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5 seasons · 118 episodesSeason 122 ep. · 1973–1974
Episode 1: Siege of Terror
Oct 24, 1973 · 47 min
Kojak has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers in an Army surplus store.
Episode 2: Web of Death
Oct 31, 1973 · 47 min
A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.
Episode 3: One for the Morgue
Nov 7, 1973 · 47 min
Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.
Episode 4: Knockover
Nov 14, 1973 · 48 min
A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.
Episode 5: Girl in the River
Nov 21, 1973 · 48 min
Kojak suspects that the strangler of seven women has returned, when another girl dies in similar circumstances.
Episode 6: Requiem for a Cop
Nov 28, 1973 · 47 min
Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.
Episode 7: The Corrupter
Dec 5, 1973 · 47 min
Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.
Episode 8: Dark Sunday
Dec 12, 1973 · 47 min
The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist.
Episode 9: Conspiracy of Fear
Dec 19, 1973 · 47 min
Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.
Episode 10: Cop in a Cage
Jan 2, 1974 · 47 min
Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.
Episode 11: Marker to a Dead Bookie
Jan 16, 1974 · 47 min
Kojak pretends to be corrupted (buying even more expensive suits than usual and a brand new Cadillac)—not without opposition from Capt. McNeil, who tries save as much police money he can—to catch a narcotics dealer in the act.
Episode 12: Last Rites for a Dead Priest
Jan 23, 1974 · 47 min
During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief disguises as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.
Episode 13: Death Is Not a Passing Grade
Jan 30, 1974 · 47 min
While teaching a criminal justice class at a local college, Kojak embarrasses a student with a criminal background, forcing him to leave a stolen item to have the upper hand in future classroom discussions.
Episode 14: Die Before They Wake
Feb 6, 1974 · 47 min
A junkie prostitute holds the key which would help solving the murder cases of her roommate and a local TV reporter.
Episode 15: Deliver Us Some Evil
Feb 13, 1974 · 47 min
A small time crook prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.
Episode 16: Eighteen Hours of Fear
Feb 20, 1974 · 47 min
A woman is coming back from winter holidays from Canada, smuggling two twenty Canadian dollar plates in her fake cast. Once she arrives in US she needs to run from the ex-partner in crime, who murdered her boyfriend and wants get the plates back.
Episode 17: Before the Devil Knows
Feb 27, 1974 · 47 min
A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds, and David and Kevin burgle the bonds from the safe in his high rise apartment.
Episode 18: Dead on His Feet
Mar 6, 1974 · 47 min
A detective is hiding his terminal illness, while pursuing his partner's murderer. As he knows that he won't make it he's even more motivated to find a murder even if he'll have to pay the highest price.
Episode 19: Down a Long and Lonely River
Mar 20, 1974 · 47 min
A young psychologist asks Kojak for help after her fiancee attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the whole responsibility for the crime which sent him to prison.
Episode 20: Mojo
Mar 27, 1974 · 47 min
Kojak goes undercover as a chemist in order to expose the thieves who stole morphine from an insurance company, to sell it at an inflated price.
Episode 21: Therapy in Dynamite
Apr 10, 1974 · 47 min
A psychopathic bomber targets people who hurt his friend. Kojak must find link between victims in order to find suspect.
Episode 22: The Only Way Out
May 8, 1974 · 47 min
A 12-year-old boy wants Kojak's help in locating his missing father. Case takes an interesting twist in which Kojak is not led to the kid's missing father, but to a thief who fled to Brazil with stolen $25 million. With John Hillerman.
Season 225 ep. · 1974–1975
Episode 1: The Chinatown Murders (1)
Sep 15, 1974 · 45 min
To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.
Episode 2: The Chinatown Murders (2)
Sep 15, 1974 · 48 min
To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.
Episode 3: Hush Now, Don't You Die
Sep 22, 1974 · 47 min
Kojak tracks down a college student that he suspects has been raped, but is too afraid to come forward after she witnesses one of the assailants murdered by the other.
