As of July 2026, Ironside Season 5 aired in 1971 with 24 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Ironside Season 5

1971 24 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Ironside Season 5 is currently streaming on and , and its case-by-case structure never gets in the way of the bigger story. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 70 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Raymond Burr leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Ironside Season 5 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The plotting gives Ironside Season 5 its backbone, but it is the characters you come back for. Season 5 of Ironside includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1971 to March 1972. This season stars Raymond Burr, Don Galloway and Don Mitchell. Raymond Burr and Don Galloway lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1971. The plot mechanics of Ironside Season 5 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they are after in Ironside Season 5. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Raymond Burr's performance is the kind that shows up on best-of lists years later. If you have been looking for something to fill the gap left by a recently finished story, this is a reliable answer.

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🎬 Ironside Season 5 — Episode Guide

E1
Priest-Killer
1971-09-14
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)
E2
Contract: Kill Ironside
1971-09-21
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.
E3
The Professionals
1971-09-28
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 appeare...
E4
The Gambling Game
1971-10-05
After the murder of Police Captain Belding, his daughter, a rookie cop, is anxious to prove that the allegations of corruption against him were false. She hampers the Chief's investigations and generally gets in the way, but he takes a shine to her, and has her drafted onto the team.
E5
Ring of Prayer
1971-10-12
A prisoner is denied parole for no clear reason, and the Chief's investigations lead him to a woman who seems to have supernatural powers. With his team clearly taken in by the apparently inexplicable events going on, Ironside has his work cut out trying to find a rational explanation.
E6
In the Line of Duty
1971-10-19
A policeman is shot and killed by an assailant. The evidence points to the murderer being a local thief, currently enjoying a reign of terror in San Francisco, but soon the investigations lead elsewhere.
E7
Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells
1971-10-26
Chief Ironside's sponsored "daughter" arrives from Korea, intending to marry a fellow Korean now living in San Francisco. Before he can be fully happy about the marriage, however, the Chief wants to know a little more about her fiancè; and soon finds out that the young man is in trouble.
E8
Murder Impromptu
1971-11-02
An actor/producer is murdered during a series of comic improvisations, and all of the actors present at the time seem to be suspects. Given a number of aliases and false leads, the Chief embarks on the trail of the killer.
E9
Dear Fran
1971-11-09
Fran Belding's cousin Bobby commits suicide, and a note left behind seems to suggest that he could not live without her love. A series of other notes then follow, suggesting either that he is still alive, or that somebody is trying to make her suffer for apparently having sent him to his death.
E10
If a Body See a Body
1971-11-16
On a day out with Mark, Ed finds a body in the park, but when Homicide arrives it has gone. Teased by his rival, Homicide Sergeant Larry Mullen, Ed is anxious to prove that there really was a body, but the Chief would rather have him working on a kidnapping case with the FBI. It soon appears, howeve...
E11
Good Samaritan
1971-11-23
Ed is shot during a raid on a jewellery store, and his life is saved by a stranger who vanishes as soon as the authorities arrive on the scene. When it later transpires that the stranger is a soldier gone AWOL following the murder of a colleague, Ed is determined to prove him innocent of all charges...
E12
Gentle Oaks
1971-11-25
A string of deaths at a convalescence home leads the Chief to go undercover as a patient, whose two children (Fran Belding and Ed) hint that they wish he were "no longer their problem". It soon appears that violence and murder are considered due care by certain members of the staff.
E13
License to Kill
1971-12-02
A policeman is killed, and his murderer is subsequently shot by the dead man's partner; and when it transpires that both officers were at the Police Academy with Ed, Ironside becomes involved. When he begins investigating, the Chief discovers that the second death was no murder, but a set up.
E14
Class of '57
1971-12-16
Ed discovers that a man sought on assault charges is Bernie Simmonds, a man who was in his class at school. Whilst pursuing the investigation he meets again with Ann Garfield, his first love; now widowed with two small children. Love, it seems, is set to blossom twice; unless Ann knows more about Be...
E15
No Motive for Murder
1971-12-23
The son of an old friend, fearing that his father's life is in danger, asks the Chief to go to Tokyo. Once there Ironside finds his old friend wheelchair-bound as a result of an accident, and begins to work on his own theory about who might have hired a hitman to kill such a respected old man.
E16
But When She Was Bad
1971-12-30
The Chief is sure that a man just released from prison is responsible for the murder of a policeman, but as determined as he is to prove it, the man in question is equally determined that it will never be proved. With this in mind he persuades a woman of dubious reputation to become close to Ironsid...
E17
Unreasonable Facsimile
1972-01-06
A string of bank robberies are being committed, all with the exact hallmarks of a certain thief recently released from prison. Having a liking for the ex-con, however, the Chief wishes to believe in his innocence, and sets out to prove that it may be a copycat who is responsible for the raids.
E18
Find a Victim
1972-01-13
A Mob numbers racket suffers a series of robberies, but is understandably unwilling to report the thefts. The Chief, feeling that he knows who might be the guilty party, sets out not only to stop the robberies, but also to get to the thief before the Mob metes out their own form of justice.
E19
And Then There Was One
1972-01-20
A military-issue fragmentation grenade is used in an attack on two Vietnam veterans, one of whom - a friend of Mark's - is killed. When it transpires that another of the pair's old unit has come under similar attack, the Chief sets out to trap the killer, using Ed in a cunning disguise as bait.
E20
Death by the Numbers
1972-01-27
A string of murders is committed, and in each case the victim has a numbered disk in their possession. After number four is found dead, it transpires that the Commissioner is the owner of disk number six; and the Chief disguises himself as number five - an irascible artist to whom he bears a strikin...

🎭 Cast of Ironside Season 5

Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
Robert Ironside
Don Galloway
Don Galloway
Ed Brown
Don Mitchell
Don Mitchell
Mark Sanger
Barbara Anderson
Barbara Anderson
Eve Whitfield
EB
Elizabeth Baur
Fran Belding

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