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Ironside: Season 1

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29 episodes · first aired Mar 28, 1967

Over the course of the season, Ironside and his team of assistants investigate a wide range of crimes, including murder, kidnapping, robbery, and espionage. They also tackle some of the most pressing social issues of the day, such as racism, sexism, and drug abuse.

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  1. 1 Ironside Mar 28, 1967 · 1h While on vacation, Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside of the San Francisco police force is shot by an unknown assailant and paralyzed from the waist down. Fearing he will be forced to…
  2. 2 Message from Beyond Sep 14, 1967 · 1h A substantial sum of money is stolen from a race-track, whilst Ironside and his team are present, and the Chief is determined to crack the case. The only clue is a car, crashed by the…
  3. 3 The Leaf in the Forest Sep 21, 1967 · 1h Lonely old women are being strangled, and Chief Ironside believes that there is more to it than just a serial killer at work. Setting Eve up as a potential victim requires a little…
  4. 4 Dead Man's Tale Sep 28, 1967 · 1h A notorious gangster is preparing to turn State's evidence when he is murdered, but Ironside pretends that the man is still alive, and ready to talk, in order to catch the killer and nail…
  5. 5 Eat, Drink and Be Buried Oct 5, 1967 · 1h When TV personality Francesca Kirby starts to receive death threats, her old friend Robert T. Ironside is soon on the case. When the threats become attempts on her life, he begins to delve…
  6. 6 The Taker Oct 12, 1967 · 1h A policeman known to Ironside for some years is shot dead whilst on an investigation. The evidence points to him being crooked, but the Chief is determined to prove otherwise.
  7. 7 An Inside Job Oct 19, 1967 · 1h Two killers break out of their cell in the precinct and hold Ironside and Eve Whitfield hostage, forcing the Chief to come up with a fool-proof plan for their escape. As always Ironside…
  8. 8 Tagged for Murder Oct 26, 1967 · 1h An apparently accidental death occurs, but Ed risks his shield on the certainty that it was murder. When Ironside gets on the case a murky tale of murdered ex-servicemen and an old robbery…
  9. 9 Let My Brother Go Nov 2, 1967 · 1h Ironside is having problems keeping a group of local kids on the straight and narrow, and enlists the help of football star Bat Masterson, an old friend of Mark's. Bat's brother Joe…
  10. 10 Light at the End of the Journey Nov 9, 1967 · 1h A recently blinded woman is witness to a murder, and not knowing that she couldn't see him the murderer attempts to silence her. Ironside is on hand to protect her, and also to help her to…
  11. 11 The Monster of Comus Towers Nov 16, 1967 · 1h An ingenious art theft takes place at Comus Towers Art Museum, and a guard is murdered in the process. Chief Ironside takes the case, but another death is to follow; this time the…
  12. 12 The Man Who Believed Nov 23, 1967 · 1h A woman who wrote a cheering letter to Ironside when he was recovering from being shot, dies in an apparent suicide. Convinced that it was murder Ironside investigates, and uncovers the…
  13. 13 A Very Cool Hot Car Nov 30, 1967 · 1h Cars are being stolen in worryingly high numbers, and with the numbers recovered falling dramatically, the signs point to a crooked cop somewhere in the department. Mark is convinced that…
  14. 14 The Past Is Prologue Dec 7, 1967 · 1h A friend of the Chief's turns out to have been living under an assumed identity for the last nineteen years, and is wanted in New York for murder. The mayor is determined to have him…
  15. 15 Girl in the Night Dec 21, 1967 · 1h Ed falls for a girl he meets after hearing her playing the piano in a bar in Las Vegas. While they are out together Ed is knocked unconscious and the girl disappears. Ed, Ironside and the…
  16. 16 The Fourteenth Runner Dec 28, 1967 · 1h A visiting Soviet athlete vanishes during a practice run, and Ironside is placed on the case. It soon turns out that the 'trustworthy Soviet hero' is anything but, and that the athlete is…
  17. 17 Force of Arms Jan 4, 1968 · 1h A local businessman sets up an organized vigilante force to try to clean up San Francisco. When a key member is murdered, it becomes clear that the "Second Force" has got severely out of…
  18. 18 Memory of an Ice Cream Stick Jan 11, 1968 · 1h An old friend of Mark's is a suspect in a murder investigation, but Mark refuses to accept that the man may be bad. Ironside tries to convince him otherwise, but in the process risks…
  19. 19 To Kill a Cop Jan 25, 1968 · 1h When Ed and two colleagues arrest a violent man they don't take his threats seriously, but when the other two officers are murdered, Ed is convinced that he knows who the killer is…
  20. 20 The Lonely Hostage Feb 1, 1968 · 1h A cop goes bad and shoots a fellow officer, then offers to give himself up to Chief Ironside. Instead, he takes the Chief and Mark hostage, and plans to kill them as soon as his escape is…
  21. 21 The Challenge Feb 8, 1968 · 1h A psychiatrist friend of Ironside's is murdered, and the only clues are his collection of artworks. Is one of the artists the murderer? And if so, which one?
  22. 22 All in a Day's Work Feb 15, 1968 · 1h During a night on the town, Eve Whitfield kills an armed robber who tries to shoot her. When he turns out to be a boy just turned seventeen, she doubts her abilities as a police officer…
  23. 23 Something for Nothing Feb 22, 1968 · 1h A compulsive (and unlucky) gambler is in debt to a local mobster for $32,000. Ironside wants to put the mobster away, but only can if the gambler is prepared to turn state's evidence. The…
  24. 24 Barbara Who Feb 29, 1968 · 1h A friend of Ironside's turns out to be an amnesiac victim without a past. The need to discover who she really is comes to the forefront when somebody tries to kill her, and it becomes…
  25. 25 Perfect Crime Mar 7, 1968 · 1h Lecturing on a law course at a local college, the Chief finds that one of the students is planning to prove that the perfect crime can be committed. The person responsible appears to be…
  26. 26 Officer Bobby Mar 14, 1968 · 1h A baby is found abandoned in the Chief's van, following an explosion at an airport. The Chief suspects that the child's mother was the intended victim of the attack, and plans to make her…
  27. 27 Trip to Hashbury Mar 21, 1968 · 1h Ed is charged with police brutality following a raid on a hippie drug den. As always, of course, things are far from being as they seem, and the trail leads to a group of apparently model…
  28. 28 Due Process of the Law Mar 28, 1968 · 1h Mark's date is found murdered in Golden Gate Park, and he is determined to catch the man responsible, with or without Ironside's help. When he decides to take the law into his own hands…
  29. 29 Return of the Hero Apr 4, 1968 · 1h A decorated Vietnam war hero is found guilty of murder, but the Chief, amongst others, does not believe that he is guilty. Whilst he is trying to find out the truth, somebody else is…