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The Best Episodes of Ironside

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When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ironside Season 1 Episode 8 - Tagged for Murder
    10.0/10(109 votes)

    #1 - Tagged for Murder

    S1:E8

    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 is soon uncovered.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Ironside Season 7 Episode 12 - The Last Payment
    10.0/10(48 votes)

    #2 - The Last Payment

    S7:E12

    A friend of Mark's is being unfairly shaken down by a crooked loan shark with crippling interest demands. Worried for his friend Mark goes undercover, despite objections from the Chief, and sets himself up as a potential customer in the hope of digging the head of the operation out of the woodwork.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ironside Season 7 Episode 15 - Once More for Joey
    8.5/10(61 votes)

    #3 - Once More for Joey

    S7:E15

    The work of a quartet of musicians is being pirated, and whilst Ed and Fran are investigating, a member of the group is murdered in front of them. Their investigations lead them into the backgrounds of all those involved at the recording studios where the three survivors work, but all of the possible suspects appear to be friends with the group, and therefore unlikely candidates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Ironside Season 1 Episode 4 - Dead Man's Tale
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #4 - Dead Man's Tale

    S1:E4

    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 a major criminal.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ironside Season 5 Episode 21 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder
    8.0/10(86 votes)

    #5 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder

    S5:E21

    The small daughter of a friend of the Chief's dabbles in witchcraft, and becomes convinced that she is responsible for the death of her parents' landlord. Taking to the case to show her that the truth is otherwise, Ironside discovers that the man arrested for causing the death might be equally innocent.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Ironside Season 5 Episode 4 - The Gambling Game
    7.0/10(64 votes)

    #6 - The Gambling Game

    S5:E4

    After the murder of Police Captain Belding, his daughter, a rookie cop, is anxious to prove that the allegations of corruption against him were false. She hampers the Chief's investigations and generally gets in the way, but he takes a shine to her, and has her drafted onto the team.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Ironside Season 5 Episode 1 - Priest-Killer
    6.5/10(110 votes)

    #7 - Priest-Killer

    S5:E1

    A police chief who is confined to a wheelchair and a former cop who is now a priest team up to discover who has been committing a series of murders of local priests. (Note: This was a crossover episode for the short lived series "Sarge" starring George Kennedy)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ironside Season 1 Episode 2 - Message from Beyond
    6.0/10(149 votes)

    #8 - Message from Beyond

    S1:E2

    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 inside man, but if it has a secret to tell it is not going to give it up easily.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  9. Ironside Season 5 Episode 8 - Murder Impromptu
    6.0/10(85 votes)

    #9 - Murder Impromptu

    S5:E8

    An actor/producer is murdered during a series of comic improvisations, and all of the actors present at the time seem to be suspects. Given a number of aliases and false leads, the Chief embarks on the trail of the killer.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Max Hodge

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  10. Ironside Season 1 Episode 16 - The Fourteenth Runner
    5.0/10(95 votes)

    #10 - The Fourteenth Runner

    S1:E16

    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 working for American Intelligence. Has he simply disappeared, however, or has he been found out?

    Director:Don Weis
    Writers:Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff

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  11. Ironside Season 1 Episode 21 - The Challenge
    5.0/10(101 votes)

    #11 - The Challenge

    S1:E21

    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?

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  12. Ironside Season 8 Episode 5 - Cross Doublecross
    4.0/10(57 votes)

    #12 - Cross Doublecross

    S8:E5

    When somebody takes pot shots at Fran's hot-headed cop boyfriend, he soon comes under suspicion for a handful of assaults and two murders. All the trouble seems to be linked back to a case he investigated with his one-time partner, now turned private eye; but is it a case of cop-turned-bad, or is it something else?

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Ironside Season 1 Episode 23 - Something for Nothing
    3.0/10(114 votes)

    #13 - Something for Nothing

    S1:E23

    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 Chief has to persuade him to turn against the man who is offering him a way out of debt. (NB - The second episode to feature original song From The Day You're Born.)

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Anthony Terpiloff

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  14. Ironside Season 6 Episode 17 - Love Me in December
    3.0/10(51 votes)

    #14 - Love Me in December

    S6:E17

    When her fiancé is accused of murder, a young woman comes to Ironside for help; but when it transpires that the fiancé in question is an old Naval acquaintance of the Chief's, a man with whom he did not get along, the assistance is both offered and accepted somewhat grudgingly. It soon becomes clear, however, that the prejudice which exists in the couple's home town is in serious danger of destroying an innocent man's life.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Ironside Season 1 Episode 15 - Girl in the Night
    2.0/10(94 votes)

    #15 - Girl in the Night

    S1:E15

    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 team try to figure out the mysterious circumstances behind her disappearance.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writers:Dean Riesner, True Eames Boardman

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  16. Ironside Season 7 Episode 9 - Mind for Murder
    2.0/10(61 votes)

    #16 - Mind for Murder

    S7:E9

    While Fran, Mark and Ed are at a night club, a psychic sees details of a recent fire. When the Chief becomes interested, he visits the psychic to try to see more, and discovers that he has been pursuing an arsonist for some time, unable to convince the police that his visions are for real.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Ironside Season 1 Episode 29 - Return of the Hero
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Return of the Hero

    S1:E29

    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 killing off the witnesses, and the Chief himself may be next on the list.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Robert Pirosh

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  18. Ironside Season 7 Episode 21 - Come Eleven, Come Twelve
    1.0/10(54 votes)

    #18 - Come Eleven, Come Twelve

    S7:E21

    Ed gets grounded in Reno whilst transporting a murder suspect back to San Francisco, and knowing gunmen to be on his tail he hides out in an abandoned bar to await assistance from the Chief. As he soon discovers, however, there are other dangers besides hit men for him to worry about, before he can meet up with his colleagues and deliver his prisoner to jail.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Ironside Season 1 Episode 1 - Ironside
    0.5/10(176 votes)

    #19 - Ironside

    S1:E1

    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 retire he convinces the powers that be to to make him a Special Consultant to the Commisioner of Police, who is an old friend. With his team, consisting of police detective Ed Brown, police woman Eve Whitfield, and reformed Juvenile offender Mark Sanger. he tries to find the gunman who put him in a wheelchair.

    Director:James Goldstone
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ironside Season 1 Episode 3 - The Leaf in the Forest
    0.0/10(131 votes)

    #20 - The Leaf in the Forest

    S1:E3

    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 ingenuity, but it might just prove to be worth the effort.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Ironside Season 1 Episode 5 - Eat, Drink and Be Buried
    0.0/10(113 votes)

    #21 - Eat, Drink and Be Buried

    S1:E5

    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 deeper. Will he like what he finds?

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Ironside Season 1 Episode 6 - The Taker
    0.0/10(121 votes)

    #22 - The Taker

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Winston Miller

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  23. Ironside Season 1 Episode 7 - An Inside Job
    0.0/10(126 votes)

    #23 - An Inside Job

    S1:E7

    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 has a trick or two of his own up his sleeve.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Ironside Season 1 Episode 9 - Let My Brother Go
    0.0/10(113 votes)

    #24 - Let My Brother Go

    S1:E9

    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, however, is a rather less savoury character, and Bat has to choose which side he is on.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Ironside Season 1 Episode 10 - Light at the End of the Journey
    0.0/10(95 votes)

    #25 - Light at the End of the Journey

    S1:E10

    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 come to terms with her new way of life.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Robert Van Scoyk

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tagged for Murder" is the best rated episode of "Ironside". It scored 10/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Charles S. Dubin and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/26/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Last Payment".