Raymond Burr had just done a 1957 to 1966 stint as Perry Mason-probably the TV detective that is most known in the history of television when he embarked on this project that was to run well into the 1970's. I watched the 1968/69 season and I was surprised to see that the burgeoning US space program, and at the opposite end of the spectrum-the Vietnam War-seemed to make no appearances in any form in any of the episodes. The 68/69 season overlaps the the first time man walked on the moon as well as one of the most turbulent periods of the Vietnam War. Watching this show you would think that the US was the epitome of ordinariness-where nothing bad happened and also nothing particularly interesting ever happened either. In that way I thought the show was curiously out of step with the times it was set in which is unusual. The show would appear very dated if ran back to back with say a newer episode of Hawaii Five 0 or NCIS. For fans of the 'whodunit' genre this show will go over well. For people who demand a bit more in the way of period accuracy-keep going.
Review of Ironside
