Ironside

Season 5 (24 Episodes)

8 Seasons1971TV-PG1h 00m6.9

Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.

Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield (later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he combats crime for the San Francisco police from his mobile office (a van) while leaving a pot of chili cooking back at headquarters.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Priest Killer

1. The Priest Killer

Aired: Sep 14, 1971

A police chief who is confined to a wheelchair and a former cop who is now a ...

Episode 3 The Professionals

3. The Professionals

Aired: Sep 28, 1971

After one of those delivered dies from a reaction to a drug, Ironside investi...

Episode 4 The Gambling Game

4. The Gambling Game

Aired: Oct 5, 1971

Ironside is trying to take down an illegal gambling operation. But when there...

Episode 5 Ring of Prayer

5. Ring of Prayer

Aired: Oct 12, 1971

After a friend of Ironside's suddenly changes his mind on the parole of a con...

Episode 6 In the Line of Duty

6. In the Line of Duty

Aired: Oct 19, 1971

Inconsistencies in the story of a widow of a policemen murdered by a man the ...

Episode 8 Murder Impromptu

8. Murder Impromptu

Aired: Nov 1, 1971

Ironside attends an improvisation theatre show. During the show, one of the a...

Episode 9 Dear Fran...

9. Dear Fran...

Aired: Nov 8, 1971

Officer Fran Belding mourns the death of her cousin, who took his own life by...

Episode 10 If a Body See a Body

10. If a Body See a Body

Aired: Nov 15, 1971

Ed tosses the football with Mark during a picnic at Bayview Park when they me...

Episode 11 Good Samaritan

11. Good Samaritan

Aired: Nov 22, 1971

After an AWOL soldier saves Brown from a gun battle and gives first aid for B...

Episode 12 Gentle Oaks

12. Gentle Oaks

Aired: Nov 24, 1971

Ironside goes undercover at a nursing home where patients are turning up dead.

Episode 13 License to Kill

13. License to Kill

Aired: Dec 1, 1971

After a killer of a policeman receives a hung jury, the policeman's partner i...

Episode 14 Class of '57

14. Class of '57

Aired: Dec 15, 1971

An old classmate of Ed's is on the run after assaulting another man. Ed's inv...

Episode 15 No Motive for Murder

15. No Motive for Murder

Aired: Dec 22, 1971

The son of an old friend, fearing that his father's life is in danger, asks t...

Episode 18 Find a Victim

18. Find a Victim

Aired: Jan 12, 1972

A series of break-ins are reported without anything being stolen and the evid...

Episode 20 Death by the Numbers

20. Death by the Numbers

Aired: Jan 26, 1972

One by one members of a parole board are being murdered. On the assumption th...

Episode 22 Achilles' Heel

22. Achilles' Heel

Aired: Feb 16, 1972

The son of a prominent judge is framed in the murder of a young woman.

Episode 23 His Fiddlers Three

23. His Fiddlers Three

Aired: Mar 1, 1972

A music teacher is murdered and, suspecting that he might be a victim of foul...

Episode 24 A Man Named Arno

24. A Man Named Arno

Aired: Mar 8, 1972

Ironside is on the trail of mysterious, illusive high level heroin dealer whi...

Info about Ironside

Current Status: Canceled

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Crime, Mystery