Episode 4: A Very Deadly Game
Sep 29, 1974 · 48 min
After a policeman is shot by a local known criminal, Kojak sets out to get the man behind bars, but his efforts are disrupted by FBI agents who are supposed to be helping. He then pursues the trail alone, taking him to Califormia where the criminal is hiding out.
Episode 5: Wall Street Gunslinger
Oct 6, 1974 · 48 min
Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.
Episode 6: Slay Ride
Oct 13, 1974 · 48 min
When several men fall to their deaths at the same convention, Kojak doubts that mass suicide is the explanation.
Episode 7: Nursemaid
Oct 20, 1974 · 48 min
Kojak and Crocker must protect a bookkeeper from madmen who will stop at nothing to keep her from testifying in court.
Episode 8: You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
Oct 27, 1974 · 47 min
Kojak suspects that a small-time criminal was framed for a murder, but the man refuses to cooperate when Kojak tries to prove his innocence.
Episode 9: The Best Judge Money Can Buy
Nov 3, 1974 · 48 min
A judge (John Randolph) whose son was also a judge was murdered and his death was made to look like he had committed suicide. Now, his father must decide whether or not he should allow a murderer (Abe Vigoda) to walk, or risk letting information out that shows his son as a corrupt judge.
Episode 10: A Souvenir from Atlantic City
Nov 10, 1974 · 47 min
Kojak's attempt to solve a terrorist bombing is frustrated by the fact that the only eyewitness is being held incommunicado by the police in another case.
Episode 11: A Killing in the Second House
Nov 17, 1974 · 48 min
Kojak comes up against a former cop, now a private investigator, who tries to make his client's suicide look like murder so he can collect money from life insurance.
Episode 12: The Best War in Town
Nov 24, 1974 · 48 min
A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.
Episode 13: Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
Dec 1, 1974 · 48 min
A mentally depressed woman (Andrea Marcovicci) witnesses her date being murdered by her neighbor who has an interest in her.
Episode 14: The Betrayal
Dec 15, 1974 · 47 min
An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective in order to further his way up the criminal ladder.
Episode 15: Loser Takes All
Dec 22, 1974 · 48 min
A woman (Ja'net DuBois) intentionally plots to have her husband murdered during a diamond heist that she had planned with her secret love interest (Leslie Nielson).
Episode 16: Close Cover Before Killing
Jan 5, 1975 · 48 min
Kojak investigates a homicide in which the murder was covered up by a torched building.
Episode 17: Acts of Desperate Men
Jan 12, 1975 · 46 min
An accountant assists a sniper (Bruce Kirby Jr.) on a vendetta.
Episode 18: Queen of the Gypsies
Jan 19, 1975 · 48 min
A young gypsy woman who witnesses a a bank robbery decides that looting banks is preferable to telling fortunes, so she recruits the thieves for a master plan to rob six banks in one day.
Episode 19: Night of the Piraeus
Jan 26, 1975 · 48 min
The murder of a sailor newly arrived on a freighter from Greece and a strangely unconcerned witness lead Kojak to suspect that an object was smuggled into the country in the man's belt.
Episode 20: Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
Feb 2, 1975 · 48 min
Kojak is particularly affected by the murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl.
Episode 21: The Good Luck Bomber
Feb 9, 1975 · 48 min
Kojak and the bomb squad are stymied by a series of bombs that seemingly can't be defused.
Episode 22: Unwanted Partners
Feb 16, 1975 · 48 min
Crocker fails to believe that his old childhood friend who is the main focus of a police investigation, could be involved in illegal activity.
Episode 23: Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred
Feb 23, 1975 · 48 min
While an accused thief sits in jail waiting for his lawyer to arrange bail, Kojak tries to decipher a phrase heard during an unsuccessful attempt to steal a paint company truck.
Episode 24: The Trade-Off
Mar 2, 1975 · 51 min
Kojak arrests the ringleader (Mark Stevens) of a drug operation, whose gang kidnaps Captain McNeil's wife in order to trade her for the evidence they have against him.
