The best episodes of Kojak
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- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.
- 04
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.
- 05
A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.
- 06
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
A mentally depressed woman (Andrea Marcovicci) witnesses her date being murdered by her neighbor who has an interest in her.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
When several men fall to their deaths at the same convention, Kojak doubts that mass suicide is the explanation.
- 12
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.
- 13
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.
- 14
An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective in order to further his way up the criminal ladder.
- 15
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).
- 16
Kojak investigates a homicide in which the murder was covered up by a torched building.
- 17
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.
- 18
Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.
- 19
Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.
- 20
Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.
- 21
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.
- 22
A psychopathic bomber targets people who hurt his friend. Kojak must find link between victims in order to find suspect.
- 23
Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.
- 24
You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
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.
- 25
An accountant assists a sniper (Bruce Kirby Jr.) on a vendetta.
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