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Ironside Season 2 Episode 14

In Search of an Artist

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A painting turns up, apparently painted by an old friend of the Chief's who is presumed dead after confessing to a murder. The Chief believes that he is still alive, and innocent, and sets out to find not only his friend, but also a murderer.

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Raymond Burr	Chief Robert T. Ironside
Don Galloway	Detective Sergeant Ed Brown
Don Mitchell	Mark Sanger
Barbara Anderson	Officer Eve Whitfield (1967-1971)

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Lorraine Gary	Leona Stuart	Guest Star
Broderick Crawford	Jack Stuart	Guest Star
Richard Forbes	Scotty Collins	Guest Star
Gene Lyons	Commissioner Dennis Randall	Recurring Role

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- (while shopping for Eve's birthday gift)
  Ironside: For Eve? Don't be ridiculous.
  Mark: I think it'll look good in her apartment, Chief
  Ironside: That would be an eyesore in a garbage dump.
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- Ed: Chief.
  Ironside: No.
  Ed: Hey, Chief, we're running out of time. Tomorrow is Eve's birthday.
  Ironside: Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it your idea that we all go in together on this gift?
  Ed: Yes
  Ironside: Then we should all be in agreement on a selection. Remember, Eve's very difficult to please.
  Mark: She's hard to please?
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- Eve: You're going purely on faith.
  Ironside: It's been known to move mountains.
  Ed: Well, it doesn't wash away fingerprints; a perfect set of fingerprints on his palette knife. The only thing missing is an eyewitness.
  Ironside: No eyewitness, what a pity. You just missed perfection.
  Ed: All right, you explain it.
  Ironside: I can't. But a case with these inconsistencies bears looking into.
  Ed: Well, for starters, how are you going to find Denny Fiedler?
  Ironside: That's easy. I put you two to work.
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- Commissioner: I hope you don't intend to follow your simple-minded lead to Mexico. I will not sanction it.
  Ironside: Why not?
  Commissioner: You have plenty of work to do here.
  Ironside: That's true. Yeah, that's true.
  Commissioner: What, ah, what are you up to?
  Ironside: I'm agreeing with you.
  Commissioner: I don't like being agreed with in that tone. You do have other things to do.
  Ironside: I've got all kinds of things to do. As a matter of fact I'm very much overworked. I need a vacation. I think I'll take it starting right now.
  Commissioner: Well, that's the best thing you've said. (pauses for a moment) Wait a minute. Where do you intend to spend this vacation? In Mexico?
  Ironside: Dennis, you should have been a detective.
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- Broderick Crawford and William Burns are billed as Guest Stars in the opening credits.
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- French title: L'Enigme Du Tableau.
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- A Mexican standoff in Mexico
  A Mexican standoff is a term that refers to situation in which no party has an option to act in a way that ensures a victory. The origins of the phrase can be traced to the late 19th century, where it was use as a derogatory reference to what was perceived as Mexican political indecision. Today, it can refer to any deadlock or impasse regardless of the participants and regardless whether arms are involved or not.
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- Sure beats cutting off your ear
  Refers Dutch Post artist Vincent van Gogh, who in December of 1888 cut off the lobe of his left ear during some sort of seizure.
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- Faith to move mountains
  The Chief is referring verse Matthew 17:20 of the Bible (King James Version).
  
  And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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