Season 4

1. Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II)

While in Los Angeles to testify for a trial against gangster Frank Harmon, Ed is shot and falls off the balcony of his hotel room. He is then taken to the Craig Institute where he undergoes emergency surgery. Although the bullet wounds were non-life threatening, Ed suffers a broken back in the fall and some damage to his spine. The scarring leaves him paralyzed and only an experimental surgical procedure is the only option to regaining his mobility. Also, even though all the evidence points to Harmon, Ironside has doubts that he was the person responsible for the attempted hit. Also, the chief begins having flashbacks to the night he was shot and paralyzed. The crossover starts on Ironside S04E01 Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (I).

1972-09-19 • 60 min

2. Is This Operation Necessary?

Gritty story of an aging gynecologist, portrayed credibly by Richard Basehart, who is accused by Dr. Hunter(David Hartman)of performing unnecessary operations. Dr. McLain, the besieged doctor, is promoting lake side property investments which requires substantial capital. Dr. Craig (E.G. Marshall) is a long time friend of Dr. McLain and defends the renown surgeon until it becomes evident that his practice must end. Dorothy Malone plays Basehart's wife and Vic Tayback is featured as a man who loses his wife when she is subjected to an unnecessary operation.

1972-09-26 • 60 min

3. A Nation of Human Pincushions

1972-10-03 • 60 min

4. Time Bomb in the Chest

1972-10-10 • 60 min

5. A Standard For Manhood

1972-10-17 • 60 min

6. A Substitute Womb

1972-10-24 • 60 min

7. A Very Strange Triangle

1972-10-31 • 60 min

8. A Quality of Fear

Dr. Hunter interacts with cancer patients with different attitudes toward their disease which are not always commensurate with the patients' prognoses while dealing with medical professionals not always in alignment with the doctor.

1972-11-14 • 60 min

9. An Inalienable Right to Die

1972-11-28 • 60 min

10. A Purge of Madness

1972-12-05 • 60 min

11. End Theme

1972-12-12 • 60 min

12. The Velvet Prison

A story about a child hemophiliac.

1972-12-19 • 60 min

13. Terminal Career

1973-01-02 • 60 min

14. A Tightrope to Tomorrow

1973-01-09 • 60 min

15. The Night Crawler

1973-01-16 • 60 min

16. And Other Things I May Not See

1973-05-04 • 60 min