Ironside (season 1)
| Ironside (season 1) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 14, 1967 – April 4, 1968 |
| Home video release | |
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DVD release | |
| Region 1 | April 24, 2007 |
This is a list of episodes from the first season of Ironside.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Thursday at 8:30-9:30 pm (EST).
DVD release
The DVD was released by Shout! Factory.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Message from Beyond" | Michael Caffey | Don M. Mankiewicz | September 14, 1967 |
| Ironside suspects that a robbery at a race track's money room could have been an inside job. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Leaf in the Forest" | Leo Penn | Don M. Mankiewicz | September 21, 1967 |
| Ironside hunts a killer who's using a phantom strangler's reign of terror to cover up his own crime. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Dead Man's Tale" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Donald A. Brinkley and Don M. Mankiewicz Story by: Don M. Mankiewicz | September 28, 1967 |
| In order to take down a crime lord, Ironside spreads a rumor that a murdered hood is still alive - and ready to talk. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Eat, Drink and Be Buried" | William Graham | Tony Barrett | October 5, 1967 |
| An advice columnist is threatened with murder - and there's no shortage of suspects. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Taker" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Irving Gaynor Neiman and Winston Miller Story by: Irving Gaynor Neiman | October 12, 1967 |
| An unsolved case is reopened when Ironside works to vindicate a murder policeman who was accused of blackmailing. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "An Inside Job" | Charles S. Dubin | Sy Salkowitz | October 19, 1967 |
| A pair of killers hold Ironside and Eve hostage with the intention of forcing the Chief to help with their escape plan. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Tagged for Murder" | Charles S. Dubin | Art Weingarten | October 26, 1967 |
| GI serial numbers scratched in a murder victim's watch case are Ironside's only clue to finding the killer. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Let My Brother Go" | Don Weis | Donn Mullally | November 2, 1967 |
| Ironside attempts to stop an athlete from taking the fall for manslaughter in order to keep his parolee brother out of prison. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Light at the End of the Journey" | Charles S. Dubin | Teleplay by: Robert Van Scoyk and Sy Salkowitz Story by: Jeannot Szwarc | November 9, 1967 |
| Ironside uses a blind woman as live bait to catch a killer who thinks she saw him. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Monster of Comus Towers" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: A.J. Russell and Stanford Whitmore Story by: A.J. Russell | November 16, 1967 |
| A human fly is suspected of killing a guard at an art gallery. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Man Who Believed" | Tony Leader | Stephen Kandel | November 23, 1967 |
| While investigatiing a folk singer's apparent suicide, Ironside discovers that the girl had a history of drug abuse. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "A Very Cool Hot Car" | James Sheldon | Luther Davis | November 30, 1967 |
| A newly assigned lieutenant is suspected of corruption when he doesn't do anything about increasing thefts. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Past Is Prologue" | Don Weis | Paul Mason | December 7, 1967 |
| Ironside heads to New York in search of evidence that could clear a fugitive of murder charges before the death sentence is passed. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Girl in the Night" | Ralph Senensky | Teleplay by: True Boardman Story by: Dean Riesner | December 21, 1967 |
| Ed gets involved with a night-club singer who has a very troubled past. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Fourteenth Runner" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Donn Mullally Story by: Leon Tokatyan | December 28, 1967 |
| Ironside investigates the disappearance of Soviet track star who's also a double agent for the U.S. government. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Force of Arms" | Tony Leader | Teleplay by: Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts and Warren Duff Story by: Warren Duff | January 4, 1968 |
| While investigating the murder of fanatic, Ironside is forced to deal with a group of vengeful vigilantes. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Memory of an Ice Cream Stick" | Charles S. Dubin | Sy Salkowitz | January 11, 1968 |
| Against Ironside's warning, Mark gets involved with an ex-con from his past. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "To Kill a Cop" | Tony Leader | Teleplay by: Donn Mullally | January 18, 1968 |
| Ed attempts to force a cop hater to confess to the murder of two policemen. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Lonely Hostage" | Charles S. Dubin | Norman Katkov | February 1, 1968 |
| A cop who's wanted for robbing a bank and wounding another officer kidnaps Ironside and Mark. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Challenge" | Tony Leader | John McGreevey | February 8, 1968 |
| Ironside thinks like an art critic to solve a psychologist's murder. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "All in a Day's Work" | Charles S. Dubin | Ed McBain | February 15, 1968 |
| When Eve feels guilty for killing a crook, Ironside helps her learn to live with her duties as a police officer. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "Something for Nothing" | Robert Butler | Teleplay by: Anthony Terpiloff and Stephen Kandel Story by: Anthony Terpiloff | February 22, 1968 |
| A singer helps Ironside catch a loan shark expecting his payment - with interest. | |||||
| 23 | 23 | "Barbara Who" | James Sheldon | Sy Salkowitz | February 29, 1968 |
| Ironside develops feelings for a woman who can't remember anything - but who someone wants dead. | |||||
| 24 | 24 | "Perfect Crime" | Charles S. Dubin | Teleplay by: Norman Katkov Story by: Leonard H. White | March 7, 1968 |
| As Ironside conducts a seminar, a campus sniper brags about his plan to commit the perfect crime. | |||||
| 25 | 25 | "Officer Bobby" | James Sheldon | Brett Halliday & Bill S. Ballinger | March 14, 1968 |
| Ironside looks for a connection between a bombing and a baby found in the van. | |||||
| 26 | 26 | "Trip to Hashbury" | Tony Leader | Norman Jolley | March 21, 1968 |
| A conspiracy complicates Ironside's investigation of a hippie's fatal beating - that was allegedly administered by Ed. | |||||
| 27 | 27 | "Due Process of the Law" | Dick Colla | Don Brinkley | March 28, 1968 |
| When Mark's girlfriend is murdered, his demands for immediate justice make it difficult to find the killer. | |||||
| 28 | 28 | "Return of the Hero" | Ralph Senensky | Robert Pirosh | April 4, 1968 |
| Ironside's attempts to save a Vietnam hero from the gas chamber are put at risk by the man's war buddies. | |||||