Season 5 · Episode 13 — License to Kill
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.
Season 5 episodes
E1A 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…
E2Due 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. W…
E3A 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 C…
E4After the murder of Police Captain Belding, his daughter, a rookie cop, is anxious to prove that the allegations of corruption against him…
E5A prisoner is denied parole for no clear reason, and the Chief's investigations lead him to a woman who seems to have supernatural powers.…
E6A policeman is shot and killed by an assailant. The evidence points to the murderer being a local thief, currently enjoying a reign of terr…
E7Chief Ironside's sponsored "daughter" arrives from Korea, intending to marry a fellow Korean now living in San Francisco. Before he can be…
E8An actor/producer is murdered during a series of comic improvisations, and all of the actors present at the time seem to be suspects. Given…
E9Fran 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 o…
E10On 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 Mu…
E11Ed 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 sc…
E12A string of deaths at a convalescence home leads the Chief to go undercover as a patient, whose two children (Fran Belding and Ed) hint tha…
E13A policeman is killed, and his murderer is subsequently shot by the dead man's partner; and when it transpires that both officers were at t…
E14Ed discovers that a man sought on assault charges is Bernie Simmonds, a man who was in his class at school. Whilst pursuing the investigati…
E15The 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 fri…
E16The 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…
E17A string of bank robberies are being committed, all with the exact hallmarks of a certain thief recently released from prison. Having a lik…
E18A Mob numbers racket suffers a series of robberies, but is understandably unwilling to report the thefts. The Chief, feeling that he knows…
E19A 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…
E20A 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…
E21The small daughter of a friend of the Chief's dabbles in witchcraft, and becomes convinced that she is responsible for the death of her par…
E22The son of a judge involved in a fraud case is framed for the murder of a young actress, in the hope that this will force a lighter sentenc…
E23A violin tutor at a conservatory in San Francisco is murdered, and the suspects include an eclectic mix of talented musicians. The only clu…
E24Alone in the office, Fran Belding is attacked by an escaped convict, and helped by a mystery man who refuses to tell her his name. The next…