Although 2 people wrote excellent reviews about this episode, there are some other things to mention. This clever, well-constructed episode was written by Sandor (Sandy) Stern, who must be a bright, interesting man. Growing up in Canada, he was interested in writing. Thanks to an uncle (a doctor), who suggested that medicine might offer more involving experiences for an aspiring writer, he went to medical school (oh, sure, go to medical school, no problem! - apparently it wasn't). Thereafter, he opened up a general practice, all the while writing on the side, but eventually demand for his services allowed him to give up the practice of medicine, write full time, and move to hollywood. Ultimately, he moved into directing, then producing as well. He also wrote the 2-parter Ironside episode "Check, Mate and Murder," not surprisingly set in Canada, involving French separatists in Quebec.
Further, as another reviewer wrote about an earlier episode, the writers seemed endlessly inventive (without resorting to redundant plots) at putting Ironside in situations where he had to get himself out trouble alone. That continues here, with Ironside setting up numerous ingenious traps, some of which he didn't even have to use. And Ironside's spoken confrontation with the perp is emotionally devastating - for the perp. If only today's hollywood writers were nearly as skilled now as they were then!
Finally, I don't recognize this opera, it must be somewhat obscure. It sounds Germanic, maybe Carl Maria von Weber or Giacomo Meyerbeer? Anyway, as yet another reviewer alluded to, if I'd been that woman sitting behind Ed at the opera while he was constantly whispering, I'd have conked him on the head to shut him up!
Further, as another reviewer wrote about an earlier episode, the writers seemed endlessly inventive (without resorting to redundant plots) at putting Ironside in situations where he had to get himself out trouble alone. That continues here, with Ironside setting up numerous ingenious traps, some of which he didn't even have to use. And Ironside's spoken confrontation with the perp is emotionally devastating - for the perp. If only today's hollywood writers were nearly as skilled now as they were then!
Finally, I don't recognize this opera, it must be somewhat obscure. It sounds Germanic, maybe Carl Maria von Weber or Giacomo Meyerbeer? Anyway, as yet another reviewer alluded to, if I'd been that woman sitting behind Ed at the opera while he was constantly whispering, I'd have conked him on the head to shut him up!