Ironside (season 5)
| Ironside (season 5) | |
|---|---|
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 21, 1971 – March 9, 1972 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Ironside.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Tuesday at 7:30-8:30 pm (EST) from September 21 to November 23, 1971 and Thursday at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) from November 25, 1971 to March 9, 1972.
Episodes
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 107–108 | 1–2 | "The Priest Killer" | Richard A. Colla | Teleplay by: Robert Van Scoyk and Joel Oliansky Story by: David Levy and Robert Van Scoyk | September 14, 1971 | |
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Ironside teams up with Father Samuel Cavanaugh to capture a murderer This 2-hour episode serves as the pilot for the spin-off series Sarge. | ||||||
| 109 | 3 | "Contract: Kill Ironside" | Don Weis | Stephen Karpf & Elinor Karpf | September 21, 1971 | |
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Ironside discovers a contract signed to take his life - and the man who signed it has never fouled up. | ||||||
| 110 | 4 | "The Professionals" | Don Weis | Sy Salkowitz | September 28, 1971 | |
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Ironside pursues a gang of credit card thieves. | ||||||
| 111 | 5 | "The Gambling Game" | Don Weis | Sy Salkowitz | October 5, 1971 | |
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Ironside finds it suspicious that a hood is eager to vindicate a dead cop accused of working with gamblers. Elizabeth Baur makes her debut as Fran Belding in this episode. | ||||||
| 112 | 6 | "Ring of Prayer" | Don Weis | Jack Morse | October 12, 1971 | |
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Ironside matches wits with a phony psychic. | ||||||
| 113 | 7 | "In the Line of Duty" | Don McDougall | Mark Rodgers | October 19, 1971 | |
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A local thief is suspected of killing a policeman - until evidence suggests otherwise. | ||||||
| 114 | 8 | "Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells" | Leslie Martinson | Marty Roth | October 26, 1971 | |
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Ironside probes his Korean foster daughter's fiance. | ||||||
| 115 | 9 | "Murder Impromptu" | Don Weis | Teleplay by: Max Hodge Story by: John McGreevey and Max Hodge | November 2, 1971 | |
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A group of stage actors are suspects in a stabbing. This episode reunites Raymond Burr with his former Perry Mason costar Barbara Hale. | ||||||
| 116 | 10 | "Dear Fran" | Don Weis | Edward de Blasio | November 9, 1971 | |
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Fran investigates when her cousin is alleged to have jumpled off the Golden Gate Bridge. | ||||||
| 117 | 11 | "If a Body See a Body" | Don McDougall | Max Hodge | November 16, 1971 | |
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Ed tries to prove he saw a body - even though the corpse keeps vanishing on him. | ||||||
| 118 | 12 | "The Good Samaritan" | Leslie H. Martinson | Frank Telford | November 23, 1971 | |
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A murder case gets personal for Ed because the suspect is the man who saved his life. | ||||||
| 119 | 13 | "Gentle Oaks" | Robert Clouse | Michael Fisher | November 25, 1971 | |
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Ironside faces off against a malevolent nurse in a convalescent home with a suspiciously high death rate. | ||||||
| 120 | 14 | "License to Kill" | Don Weis | Donn Mullally | December 2, 1971 | |
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Ironside uses old-fashioned detective work to clear a cop framed for murder. | ||||||
| 121 | 15 | "Class of '57" | James Neilson | Teleplay by: Robert Earll and Sy Salkowitz Story by: Sy Salkowitz | December 16, 1971 | |
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Ed looks for a classmate who's become a wanted man. | ||||||
| 122 | 16 | "No Motive for Murder" | Leslie H. Martinson | Sy Salkowitz | December 23, 1971 | |
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While in Tokyo, Ironside must find out who's trying to kill a disabled ex-kabuki dancer. | ||||||
| 123 | 17 | "But When She Was Bad" | Corey Allen | Alvin Boretz | December 30, 1971 | |
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A woman is determined to see Ironside dead. | ||||||
| 124 | 18 | "Unreasonable Facsimile" | Don Weis | Merwin Gerard | January 6, 1972 | |
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A makeup artist who just did time for a bank robbery is believed to be back in business. | ||||||
| 125 | 19 | "Find a Victim" | Christian Nyby II | Irving Pearlberg | January 13, 1972 | |
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The victims of a burglary wave, ironically, are all crooks. | ||||||
| 126 | 20 | "And Then There Was One" | Arnold Laven | Fred Freiberger | January 20, 1972 | |
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Ironside probes the deaths of former Army buddies who were all killed with hand-grenades. | ||||||
| 127 | 21 | "Death by the Numbers" | Don Weis | Francine Carroll | January 27, 1972 | |
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Ironside pretends to be a member of a parole board to put an end to a series of murders that have left the board victimized. | ||||||
| 128 | 22 | "Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Sy Salkowitz | February 3, 1972 | |
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Ironside investigates when the daughter of his friend practices witchcraft and blames herself for the death of her parents' landlord. | ||||||
| 129 | 23 | "Achilles' Heel" | Raymond Burr | Frank Telford | February 17, 1972 | |
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A man on trial for murder tries to get acquitted by framing the judge's son for the crime. | ||||||
| 130 | 24 | "His Fiddlers Three" | Alf Kjellin | Edward DeBlasio | March 2, 1972 | |
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A musical note is Ironside's clue to finding the murderer of an unpopular quartetmeister. | ||||||
| 131 | 25 | "A Man Named Arno" | Chris Christenberry | Helen McAvity | March 9, 1972 | |
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A drug dealer is the prime suspect in the case of a missing husband. | ||||||