The original post: /r/television by /u/ManoelQueiroz on 2025-08-16 14:26:58+00:00.

Considering how it was well recommended I started my first step in classic TV universe with Rockford Files. Here are some considerations about the show as a first time viewer.

And what are the views of the members about it? And why do you think the show still hold its charm??

1 - I wanna be James Garner friend and watch all I can about/or with him. Because he looks such a gentle, smart, friendly guy and that shows in the way he plays Jim, because Jim is gentle, smart, friendly too.

2 - I spend 45 minutes without touching my cellphone while I was watching and that means I was really interested in the story, thing that I never experienced while dealing with contemporary series.

3 - The main theme song is a real must hear.

4 - It amazed me to watch a show where the good (and common guy) gets beaten, threatened, and it deals with it in a smart, plausible and even funny way and Jim don’t have a dark past, or a depressive, bleak or somber family members or friends. It’s just an ordinary guy with a complicated job.

5 - It’s a show where I can see things clearly it has no dark filter over the images, the way everyone speaks is loud and clear.

6 - James Garner dresses in a such beautiful way and I would fall in love with him in no time at all.