 This feature-length conclusion to the series  penultimate season (broken into two episodes for ease of syndication, but initially run on the same evening) features minimal involvement with the usual cast, serving instead as the pilot for the short-lived [I]Amy Prentiss[/I] (1974). The main show was often quite reactionary, in common with much tv of the period, so this tale of a hard-hitting female police chief was quite a change in gear. Perhaps too much of a change: the spin-off (launched one week later) wasn t a success, despite winning Jessica Walter an Emmy, whilst [I]Police Woman[/I] (launched two months later) relied more upon glamour than grit and ran for four seasons. [I]Ironside[/I] was renewed, but the writing was on the wall, and it crashed towards the close of its eighth season.