacationing PI becomes the emergency proxy for a fellow angler, an environmentalist councilman, felled by appendicitis. But the seemingly-innocuous proposition for a Parma city park, attracts a trailer load of New Jersey mobsters who urge Rockford to keep his vote green, or sleep with the fishes. Meanwhile, this town council in the land of endless propositions, acts to force their temporary member Rockford to go fishing under the moonlight, but not in Parma.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Rudolph Borchert, Lester Wm. Berke, Donald L. Gold

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Paradise Cove" is the best rated episode of "The Rockford Files" season 6. It scored 8.7/10 based on 377 votes. Directed by Stephen J. Cannell and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/28/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Love Is the Word".