Series synopsis
Ironside is an American crime drama mystery television series that premiered on NBC on October 2, 2013. It ended on December 15, 2013. It was created by Michael Caleo, Collier Young. It stars Blair Underwood, Kenneth Choi, Brent Sexton and Pablo Schreiber.
In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one's tougher than Detective Robert Ironside. He and his trusted, handpicked team of specialists will do whatever it takes to solve New York's most difficult and notorious crimes - even if it means breaking the rules. As a detective, his instincts are second to none, and those around him have to stay on their toes if they want to keep up...because when his spine was shattered by a bullet two years ago, Ironside swore he'd never let a damn wheelchair slow him d ...
Premise
In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one's tougher than Detective Robert Ironside. He and his trusted, handpicked team of specialists will do whatever it takes to solve New York's most difficult and notorious crimes - even if it means breaking the rules. As a detective, his instincts are second to none, and those around him have to stay on their toes if they want to keep up...because when his spine was shattered by a bullet two years ago, Ironside swore he'd never let a damn wheelchair slow him down.
Premise: His team. His town. His rules.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Blair Underwood as Robert Ironside
- Kenneth Choi as Captain Ed Rollins
- Brent Sexton as Gary Stanton
- Pablo Schreiber as Virgil
- Spencer Grammer as Holly
- Neal Bledsoe as Ed Rollins
- Shevy Gutierrez as Lieutenant
- Illya Konstantin as Player
Guest cast
- Skyler Day as Nicole Holt
- Carrie Coon as Rachel Ryan
- Stephen Sullivan as Sean Rourke
- Anthony Jennings as Officer Hines / Uniform
- Maureen Sebastian as Erin
- Noah Crawford as Eric Campbell
- Noah Centineo as Boy #2
- Kate Nowlin as Penny Stanton
- Afton Williamson
- Brian d'Arcy James as Bill Broughton
- Jackie Stewart as Amanda
- Holly Curran as Annie Ryan
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 174 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | ||
| Season 1 | 9 | October 2, 2013 | December 15, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 25 | September 19, 1968 | April 10, 1969 |
| Season 3 | 25 | September 18, 1969 | April 9, 1970 |
| Season 4 | 26 | September 17, 1970 | April 15, 1971 |
| Season 5 | 24 | September 14, 1971 | March 9, 1972 |
| Season 6 | 23 | September 14, 1972 | March 22, 1973 |
| Season 7 | 23 | September 13, 1973 | May 23, 1974 |
| Season 8 | 16 | September 12, 1974 | January 16, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Matter of Life or Death A woman accidentally kills her lover, but her lawyer is preventing her from confessing. |
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| 2 |
The Organizer Ironside and his colleagues infiltrate a meeting arranged by a criminal who intends to start an organization in California. |
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| 3 |
The Rolling Y Ironside's parolee friend swears he didn't rustle any cattle. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Undeterred by a spinal injury that leaves him confined to a wheelchair, Detective Robert Ironside leads his elite, handpicked team on a hunt to find a young broker's killer. |
October 2, 2013 |
| 2 |
Sleeping Dogs The team's hunt for a vengeful serial killer takes an unexpected turn when a missing person resurfaces and a new case emerges. |
October 9, 2013 |
| 3 |
Action Ironside's team investigates a string of heists at high-stakes underground poker games. Meanwhile, Teddy and Virgil's working relationship strains the investigation, threatening everyone's safety. |
October 16, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shell Game A notorious jewel thief named Justin arrives in town at the same time as a shipment of famous jewels arrives for display in a local museum. Ironside must keep the thief guessing about the method of shipment so that the jewels will remain safe; but he is up against a mastermind and there is still an inside man who has to be unmasked. |
September 19, 1968 |
| 2 |
Split Second to an Epitaph Ironside is the only witness to a murder, but has to go into hospital for exploratory surgery immediately after the events that he witnessed. The murderer is determined that he should not leave hospital alive, and as the Chief deals with the possibility of maybe one day being able to walk again, his presence in the hospital helps various other citizens right wrongs in their lives. Meanwhile Ed, Eve and Mark deal with their own worries and fears for the Chief as the murder attempts escalate. |
September 26, 1968 |
| 3 |
The Sacrifice A policeman friend of Ironside and the team is the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Is he really guilty, though, or is the evidence just a little too damning? |
October 3, 1968 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alias Mr. Braithwaite Mark's aunt Ruby is cheated out of her life savings by a pair of conmen, and the team set out to capture those responsible. Ed and Eve go under cover as a rich couple, but the investigation is threatened when Ed's cover is blown by a woman he once arrested. |
September 18, 1969 |
| 2 |
Goodbye to Yesterday Barbara Jones, the amnesiac victim with whom the Chief once fell in love (season one episode Barbara Who), calls Ironside in when her daughter is kidnapped. Not only is it a difficult case, but the Chief has an over eager Sheriff, a jealous husband and his own feelings to contend with, as he attempts to find the girl before it is too late. |
September 25, 1969 |
| 3 |