Episode 25: I Want to Report a Dream
Mar 9, 1975 · 48 min
A psychic (Ruth Gordon)informs police involving a dream in which she sees a murder take place before it ever happened.
Season 324 ep. · 1975–1976
Episode 1: A Question of Answers (1)
Sep 14, 1975 · 1h
An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.
Episode 2: A Question of Answers (2)
Sep 14, 1975 · 1h
To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.
Episode 3: My Brother, My Enemy
Sep 21, 1975 · 1h
Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.
Episode 4: Sweeter Than Life
Sep 28, 1975 · 1h
While responding to a homicide call, Kojak discovers his camera that had disappeared earlier at a party in which he, his nephew and friend attended. His nephew's friend steals the camera and uses it to buy drugs from the murdered man. They witness the murder and are reluctant to involve the police. Kojak's nephew must go 'cold turkey' before he ends up like his friend who overdosed.
Episode 5: Be Careful What You Pray For
Oct 5, 1975 · 1h
Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.
Episode 6: Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
Oct 12, 1975 · 1h
Kojak is determined to nail a big-time drug dealer who shot a plastic surgeon who was already dead from what they first believed to be natural causes.
Episode 7: Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
Oct 26, 1975 · 1h
A woman who witnesses a body being dumped into the harbor is so fragile minded that the man who dumped the body tries to use psychology against her in order to eliminate her from the picture.
Episode 8: Out of the Frying Pan . . .
Nov 2, 1975 · 1h
A veteran cop who is battling alcoholism and demotion after being held responsible for the shooting death of a friend impedes Kojak's murder investigation as he tries to clear his name and win back his shield.
Episode 9: Over the Water
Nov 9, 1975 · 1h
A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.
Episode 10: The Nicest Guys on the Block
Nov 16, 1975 · 1h
A colleague of Kojak's, Detective Weaver, discovers that a former high school buddy is now involved in fencing a million dollars' worth of stolen diamonds.
Episode 11: No Immunity for Murder
Nov 23, 1975 · 1h
Refusing to believe that a prostitute and her partner are responsible for a bookkeeper's murder, Kojak run afoul of the FBI when he tries to investigate further.
Episode 12: A Long Way from Times Square
Nov 30, 1975 · 1h
Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.
Episode 13: Money Back Guarantee
Dec 7, 1975 · 1h
A murdered cop and a wealthy young woman put Kojak on the trail of a car-theft ring in which the victims appear to cooperate with the thieves.
Episode 14: A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
Dec 14, 1975 · 1h
An old colleague calls from Las Vegas to say he has captured a counterfeiter Kojak has been looking for, but the elderly man is murdered before Kojak can bring him back to New York.
Episode 15: How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
Dec 21, 1975 · 1h
(Christmas Episode) Stavros helps a woman (Betsy Slade) find her desperate boyfriend (Darrell Fetty), while Kojak tries to find out why a man (James Griffith) shot at a woman (Jesse Welles) in a local bar.
Episode 16: The Forgotten Room
Jan 4, 1976 · 1h
Kojak doubts a young man is guilty in the murder of a prostitute, even the circumstantial evidence points to him.
Episode 17: On the Edge
Jan 11, 1976 · 1h
Kojak is concerned that a fellow detective's obsessive work habits are endangering both his home life and his career.
Episode 18: A Wind from Corsica
Jan 18, 1976 · 1h
Kojak must prevent a man from killing the person who framed his recently deceased brother.
Episode 19: Bad Dude
Jan 25, 1976 · 1h
A private detective recently arrived from the West Coast puzzles Kojak when he appears to be deliberately making himself a killer's next target.
Episode 20: A Grave Too Soon
Feb 1, 1976 · 1h
Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered.
Episode 21: The Frame
Feb 8, 1976 · 1h
Kojak finds himself under investigation by Internal Affairs when a thief he arrested without sufficient evidence claims he paid Kojak a bribe.
Episode 22: Deadly Innocence
Feb 15, 1976 · 1h
Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.
Episode 23: Justice Deferred
Feb 22, 1976 · 1h
The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an 18-year-old murder case.
