4x1 - Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (II)

September 19, 1972

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).

4x2 - Is This Operation Necessary?

September 26, 1972

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.

4x3 - A Nation of Human Pincushions

October 3, 1972

4x4 - Time Bomb in the Chest

October 10, 1972

4x5 - A Standard For Manhood

October 17, 1972

4x6 - A Substitute Womb

October 24, 1972

4x7 - A Very Strange Triangle

October 31, 1972

4x8 - A Quality of Fear

November 14, 1972

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.

4x9 - An Inalienable Right to Die

November 28, 1972

4x10 - A Purge of Madness

December 5, 1972

4x11 - End Theme

December 12, 1972

4x12 - The Velvet Prison

December 19, 1972

A story about a child hemophiliac.

4x14 - A Tightrope to Tomorrow

January 9, 1973

4x15 - The Night Crawler

January 16, 1973

4x16 - And Other Things I May Not See

May 4, 1973