Ironside
Backfire
TV Flash files “Backfire” as hour 89 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Ironside (1967–1975) on NBC, season 4, episode 11, aired 1970-12-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E11: listed hour 89 of 193 in the Ironside guide, hour 11 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1970-12-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Man on the Inside” (S04E10). Next is “The Laying On of Hands” (S04E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
For his law school class, Mark ends up reviewing the case of a convicted man who may be innocent... and who was put away based on Ed's investigation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Backfire sit in the Ironside guide?
S04E11 is listed hour 89 of 193 — hour 11 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 11.
When did Ironside S04E11 air?
Backfire aired 1970-12-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Burr's Ironside with the early team (Galloway, Mitchell, Anderson) on a San Francisco consultant case is the premise: wheelchair, zero pity, mind as the chase. You do not need Perry Mason first, though the star overlap is the lore.
In the series
Why this series still plays
After a sniper's bullet, Robert Ironside returns to crime-fighting from a wheelchair with a handpicked team and zero patience for pity. Raymond Burr's second iconic lawman — post-Perry Mason — made a disabled lead a long-running NBC franchise. Eight seasons of San Francisco cases: brains, not body, as the brand.
The mind does the chasing. After a sniper's bullet, Robert Ironside returns to crime-fighting from a wheelchair with a handpicked team and zero patience for pity. Raymond Burr — post-*Perry Mason* — headlined NBC's *Ironside* (1967–1975) as a consultant chief across eight San Francisco seasons. Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson in the early seasons, and Don Mitchell rounded out the unit. Collier Young put a disabled lead at the center of a long-running network franchise long before inclusion became a corporate slide…
Filed against
- Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside
Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason made courtroom theater a comfort contract — the real killer almost always stood up, appointment justice served, stillness as the camera’s argument. Carefully managed public image is old-Hollywood PR textbook. On…
- Don Galloway as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Don Galloway’s Det. Sgt. Ed Brown rode Ironside as the legs of a wheelchair franchise — Raymond Burr’s second iconic lawman after a sniper’s bullet, handpicked team, zero patience for pity, eight seasons of San Francisco cases. TV Flash…
- Barbara Anderson as Eve Whitfield
Barbara Anderson’s Eve Whitfield rode shotgun on Ironside — Raymond Burr’s second iconic lawman, a disabled lead as a long-running NBC franchise, San Francisco cases with zero patience for pity. Handpicked team after a sniper’s bullet. TV…
- Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger
Don Mitchell’s Mark Sanger gave Ironside a second pair of hands — Raymond Burr’s wheelchair lawman, handpicked team, zero patience for pity, eight seasons of San Francisco cases after a sniper’s bullet. Post-Perry Mason franchise. TV…