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The Best Episodes of Kojak

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A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Kojak Season 1 Episode 9 - Conspiracy of Fear
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Conspiracy of Fear

    S1:E9

    Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writers:Jack Laird, Mark Rodgers

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  2. Kojak Season 2 Episode 11 - A Killing in the Second House
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - A Killing in the Second House

    S2:E11

    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.

    Directors:Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Christian Nyby
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  3. Kojak Season 2 Episode 18 - Queen of the Gypsies
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Queen of the Gypsies

    S2:E18

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  4. Kojak Season 3 Episode 3 - My Brother, My Enemy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - My Brother, My Enemy

    S3:E3

    Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

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  5. Kojak Season 3 Episode 22 - Deadly Innocence
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Deadly Innocence

    S3:E22

    Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Stephen Downing

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  6. Kojak Season 1 Episode 18 - Dead on His Feet
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Dead on His Feet

    S1:E18

    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.

    Directors:Leo Penn, Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  7. Kojak Season 2 Episode 3 - Hush Now, Don't You Die
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Hush Now, Don't You Die

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Robert W. Lenski

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  8. Kojak Season 2 Episode 12 - The Best War in Town
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - The Best War in Town

    S2:E12

    A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  9. Kojak Season 2 Episode 13 - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die

    S2:E13

    A mentally depressed woman (Andrea Marcovicci) witnesses her date being murdered by her neighbor who has an interest in her.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  10. Kojak Season 2 Episode 19 - Night of the Piraeus
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Night of the Piraeus

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writers:George Bacos, Don Rene Patterson

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  11. Kojak Season 1 Episode 6 - Requiem for a Cop
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Requiem for a Cop

    S1:E6

    Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.

    Directors:Paul Stanley, Gary Nelson
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  12. Kojak Season 1 Episode 11 - Marker to a Dead Bookie
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Marker to a Dead Bookie

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  13. Kojak Season 1 Episode 13 - Death Is Not a Passing Grade
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Death Is Not a Passing Grade

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  14. Kojak Season 1 Episode 19 - Down a Long and Lonely River
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Down a Long and Lonely River

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Robert Foster

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  15. Kojak Season 1 Episode 21 - Therapy in Dynamite
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Therapy in Dynamite

    S1:E21

    A psychopathic bomber targets people who hurt his friend. Kojak must find link between victims in order to find suspect.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  16. Kojak Season 2 Episode 1 - The Chinatown Murders (1)
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Chinatown Murders (1)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  17. Kojak Season 2 Episode 4 - A Very Deadly Game
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - A Very Deadly Game

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Stephen Downing

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  18. Kojak Season 2 Episode 6 - Slay Ride
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Slay Ride

    S2:E6

    When several men fall to their deaths at the same convention, Kojak doubts that mass suicide is the explanation.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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  19. Kojak Season 2 Episode 9 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  20. Kojak Season 2 Episode 10 - A Souvenir from Atlantic City
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - A Souvenir from Atlantic City

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writers:Eric Kaldor, Charles Sailor

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  21. Kojak Season 2 Episode 14 - The Betrayal
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Betrayal

    S2:E14

    An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective in order to further his way up the criminal ladder.

    Director:Telly Savalas
    Writer:Joseph Gunn

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  22. Kojak Season 2 Episode 15 - Loser Takes All
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Loser Takes All

    S2:E15

    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).

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  23. Kojak Season 2 Episode 16 - Close Cover Before Killing
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Close Cover Before Killing

    S2:E16

    Kojak investigates a homicide in which the murder was covered up by a torched building.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  24. Kojak Season 1 Episode 4 - Knockover
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Knockover

    S1:E4

    A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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  25. Kojak Season 1 Episode 7 - The Corrupter
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Corrupter

    S1:E7

    Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:James M. Miller

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Best Episodes Summary

"Conspiracy of Fear" is the best rated episode of "Kojak". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Jack Laird, Mark Rodgers, it aired on 12/19/1973. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Killing in the Second House".