Episode
The Rockford Files: A Bad Deal in the Valley
Overview
A real-estate agent has old flame Rockford deliver counterfeit money.
Details
- Series
- The Rockford Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1976-03-19
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
A Bad Deal in the Valley is Episode 22 in Season 2 of The Rockford Files. It aired on 1976-03-19. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 19: The Italian Bird Fiasco
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Episode 18: In Hazard
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Episode 17: Joey Blue Eyes
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Episode 16: A Portrait of Elizabeth
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Episode 15: The No-Cut Contract
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Episode 14: The Hammer of C Block
A friend (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison after getting out, needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.
Episode 13: The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club
Jim goes undercover to expose an illegal gambling club and gets help from a young D.A.
Episode 12: The Reincarnation of Angie
Hoods snatch a stockbroker, and his sister hires Rockford for $23.64, because Jim's in the yellow pages and her big brother instructed her not to dial the cops. Jim's protective of the naive 25 year old bookkeeper, despite the tiny fee, because he fears her brother is dead, and she can't accept that her only relative, who's always taken care of her, may be mixed up in a securities scam.
Episode 11: Pastoria Prime Pick
A farming hub has more business than it can handle, including giving Rockford the business. The PI's car breaks down near the boomtown, after a source Rockford contacts in a divorce case steers Rockford there. While his car is being worked on, Rockford is quickly entangled between an underage motel worker and her jealous cop boyfriend, and in a double-cross over a narcotics deal. Is it just another tricky day for unlucky Jim, or is bucolic New Pastoria a sunny sin city ?