The chief has to go to hospital after wrassling with a pharmaceuitcal thief, and all the king's horses and all the king's men can't protect him from an insider out to get him. And they can't protect us from all the flashbacks to the original Ironside pilot movie. Don Stroud is a baddie in this (again!), but has a partner. Lots of once-famous faces slummin' it for tv: Joseph Cotten, Andrew Prine, Troy Donahue (as a priest), Margaret O'Brien -- though I don't think she shows up in this first part. I don't remember seeing her. Not bad; interesting in that the Chief gets center stage here, and faces the prospect of being able to walk again with mixed feelings.