The unseen driver of a black 1974 Dodge Charger is kidnapping, molesting, and sometimes murdering young girls around Copper Valley, Arizona. When the daughter of a bus driver (Leeds) is kidnapped right in front of her mother (Cassidy), a chase through the tough Arizona terrain begins as the mother tries to get her daughter back.
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.
The famed P.I. works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
