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Ironside Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1970 - 1971
Episode 1
A Killing Will Occur
Thu, Sep 17, 197060 mins
Ironside is told by an anonymous caller that he is about to commit murder. Multiple calls from the same person give the chief details about the potential shooting - and time to prevent it.
Episode 2
No Game for Amateurs
Thu, Sep 24, 197060 mins
A key witness is gunned down by a young man trying to evade the military draft. The shooter's pregnant, widowed girlfriend may be the only clue to his whereabouts as Ironside strives to catch him before he flees to Canada.
Episode 3
The Happy Dreams of Hollow Men
Thu, Oct 1, 197060 mins
An overnight snowstorm strands Ironside in a mountain cabin with an architect who is addicted to heroin. The chief tries to help his friend through withdrawal while working to keep both of them alive.
Episode 4
The People Against Judge McIntire
Thu, Oct 8, 197060 mins
Leland McIntyre asks Ironside to find out who is trying to kill him. Eve finds several students connected with the eight-year-old murder case the judge is reenacting in Mark's law class. Ed sits in so he can be a bodyguard for McIntyre.
Episode 5
Noel's Gonna Fly
Thu, Oct 15, 197060 mins
Mid-life crisis: businessman Noel Seymour fails to appear in court and vanishes after taking $5,000 out of his bank account. Ironside tries to catch up to Noel before he hurts himself or someone else.
Episode 6
The Lonely Way to Go
Thu, Oct 22, 197060 mins
The investment manager for the police pension fund is charged with murdering his secretary. The man says he did it, but Ironside is puzzled by gaps in his confession and by large amounts of money the secretary had collected.
Episode 7
Check, Mate and Murder: Part 1
Thu, Oct 29, 197060 mins
While in Quebec for a police convention, Mark is nearly killed by French separatists. Ironside's involvement in the case is complicated when the man arrested as the bomber is the son of a former lover.
Episode 8
Check, Mate, and Murder: Part 2
Thu, Nov 5, 197060 mins
Now fully involved in the bombing case by the French Canadian separatists, Ed goes undercover while the rest try to stop an impending bombing of a holiday parade.
Episode 9
Too Many Victims
Thu, Nov 12, 197060 mins
The daughter of a close friend is injured in a traffic accident. After discovering she was under the influence of drugs, Ironside's group works to uncover the drug ring supplying kids with drugs.
Episode 10
The Man on the Inside
Thu, Nov 19, 197060 mins
When it becomes clear a police raid was tipped off, the evidence begins to show that Ironside may have been responsible. Ed joins the internal investigation that will either clear - or convict - Ironside.
Episode 11
Backfire
Thu, Dec 3, 197060 mins
As a law school project Mark takes on a review of the possible conviction of an innocent man. The convict claims he was framed by the police Sergeant leading the investigation: Ed Brown.
Episode 12
The Laying on of Hands
Thu, Dec 10, 197060 mins
Pablo Esteban, a young faith healer from a small Mexican village, lays hands upon the willing in big cities across 1970 America. Pablo lays hands upon a friend of Ironside who convalesced with him and was similarly disabled in San Francisco. When she regains her ability to walk, Ironside, Ed and Mark attempt to investigate whether a miracle or human avarice is responsible.
Episode 13
This Could Blow Your Mind
Thu, Dec 17, 197060 mins
Ironside in a battle of psychological wits against a mob hit man who has the wife and kids of a hypnotist he thinks can finger him.
Episode 14
Blackout
Thu, Dec 31, 197060 mins
One evening, Chief Ironside and Mark Sanger visit a precinct where the Chief worked as a young officer. Initially, the precinct Captain, played by 70's NFL hero, Roman Gabriel, greets the Chief formally, as if he thinks Ironside is there to meddle. In contrast, Ironside's old partner, played by veteran actor, Jack Albertson, is happy to see Ironside. Suddenly, there is a city-wide blackout; now, the young Captain is relieved to have Ironside on site and even provides him an office. There is a rush to organize and institute emergency protocol but the Chief remains unfazed. With the help of his old partner, Ironside and team investigate events occurring inside of the precinct. They find information that may connect events inside with the blackout outside.
Episode 15
The Quincunx
Thu, Jan 7, 197160 mins
The team goes to see Eve's friend perform at a local bar where she is performing in a trio. After a delay in starting time, the two male trio members who are brothers announce to the audience that the friend will not be able to perform that night. When she can't get in touch with her friend and the body of a young murder victim that may be related to the band is discovered, Eve becomes involved with one of the brothers.
Episode 16
From Hrûska, with Love
Thu, Jan 21, 197160 mins
Ironside and his team have to escort a Czechoslovakian refugee to Mexico where she is to be traded for an American scientist. But it appears that someone has blown their cover and that a third party is now involved.
Episode 17
The Target
Thu, Jan 28, 197160 mins
Ironside and crew assist an ex-convict whose son has been kidnapped by a militant group so the ex-convict will supply them with explosives from the construction company at which the man has been employed.
Episode 18
A Killing at the Track
Thu, Feb 4, 197160 mins
Ironside is asked by the Commisioner to investigate a possible race fixing scandal at the racetrack. As part of the investigation Eve has to rekindle a romance with a former lover.
Episode 19
Escape
Thu, Feb 11, 197160 mins
Ed and Eve go south of the border to interview Lonnie Burnett, someone Eve helped clear of a murder charge in the US but now faces a similar charge in a foreign country. A muckraking reporter also shows up and complicates their situation.
Episode 20
Love, Peace, Brotherhood and Murder
Thu, Feb 18, 197160 mins
Ironside, who has invested money in a controversial stage show, brings his team to a rehearsal when it's discovered one of its performers has died mysteriously from a drug overdose. With such a large cast there are any number of suspects.
Episode 21
The Riddle in Room Six
Thu, Feb 25, 197160 mins
When a jury on a mobster's trial becomes hopelessly deadlocked, Ironside tries to find out if the one holdout has been bribed. But before they can start they must determine just who the holdout is.
Episode 22
The Summer Soldier
Thu, Mar 4, 197160 mins
An elderly Armenian tobacconist is being blackmailed by two nephews who are using his shop to manufacture cigarettes laced with PCP.
Episode 23
Accident
Thu, Mar 11, 197160 mins
Mark, who has been up for three nights on an extended stakeout, accidentally hits an elderly woman. Mark befriends her and gradually uncovers her secret past. Meanwhile Ed works on a separate jewel heist case.
Episode 24
Lesson in Terror
Thu, Mar 18, 197160 mins
An underground terrorist group breaks a member out of jail. The son of a prominent lawyer appears to have a connection to the group but Ironside isn't sure if he is a willing participant in their schemes.
Episode 25
Grandmother's House
Thu, Apr 1, 197160 mins
Ironside investigates a purse-snatching, but not just the usual petty crime: the victim is the widow of the former head of the Police Commission, and the purse contained a little cash . . . and $200,000 in jewelry.
Episode 26
Walls Are Waiting
Thu, Apr 15, 197160 mins
After a parole officer is shot at, Ironside finds the list of possible suspects is quite long. A drug pusher may be responsible since he is especially hard on them after his sister was confined to an institution after a bad drug experience.
