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The Becker Connection
The Rockford Files - S3 - E16
Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
The Rockford Files: Season 3 - 22 Episode s
3x1 - The Fourth Man
September 24, 1976
Jim helps a friend who works in the airline industry, who's apparently being pursued by a hit man, and she's no idea why she's being targeted.
3x2 - The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit
October 1, 1976
Rockford finds himself getting unwanted attention from the media and police, when a popular psychic fingers him as having important information on the disappearance of two people.
3x3 - The Family Hour
October 8, 1976
Jim and Rocky find an abandoned young girl that leads to Jim finding and helping her father.
3x4 - Feeding Frenzy
October 15, 1976
Jim helps a friend who wants to pay back money he stole three years earlier when his daughter then gets kidnapped leading to problems for Jim with the kidnappers and the police.
3x5 - Drought at Indianhead River
November 5, 1976
Jim finds out there's a hit out on Angel and runs into trouble with the mob bailing him out.
3x6 - Coulter City Wildcat
November 12, 1976
Rocky is forced to sign oil lease rights he owns away, leading Jim to investigate who and why someone wanted Rocky's seemingly worthless leases so badly.
3x7 - So Help Me God
November 19, 1976
Jim gets called before a grand jury where he promptly gets thrown into jail for contempt.
3x8 - Rattlers' Class of '63
November 26, 1976
Angel is working a con involving the sale of a landfill, and unknown to him or Jim, it happens to be the location of a dead body from an unsolved case from twelve years before. The people who put it there don't want it found.
3x9 - Return to the 38th Parallel
December 10, 1976
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
3x10 - Piece Work
December 17, 1976
While investigating an insurance claim Jim accidentally stumbles into a gun smuggling operation.
3x11 - The Trouble with Warren
December 24, 1976
Beth's nerdy cousin Warren drags Jim into his mounting troubles.
3x12 - There's One in Every Port
January 7, 1977
After being conned by friends Jim sets them up to settle the score and save himself.
3x13 - Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
January 14, 1977
When several of Jim's fellow P.I.'s lose their licenses under circumstances that are suspiciously similar, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting independent investigators and systematically putting them out of business.
3x14 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1
January 21, 1977
Jim helps a friend (Strother Martin) of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
3x15 - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2
January 28, 1977
Jim helps a friend of Rocky's who's being forced off his property.
3x16 - The Becker Connection
February 11, 1977
Rockford's newest case is to clear his friend Dennis Becker, who is suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
3x17 - Just Another Polish Wedding
February 18, 1977
Jim gets Gandy (Isaac Hayes) a job with his P.I. buddy Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.) who promptly then tries to steal the case.
3x18 - New Life, Old Dragons
February 25, 1977
Jim is hired by a Vietnamese refugee to find her missing brother.
3x19 - To Protect and Serve: Part 1
March 11, 1977
Rockford is hired to find a missing woman, only to discover that she is also being sought by a New York crime family.
3x20 - To Protect and Serve: Part 2
March 18, 1977
Rockford tries to keep a woman on the run out of the hands of two Minette hoods (and her revenge minded ex-fiancé) but the bungling interference of a disturbed police groupie threatens to get them both killed.
3x21 - Crack Back
March 25, 1977
Beth turns to Jim for help when she finds herself being mentally harassed by a mysterious man while trying to win an important trial.
3x22 - Dirty Money, Black Light
April 1, 1977
Jim becomes very concerned when Rocky starts receiving thousands of dollars through the mail.