Rockford returns from vacation in Puerto Rico to discover someone has been using his identity, his trailer and totaled his Firebird. And that's just the beginning of his problems...

Jim is reluctantly drawn into being bodyguard for a famous author, who believes her popular book on the perfect wife is the cause of death threats against her.

Jim finds himself in an explosive situation when the gun he hides in his cookie jar is used in a murder.

When the life of Gandy Fitch's (Isaac Hayes) girlfriend is in danger, he turns to Rockfish for help.

Helping a young woman with a history of mental illness leads Jim into crossing paths with the Mob and federal intelligence.

A washed-up comedian finds out about a Mob family member's secret, and gets Jim in trouble by framing him for a murder.

Rockford ends up regretting allowing an eccentric hippie woman to use his address temporarily, when her ex-boss sends a pair of thugs after her to retrieve some money he put in her care.

Rockford gives himself a headache trying to solve the connection between a 30 year old murder, a valuable missing painting and Nazi Germany.

Jim is hired by some small-town businessmen to help them buy a fire engine; they really want him to assassinate someone who could bring the IRS down on them.

Beth's old college friend is in trouble when her company that is developing an submersible robot explorer becomes the target of some shady businessmen. Jimmy Joe Meeker comes to her rescue.

The RV family from hell decides to set up camp next door to Jim's trailer, just when he's got the recovery of a stolen diamond on his mind.

Jim is unwittingly involved in a bizarre experiment when hired to find a man's missing wife.

An unexplained break-in at Rocky's new diner has connections with the FBI fifty years ago.

An author suffering from writers block tells Jim he thinks he has the next best seller in an old murder case from 1961.

A prostitute (Rita Moreno) hires Jim to find out who has been sending her death threats.

A threat to the wrong phone number has Jim scrambling to find out who it was meant for.

Mistaken identity by federal agents has Jim being sent to South America to help them contact a heiress, who has been isolated by her possessive husband.

Jim winds up in a funny farm when he gets too close to the truth about an elite health club.

When the son of an old friend goes missing, Jim goes to the young man's college to try and find out what happened.

This marked the introduction of Richie Brockleman, who viewers first met in the TV Movie, Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976), which was an unsuccessful pilot launch. This installment acted as a spin off for Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978). Unfortunately, it only lasted 5 episodes. However, Richie would return to Rockford in the fifth season's Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Parts 1 and 2 (1979). Written by DBF