Sgt. Ed Brown gets the spotlight here, in a dramatic turn concerning the paroled murderer of his old fiancee ... and isn't really up to it. I've always felt that the late Mr. Galloway would probably have been better suited to light comedy roles, as he has an endearing goofiness that pops up in odd moments in "Ironside"; I could easily see him as the replacement Darrin on "Bewitched." One of the quotes attributed to him on his IMDB.com page is that he was in the business for thirty years and never learned to act ... that may not be true, but there are some unintentional laughs in this one, courtesy of Mr.Galloway's attempts to express deep-felt grief and anger. Guest player William Smithers, as defense attorney Ross Farley, is, in fact, the strongest presence here, acting everyone else out of the room. Bill Bixby is the villain, somehow looking older (or perhaps just more bloated) than he would later on in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" or "The Incredible Hulk", and his character is rather one-dimensionally-not-buyable, though some genuine tears in the climax go a long way toward acquitting his performance. Stick around for the thrilling search for a misfiled book, if you dare; I do find library violence so disturbing.Well, I guess this is it for "Ironside" on Hulu for now; I've really enjoyed taking this journey into groundbreaking yet belligerently mediocre west coast detective fiction of the late 60's/early 70's; I sincerely hope that Hulu will soon acquire the rights to subsequent seasons. See you then.