Ironside (season 4)
| Ironside (season 4) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 17, 1970 – April 15, 1971 |
| Home video release | |
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DVD release | |
| Region 1 | October 19, 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 1 | "A Killing Will Occur" | Don Weis | Alvin Sapinsley | September 17, 1970 |
| Ironside enters a battle of wits with a caller who's predicted a murder. | |||||
| 82 | 2 | "No Game for Amateurs" | John Florea | Sy Salkowitz | September 24, 1970 |
| Ironside rides a draft dodgers' railway to find a killer. | |||||
| 83 | 3 | "The Happy Dreams of Hollow Men" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Sy Salkowitz Story by: Sy Salkowitz & Carol Salkowitz | October 1, 1970 |
| Ironside is trapped in a cabin during a bilzzard with an old friend who's become a heroin addict. | |||||
| 84 | 4 | "The People Against Judge McIntire" | Abner Biberman | Teleplay by: Liam O'Brien Story by: Liam O'Brien and Mark Rodgers | October 8, 1970 |
| Ed's law class re-enacts a murder case when real drama unfolds. | |||||
| 85 | 5 | "Noel's Gonna Fly" | Don Weis | Sy Salkowitz | October 15, 1970 |
| A man charged with public intoxication gets involved with a girl and a rock musician after skipping his arraignment. | |||||
| 86 | 6 | "The Lonely Way to Go" | Richard Benedict | Donn Mullally | October 22, 1970 |
| An investment manager's confession to a murder seems to contradict the evidence in the case. | |||||
| 87 | 7 | "Check, Mate and Murder: Part 1" | David Lowell Rich | Sandy Stern | October 29, 1970 |
| Ironside meets an old flame while in Montreal and gets involved in the Separatist movement. To be continued... | |||||
| 88 | 8 | "Check, Mate and Murder: Part 2" | David Lowell Rich | Sandy Stern | November 5, 1970 |
| Ironside's trip to Montreal continues as he gets involved in a murder plot while searching for a stolen chess set. | |||||
| 89 | 9 | "Too Many Victims" | Corey Allen | Irving Pearlberg | November 12, 1970 |
| A captain sets out to take down the dealer who gave his daughter marijuana. | |||||
| 90 | 10 | "The Man on the Inside" | Don McDougall | Teleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Brad Radnitz Story by: Brad Radnitz | November 19, 1970 |
| An arrested drug pusher frames Ironside to get revenge. | |||||
| 91 | 11 | "Backfire" | John Florea | Frank Telford | December 3, 1970 |
| Mark writes a hypothetical brief about a convicted murderer for his law class, which results in the case being reopened and the convict accusing Ed of framing him. | |||||
| 92 | 12 | "The Laying On of Hands" | Don McDougall | Tom Seller | December 10, 1970 |
| Ironside probes the managers of an alleged faith healer. | |||||
| 93 | 13 | "This Could Blow Your Mind" | James Neilson | Teleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Stephen Cannell Story by: Stephen Cannell | December 17, 1970 |
| Ironside goes to a hospital for psychological evaluation where a crook is trying to learn the whereabouts of a police informer. | |||||
| 94 | 14 | "Blackout" | Don McDougall | Robert Pirosh | December 31, 1970 |
| A blackout in San Francisco is apparently being used to cover up a crime. | |||||
| 95 | 15 | "The Quincunx" | Don Weis | Max Hodge | January 7, 1971 |
| The sister in a folk trio vanishes without a trace and another young woman is found brutally murdered. | |||||
| 96 | 16 | "From Hruska with Love" | Alf Kjellin | Richard Shapiro | January 21, 1971 |
| Ironside is kidnapped along with a Communist spy. | |||||
| 97 | 17 | "The Target" | Don Weis | Sy Salkowitz | January 28, 1971 |
| An ex-con demolitions expert's son is kidnapped. | |||||
| 98 | 18 | "A Killing at the Track" | Don McDougall | Robert Pirosh and Max Hodge | February 4, 1971 |
| A jockey is suspected of throwing races. | |||||
| 99 | 19 | "Escape" | John Florea | Adrian Spies | February 11, 1971 |
| Ed and Eve travel to Mexico where they're suspected of helping a convict - whom they believe is innocent of murder - escape. | |||||
| 100 | 20 | "Love, Peace, Brotherhood and Murder" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Sy Salkowitz and Robert Earll Story by: Robert Earll | February 18, 1971 |
| An actress in a play dies of heroin. | |||||
| 101 | 21 | "The Riddle in Room Six" | John Florea | Stephen Cannell | February 25, 1971 |
| Ironside has 24 hours to prove that a racketeer bribed a juror at his trial. | |||||
| 102 | 22 | "The Summer Soldier" | Don Weis | Jameson Brewer | March 4, 1971 |
| Ironside helps an old immigrant take down his nephews who are using his tobacco shop to make synthetic marijuana. | |||||
| 103 | 23 | "The Accident" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: William Douglas Lansford and Irving Pearlberg Story by: William Douglas Lansford | March 11, 1971 |
| When Mark and a woman get into a traffic accident, Ironside suspects an insurance fraud was committed. | |||||
| 104 | 24 | "Lesson in Terror" | James Neilson | Donn Mullally | March 18, 1971 |
| An attorney is concerned about his son getting involved with anarchists. | |||||
| 105 | 25 | "Grandmother's House" | Don Weis | Preston Wood | April 1, 1971 |
| A 70-year-old corporation director's purse is snatched. | |||||
| 106 | 26 | "Walls Are Waiting" | Barry Shear | Sy Salkowitz | April 15, 1971 |
| A parole officer is obsessed with drug dealers. | |||||