Poole's Paradise As the team passes through a small town, Ed is kidnapped by an escaped convict. When it transpires that the real criminals are the local law officers, the pair go on the run together, and Ironside must get to Ed before he is killed by the Sheriff and his men. |
October 2, 1969 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Killing Will Occur The Chief begins to receive strange phone calls, warning him of a murder to be committed somewhere in San Francisco, apparently in the interests of justice. With very little to go on and virtually nothing to help him identify his mysterious caller, Ironside eventually traces the case back to a policeman, thrown out of the force fifteen years earlier. |
September 17, 1970 |
| 2 |
No Game for Amateurs A sniper working for the criminal underworld seeks refuge in the anti-Vietnam protest movement, and with a number of draft-dodgers relying on his silence, the only man who can help the Chief is unwilling to follow proper channels. |
September 24, 1970 |
| 3 |
The Happy Dreams of Hollow Men The Chief travels into the mountains to spend the weekend with an old friend, only to be snowed in following a bad blizzard. Trapped in a small cabin, Ironside discovers that his friend is now an addict, violent and unpredictable without the fix he cannot get. |
October 1, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Priest-Killer 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) |
September 14, 1971 |
| 2 |
Contract: Kill Ironside Due to give evidence, the Chief discovers that there is a contract out on his life, and that the chosen killer is a highly dedicated man. Whilst the authorities see only the lethal killer, however, it seems that everybody has another side to their personality. |
September 21, 1971 |
| 3 |
The Professionals A phoney cab driver is taking men to so-called parties, where they are drugged and robbed; but when one of the victims winds up dead, the Chief takes on the case. When he and his team try to follow the cab driver, however, they find that the gang are rather more dangerous than they had first appeared. |
September 28, 1971 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Five Days in the Death of Sergeant Brown (I) The star witness to a major case, Ed is shot and seriously injured by a mystery assailant. Threatened with paralysis he conducts his own struggle from within his hospital bed, whilst the Chief tries to find out who is still trying to kill his prize pupil. Meanwhile Ed's best chance of recovery is an untested experimental operation performed by a surgeon whose integrity is very likely about to be put to the test. The crossover continues on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors S04E01 Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II). |
September 14, 1972 |
| 2 |
The Savage Sentry A man with an uncanny ability to tame vicious guard dogs commits a series of robberies in San Francisco. The Chief has a plan to stop him, but it calls for a dog of his own and a willingness to put himself right in the line of fire. |
September 21, 1972 |
| 3 |
Programmed for Panic After a murder is committed in a San Francisco park, the Chief takes part in a live TV broadcast in the hope of provoking such a panic in his prime suspect that the man will make a mistake, or lead Ed to some hard evidence. |
September 28, 1972 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Confessions from a Lady of the Night A sleazy magazine prints stories against the SFPD, and Ironside in particular, using the tale of a vanished actor as an example of the department's uselessness. When those involved with the story start receiving parcel bombs, it becomes clear that somebody does not want the disappearance investigated; and the Chief is all the more determined to uncover the truth. |
September 13, 1973 |
| 2 |
Murder by One The teenage son of a friend of Fran's appears to commit suicide, however the evidence seems to point in a number of different directions. Did he kill himself, or was it a murder made to look like suicide? Or, alternatively, was a suicide made to look like it could have been murder? The Chief has to unravel the story, but he has little real evidence to help him along. |
September 20, 1973 |
| 3 |
In the Forests of the Night The Chief meets Alexandra, an old girlfriend with whom he is still very much in love. When he finds that the feeling is mutual he hopes to be able to settle down with her, even though he knows that she is an incorrigible thief, and that she is after the ancient Chinese statue he has been detailed to protect. |
September 27, 1973 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raise the Devil (1) A woman is killed in a locked room, and her daughter Susan confesses to the murder after apparently becoming possessed by the spirit of her long-dead younger brother. The Chief enlists a psychic to help him in his investigations, but the clues that she offers him seem to confuse more than they assist. |
September 12, 1974 |
| 2 |
Raise the Devil (2) The Chief links his case with a psychiatrist, who turns out to be a psychopath with a passion for brainwashing. Before he can get his evidence together, however, Fran is taken as the next victim of the doctor's peculiar brand of therapy, and is programmed to kill Ironside. Meanwhile Susan has to face past guilt over the death of her brother before she can be safe from herself. |
September 19, 1974 |
| 3 |
What's New with Mark? Mark and his girlfriend come across a murder whilst on a date, but decide to defend the killer when it transpires that he acted in self defence. During the case the pair get married, and Ed decides to move in with the Chief in Mark's place. |
September 26, 1974 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 2, 2013 |
| Last aired | December 15, 2013 |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |