If you like Ironside, this is why. A strange murder, Ironside being creative, Don Galloway meticulously analyzing for clues, Don Mitchell befuddled by Ironside's methods, and neat guest stars.
This one involves an apparent suicide, a red herring suspect, and the Ironside gang thinking it's murder based on some interesting clues such as rubber bands and wax.
Clu Guluger is the prime suspect. I don't know how he strikes other people, but he was a distinctive actor with unique features and a very unique way of talking, and to me he seemed suspicious in everything he did! He appeared in a zillion westerns and no matter what I would think he was evil. So perfect red herring here!
So if Clu is the actor you see everywhere and immediately recognize his name (Clu is pretty distinctive; kind of like Dabbs Greer), then the other suspect in this is the opposite: The actor you see in seemingly every TV show ever made, but have no idea what his name is. That's Herb Edelman of course. Even when his name appeared in the opening credits I didn't match him!
One absolutely fascinating appearance in this episode is Mary Ure! You're watching the episode thinking, this woman sounds pretty exotic to be a "regular" housewife in Frisco in the 1970's. That's because it's Scottish actress and theatre star Mary Ure. Look up her story for a very interesting and controversial bio.
For the second episode in a row in season 7, Don Galloway is given copious screen time to go over the crime scene and act as the viewer's eyes in trying to figure out what might have happened. Even though it's Ironside who gets to claim he figured out the puzzle, it's Ed Brown who guided us through.
Raymond Burr gets in a couple of scenes displaying one of his passions, which was advocating for the physically challenged living normal lives, which in 1973 was not the recognized reality like it is today. The episode starts with him bowling, and also he's shown driving the van around while Mark complains from the passenger seat.
And we definitely know it's the 1970's from the music that plays at the beginning, which features a very creative opening by the Director, who definitely did not phone this one in.
This one involves an apparent suicide, a red herring suspect, and the Ironside gang thinking it's murder based on some interesting clues such as rubber bands and wax.
Clu Guluger is the prime suspect. I don't know how he strikes other people, but he was a distinctive actor with unique features and a very unique way of talking, and to me he seemed suspicious in everything he did! He appeared in a zillion westerns and no matter what I would think he was evil. So perfect red herring here!
So if Clu is the actor you see everywhere and immediately recognize his name (Clu is pretty distinctive; kind of like Dabbs Greer), then the other suspect in this is the opposite: The actor you see in seemingly every TV show ever made, but have no idea what his name is. That's Herb Edelman of course. Even when his name appeared in the opening credits I didn't match him!
One absolutely fascinating appearance in this episode is Mary Ure! You're watching the episode thinking, this woman sounds pretty exotic to be a "regular" housewife in Frisco in the 1970's. That's because it's Scottish actress and theatre star Mary Ure. Look up her story for a very interesting and controversial bio.
For the second episode in a row in season 7, Don Galloway is given copious screen time to go over the crime scene and act as the viewer's eyes in trying to figure out what might have happened. Even though it's Ironside who gets to claim he figured out the puzzle, it's Ed Brown who guided us through.
Raymond Burr gets in a couple of scenes displaying one of his passions, which was advocating for the physically challenged living normal lives, which in 1973 was not the recognized reality like it is today. The episode starts with him bowling, and also he's shown driving the van around while Mark complains from the passenger seat.
And we definitely know it's the 1970's from the music that plays at the beginning, which features a very creative opening by the Director, who definitely did not phone this one in.
