Episode
The Rockford Files: A Material Difference
Overview
Jim finds himself being dragged into a complicated situation when Angel's con job as a hit man for hire goes awry.
Details
- Series
- The Rockford Files
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1979-02-24
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
A Material Difference is Episode 19 in Season 5 of The Rockford Files. It aired on 1979-02-24. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 18: The Return of the Black Shadow
A gang of bikers beat up Jim and assault John Cooper's sister, leading Coop to seek vengeance by returning to a darker period in his past when he was in a biker gang.
Episode 20: Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1
Richie's father has been swindled by a man named Coombs. Jim assembles together a disparate group of con-artists in a complicated scheme using Coombs' anxieties, and even the "Curse" of King Tut, to save Mr. Brockelman from ruin.
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Episode 22: A Different Drummer
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Episode 15: Guilt
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Episode 14: The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar
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Episode 13: With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?
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Episode 12: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
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Episode 11: A Fast Count
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Episode 10: Black Mirror: Part 2
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