Episode 24: Both Sides of the Law
Mar 7, 1976 · 1h
Kojak competes with a world-famous criminologist to recover five priceless Rembrandt drawings.
Season 425 ep. · 1976–1977
Episode 1: Birthday Party
Sep 26, 1976 · 1h
On her birthday, Kojak's niece is kidnapped by criminals who want to exchange her for an incarcerated cop killer.
Episode 2: A Summer Madness
Oct 3, 1976 · 1h
Already confronted with problems at home, Detective Jeff Braddock must face the inquiry of the murder of his mistress, while Kojak investigates the bombing of a restaurant.
Episode 3: Law Dance
Oct 10, 1976 · 1h
Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.
Episode 4: Out of the Shadows
Oct 17, 1976 · 1h
Kojak and the detectives scour the city for "The Grim Reaper", a slasher who murders his victims out of greed.
Episode 5: A Need to Know
Oct 24, 1976 · 1h
Kojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester, who has diplomatic immunity, before he strikes again.
Episode 6: An Unfair Trade
Oct 31, 1976 · 1h
The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police angers the community.
Episode 7: A Hair-Trigger Away
Nov 7, 1976 · 1h
The drug addicted girlfriend of a cop is under scrutiny for accidentally killing his partner during a drug bust.
Episode 8: By Silence Betrayed
Nov 14, 1976 · 1h
Kojak finds that the longshoreman's lips are sealed when he inquires into labor-related waterfront murders.
Episode 9: A Shield for Murder (1)
Nov 21, 1976 · 48 min
A wealthy political leader quashes Kojak's efforts to reopen a two-year-old matricide case.
Episode 10: A Shield for Murder (2)
Nov 21, 1976 · 46 min
When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.
Episode 11: The Pride and the Princess
Nov 28, 1976 · 48 min
An émigré princess and her servant scheme to recover family jewels they believe are held by a mobster.
Episode 12: Black Thorn
Dec 5, 1976 · 48 min
Private eye Salathiel Harms returns, pursuing the same bail jumper as Kojak.
Episode 13: Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
Dec 12, 1976 · 48 min
A desperate unemployed ironworker accidentally kills a construction kingpin.
Episode 14: Dead Again
Dec 19, 1976 · 1h
A woman informs the detectives that she had seen a wanted man that had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.
Episode 15: The Godson
Jan 4, 1977 · 1h
Kojak's godson becomes mixed up with a gang involved in an armed robbery. Can Kojak get through to his godson before it's too late?
Episode 16: The Condemned
Jan 11, 1977 · 1h
A boxer accused of murder holes up inside a church and threatens to kill the parishioners unless the police meet his demands.
Episode 17: When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
Jan 18, 1977 · 1h
A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.
Episode 18: I Was Happy Where I Was
Jan 25, 1977 · 1h
A Puerto Rican cop goes undercover in his old neighborhood to find out who is trying to start a barrio gang war.
Episode 19: Kojak's Days (1)
Feb 1, 1977 · 1h
Kojak must unravel the mystery of a white Roll-Royce with a body in the trunk while trying to find a woman who murdered her husband.
Episode 20: Kojak's Days (2)
Feb 8, 1977 · 1h
The search continues for a woman who murdered her husband, abandoned her child and is threatening to commit suicide.
Episode 21: Monkey on a String
Feb 15, 1977 · 1h
A member of the police force falls prey to a powerful crime figure. With Albert Paulsen and Judith Light.
Episode 22: Kiss it All Goodbye
Feb 22, 1977 · 1h
Crocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.
Episode 23: Lady in the Squad Room
Mar 8, 1977 · 1h
Kojak and a female detective must overcome their dislike for each other when she is transferred from the rape squad to help nab a drug-dealing rapist-muderer.
Episode 24: Sister Maria
Mar 15, 1977 · 1h
A vengeful nun tries to bring to justice the gangster who ordered the murder of her sister. (60 mins)
Episode 25: Another Gypsy Queen
Mar 22, 1977 · 1h
Season 522 ep. · 1977–1978
Episode 1: The Queen of Hearts Is Wild
Oct 2, 1977 · 1h
The girlfriend of a local gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness in the murder of a police officer.
