The Rockford Files (season 1)

Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 13, 1974 (1974-09-13) – March 7, 1975 (1975-03-07)

The first season of The Rockford Files originally aired Fridays at 9:00-10:00 pm on NBC from September 13, 1974 to March 7, 1975.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Kirkoff Case"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 13, 1974 (1974-09-13)
Rockford investigates the deaths of an heir's parents.
2	2	"The Dark and Bloody Ground"	Michael Schultz	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 20, 1974 (1974-09-20)
Rockford attempts to help a woman accused of murder.
3	3	"The Countess"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	September 27, 1974 (1974-09-27)
Rockford is the prime suspect in the murder of a blackmailer he tried to discourage.
4	4	"Exit Prentiss Carr"	Alex Grasshoff	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 4, 1974 (1974-10-04)
Rockford witnesses a murder the police think is a suicide.
5	5	"Tall Woman in Red Wagon"	Jerry London	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 11, 1974 (1974-10-11)
Rockford uses disguises in his investigation of a redhead's disappearance.
6/7	6/7	"This Case Is Closed, (Parts 1 & 2)"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 18, 1974 (1974-10-18)
A man wants to know about his future son-in-law.
8	8	"The Big Ripoff"	Vincent McEveety	Teleplay: Robert Hamner Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	October 25, 1974 (1974-10-25)
Rockford is hired to find a man who was thought to have died in a plane crash.
9	9	"Find Me If You Can"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	November 1, 1974 (1974-11-01)
Rockford tries to discover a woman's true identity.
10	10	"In Pursuit of Carol Thorne"	Charles S. Dubin	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	November 8, 1974 (1974-11-08)
An old couple hires Rockford to find their son - and the detective is suspicious of the young man's girlfriend.
11	11	"The Dexter Crisis"	Alex Grasshoff	Gloryette Clark	November 15, 1974 (1974-11-15)
Rockford heads to Vegas in search of a tycoon's mistress.
12	12	"Caledonia -- It's Worth a Fortune"	Stuart Margolin (Angel Martin)	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 6, 1974 (1974-12-06)
Jolene Hyland (Shelley Fabares) hires Rockford to help her find $500,000 her husband Gerald (Don Eitner) stole and buried in Caledonia. Gerald is in the prison hospital.
13	13	"Profit and Loss, "Profit" : Part 1"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 20, 1974 (1974-12-20)
A very frightened computer programmer working for Fiscal Dynamics is kidnapped from Jim's trailer before he can hire Rockford to act as his go between with the Feds. After Jim files a police report, the programmer says he never met Jim, who is then charged with filing a false police report. The wife of a former employee of Fiscal Dynamics hires Jim to investigate the suspicious death of her husband. To be continued...
14	14	"Profit and Loss, "Loss" : Part 2"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	December 27, 1974 (1974-12-27)
Rockford suspects that Fiscal Dynamics had a small time printer killed because he printed phony stock certificates for them and might talk. Rockford is threatened several times by the Chief Operating Officer of Fiscal Dynamics, Leon Fielder (Ned Beatty) , but does not back off. He decides that attack is the best defense, and he succeeds in spooking Fielder, who attempts to flee with two brief cases full of evidence, and Jim pursues him.
15	15	"Aura Lee, Farewell"	Jackie Cooper	Teleplay: Edward J. Lakso Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	January 3, 1975 (1975-01-03)
A girl is found overdosed on heroin, despite never having done drugs in her life.
16	16	"Sleight of Hand"	William Wiard	Teleplay: Stephen J. Cannell and Jo Swerling Jr. Based on the novel "Thin Air" by: Howard Browne	January 17, 1975 (1975-01-17)
A woman disappears at the same time her neighbor is murdered.
17	17	"Counter Gambit"	Jackie Cooper	Howard Berk and Juanita Bartlett	January 24, 1975 (1975-01-24)
A convict with a bad temper hires Rockford to find his missing girlfriend.
18	18	"Claire"	William Wiard	Edward J. Lakso and Stephen J. Cannell	January 31, 1975 (1975-01-31)
An old girlfriend of Rockford's is in trouble with a loan shark.
19	19	"Say Goodbye to Jennifer"	Jackie Cooper	Teleplay: Juanita Bartlett and Rudolph Borchert Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	February 7, 1975 (1975-02-07)
Rockford is hired to find a suspect who supposedly died in a car accident.
20	20	"Charlie Harris at Large"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Zekial Marko Story: Roy Huggins aka John Thomas James	February 14, 1975 (1975-02-14)
Rockford's old cellmate is accused of killing his wife.
21	21	"The Four Pound Brick"	Lawrence Doheny	Teleplay: Leigh Brackett and Juanita Bartlett Story: Leigh Brackett	February 21, 1975 (1975-02-21)
Rockford comes to suspect that a rookie police officer's death was no accident.
22	22	"Just by Accident"	Jerry London	Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor	February 28, 1975 (1975-02-28)
Rockford probes the death of a racecar driver who went off a cliff.
23	23	"Roundabout"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay: Mitchell Lindemann and Edward J. Lakso Story: Michell Lindemann	March 7, 1975 (1975-03-07)
A woman living in poverty is hesitant about putting a $10,000 insurance check in the bank.