Followers of The Rockford Recordsdata in all probability questioned, “Is that each one there’s?” when James Garner’s private-eye drama ended abruptly in 1980, halfway by Season 6. The NBC present, which celebrates one other anniversary on September 13, ended with a sixth season solely half the size of the others — lower brief as a consequence of an unsightly, protracted authorized battle between Garner and Common Studios. It wasn’t till the Nineteen Nineties, after the lawsuit was resolved, {that a} sequence of CBS TV motion pictures continued Jim Rockford’s story.
Right here’s what occurred within the final episode of the unique sequence, and why all of it got here to a screeching halt.