S01E00 Pilot Episode
The big clue in the show where a pack rat (an animal) is swapping acorns for the shells from the assassination attempt on Ironside is far-fetched.S01E01 Message from Beyond
This is a mundane beginning for the series. The "gimmick" in the show is writing on a car with luminous paint; Ironside has a brainstorm to realize this. The title of the show is dumb.S01E02 The Leaf in the Forest
The business with the newspaper at the beginning that is thrown on the floor doesn't make any sense. At the end of the show, Eve becomes an old lady with a hideous makeup job to help them nab the "real" killer. The way the killer finds her and other victims is stupid.S01E03 Dead Man's Tale
Aside from issues of the sharpshooter's aim at the beginning of the show and how the villain (played by Hawaii Five-O's Jack Lord) is nabbed at the end in a nail-biting finale, this is one of the better episodes. Still not worthy of 4 out of 4 stars (if I was rating the Ironside shows in this manner).S01E04 Eat, Drink and Be Buried
The bad guy in this show, an important character, is played by an uncredited actor! There are lots of illogical twists and turns in the plot, but I suspect the show was overwritten and then edited back.S01E05 The Taker
Mark steals a copy of a magazine which provides critical information to the plot and Eve has contrived ideas. The team breaks into this guy's office without a warrant to find him dead; the case will probably not go over well in court.S01E06 An Inside Job
Two prisoners escaping from the SFPD lockup take Ironside and Eve hostage. Not bad, but the end, which should be tense, is more like a comedy, followed by the gimmicky manner in which Ironside overcomes the two bad guys.S01E07 Tagged For Murder
I hate this show, it is full of problems. The opening scenario where this guy gets electrocuted is idiotic, tons of information is engraved on the back of a watch which is crazy, critical evidence is stolen, etc., etc. Terrible!S01E08 Let My Brother Go
Ironside is dealing with a black gang, trying to "reform" its members, which is pretty funny -- why is he involved with this at all? Ironside to me is like "Mr. White Bread." Most of the show isn't that bad, however, with a hot-shot football player getting involved with the kids' rehabiliation.S01E09 Light at the End of the Journey
A blind woman who was near the scene of a murder is used to lure the killer to the police, because he doesn't know she couldn't see him. There is an implausible coincidence, the killer is romancing the wife of the murder victim, who was Ironside's friend, an ex-cop.S01E10 The Monster of Comus Towers
Working with Ironside, Mark infiltrates the "Towers" building in the guise of a maintenance man, and suddenly becomes familiar in a geeky manner with technology connected with the building's security system. There are other "technological" issues in the show as well. There is no "monster."S01E11 The Man Who Believed
A claustrophobic show with a dumb title which takes mostly indoors. A young singer leaps or is thrown from the Golden Gate Bridge. There are topographical issues as to how she got there.S01E12 A Very Cool Car
If they are referring to a Cadillac in the show which gets major attention, I guess it is "cool." Ironside is asked to find out why so many cars are being stolen in the city because maybe corrupt cops are involved. There are two "hippies" in this show who are laughable.S01E13 The Past is Prologue
Up to a point, this show, featuring a young Harrison Ford whose father is an on-the-lam convict from New York State who has been hiding out for years is OK, but the way the episode is resolved is ridiculous.S01E14 Girl in the Night
Ed, while on assignment in Las Vegas, gets the hots for a woman pianist and singer who is connected with gangsters. This show is not bad, actually.S01E15 The Fourteenth Runner
A Russian athlete defects while an international track meet is being held. The contrived finale of the show has Ironside playing a cat-and-mouse game with the runner's KGB handlers. Sort of OK.S01E16 Force of Arms
A rich right-wing crackpot has created his own army which he says will do a job better than the police. Though we have seen one of his supposedly former acolytes only for a few minutes in the middle of the show where he is kind of a dull character, this guy makes a lot of trouble later.S01E17 Memory of an Ice Cream Stick
An acquaintance from Mark's earlier life is freed from prison and gets involved with unsavory types and Mark gets unwillingly involved with this guy again.S01E18 To Kill a Cop
Pernell Roberts is a psychotic cop-hater who rants and raves after he is busted for some minor infractions. There are topographic issues near the end of the show, but it is not that bad, and the focus is on Ed, who tracks Roberts' character down when he leaves town.S01E19 The Lonely Hostage
The beginning of the show is confusing, we don't know what is going on. Ironside is kidnapped, and later there are a lot of (again) serious topographic issues. At the end of the show, the way Ironside overcomes the bad guy is totally unrealistic.S01E20 The Challenge
Three artists (people who create "art") are the suspects in the murder of a psychologist (not psychiatrist as IMDb says), but none of them actually did it ... or did they? One of the psychologist's acquaintances is busted at the end for forgery ... or was it murder? Very confusing.S01E21 All in a Day's Work
Eve kills an escaping criminal. The resulting mental turmoil almost causes her to quit the force. An excellent show, though some of the things Ironside says to her are brutal.S01E22 Something for Nothing
To pay off his gambling debts, a singer gets involved with a gangster. Most of the show is OK, but the middle, where the singer joins some thugs preparing to rob an armored car and/or a bank, is poorly written.S01E23 Barbara Who
Ironside gets hot pants for a woman, a nurse's aide who helped him after he was nearly killed in the pilot episode, and she likewise for him. The story of how the woman came to San Francisco after totally losing her memory is stupid, but it is nothing compared to the two-part conclusion of the episode in the third season which is idiotic.S01E24 Perfect Crime
A clever college student is out to prove to Ironside that a perfect crime can be committed. The actor who plays the bad guy is very good -- you want to punch him in the face. The students in this show have far too much respect for The Chief, considering the era.S01E25 Officer Bobby
A baby is left in Ironside's van, with the result the show is kind of "cute." But there are questions about the kid's mother's psycho ex-husband who is trying to track her down and murder her.S01E26 Trip to Hashbury
Since we are in San Francisco in the late 60s, this is the default episode featuring hippie dopers. The atmosphere is thick as marijuana smoke, and Ed is in big trouble for "police brutality." The way some students are bussed to go to a drug-saturated "pad" in this show as part of their school curriculum is pretty unrealistic.S01E27 Due Process of Law
After Mark's girlfriend dies of a heroin overdose, Mark makes a total pest of himself trying to override all the normal police procedures which are in place to deal with the case. The ending of the show, a confrontation between the cops and the pusher who gave the girl friend the fatal dosage, is awful.S01E28 Return of the Hero
Ironside testifies in court regarding an ex-cop who he previously knew, now a military man, who is accused of, and eventually sentenced to death for, the murder of his wife. The bad guy in the show is an investment dealer, who is a very dull character. There are technological issues with the show which are not explained well.