Episode 2: A Strange Kind of Love
Oct 9, 1977 · 1h
A psychotic murderer thinks that a television talk show host is subliminally brainwashing him to murder.
Episode 3: Laid Off
Oct 16, 1977 · 1h
A laid off police officer with two jobs and a sick wife takes a bribe under pressure from a loan shark.
Episode 4: Cry for the Kids
Oct 23, 1977 · 1h
A teenager accidentally kills a gangster's hired hand while robbing him, only to have a rival gangster hire him to take out the competition in order to control the neighborhood in which he doesn't own.
Episode 5: Once More from Birdland
Oct 30, 1977 · 1h
A singer(Andrea Marcovicci) is determined to prove her wrongfully imprisoned father innocent after he spends 14 years in prison.
Episode 6: Caper on a Quiet Street
Nov 6, 1977 · 1h
A woman is Kojak's only link to finding $6 million dollars, but her boyfriend (Armand Assante) has other plans.
Episode 7: Letters of Death
Nov 13, 1977 · 1h
Anonymous messages begin turning up informing a model that someone close to her is in danger of being murdered.
Episode 8: Tears for All Who Loved Her
Nov 20, 1977 · 1h
Crocker (played by Kevin Dobson) falls for a woman (played by Jennifer Warren) while investigating the death of her mobster husband.
Episode 9: The Summer of '69 (1)
Dec 4, 1977 · 1h
Kojak must reopen a case in which the prime suspect of three women was shot and killed after a shootout with him. Now, eight years later, the murders have started again and it appears that Kojak may've killed the wrong man.
Episode 10: The Summer of '69 (2)
Dec 10, 1977 · 1h
After Kojak is placed on suspension, he continues to review the 8-year old case while a serial killer (Stephen McHattie) strikes again.
Episode 11: Case Without a File
Dec 17, 1977 · 1h
Kojak poses as a murdered private investigator in order to find out why he was murdered.
Episode 12: I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer
Dec 24, 1977 · 1h
A detective (Joey Aresco) believes that his wife's divorce lawyer (David Ladd) hired an arsonist to destroy his boat.
Episode 13: Justice for All
Jan 7, 1978 · 1h
While Kojak is contemplating leaving the police department to become a law firm's investigator, a series of recent drug related deaths begin to overshadow his decision.
Episode 14: Mouse
Jan 21, 1978 · 1h
Kojak encounters a case where a highly respected surgeon may be doing unnecessary surgeries in order to use the money to pay off gambling debts.
Episode 15: Chain of Custody
Jan 28, 1978 · 1h
Kojak is suspended after reacting to an incompetent district attorney who failed to convict a known killer.
Episode 16: The Captain's Brother's Wife
Feb 4, 1978 · 1h
Kojak tries to protect Captain McNeil's widowed sister-in-law from big time gamblers.
Episode 17: No License to Kill
Feb 11, 1978 · 1h
Kojak offers to help a jealous police officer search for a professional hit man.
Episode 18: The Halls of Terror
Feb 18, 1978 · 1h
Kojak and the detectives go undercover in a local hospital in order to investigate a string of murders that have been occurring while the victims were on duty.
Episode 19: May the Horse Be with You
Feb 25, 1978 · 1h
A retired police officer is injured after attempting to prevent the theft of a race horse that he illegally housed in the NYPD stables.
Episode 20: Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton
Mar 4, 1978 · 1h
A photographer (played by Tige Andrews) becomes the prime suspect in a jewel theft and phony kidnapping of a former actress (played by Antoinette Bower) in which he photographs.
Episode 21: 60 Miles to Hell
Mar 11, 1978 · 1h
Crocker is taken hostage while trying to transport a prisoner back to New York.
Episode 22: In Full Command
Mar 18, 1978 · 1h
After being rejected for a promotion, a disgruntled inspector sees a current case as a way to boost his career.


















