8.1/10215 votesLoading...#1 - Queen of the Gypsies
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1975
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
8.1/10139 votesLoading...#2 - A Need to Know
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1976
Kojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester who has diplomatic immunity before he strikes again.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Chester Krumholz
8.0/10204 votesLoading...#3 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1975
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.
Director: Robert Day
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
8.0/10134 votesLoading...#4 - Mouse
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1978
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.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Writer: Art Eisenson
7.9/10174 votesLoading...#5 - Hush Now, Don't You Die
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1974
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
7.9/10148 votesLoading...#6 - The Trade-Off
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1975
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.
Director: David Friedkin
Writer: Robert Swanson
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7.9/10147 votesLoading...#7 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1975
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.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Jack Laird
7.9/10121 votesLoading...#8 - A Grave Too Soon
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1976
Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Burton Armus
7.9/10143 votesLoading...#9 - A Shield for Murder (1)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1976
A wealthy political leader quashes Kojak's efforts to reopen a two-year-old matricide case.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: William P. McGivern
7.9/10132 votesLoading...#10 - A Shield for Murder (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1976
When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: William P. McGivern
7.8/10166 votesLoading...#11 - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1975
Kojak is particularly affected by the murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Jack Laird
7.8/10137 votesLoading...#12 - A Long Way from Times Square
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1975
Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: N/A
7.8/10135 votesLoading...#13 - Dead Again
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1976
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.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Burton Armus
7.8/10136 votesLoading...#14 - When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1977
A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
7.8/10138 votesLoading...#15 - The Queen of Hearts Is Wild
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1977
The girlfriend of a local gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness in the murder of a police officer.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.8/10137 votesLoading...#16 - The Summer of '69 (1)
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1977
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.
Director: Gene R. Kearney
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
7.8/10125 votesLoading...#17 - Chain of Custody
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1978
Kojak is suspended after reacting to an incompetent district attorney who failed to convict a known killer.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.7/10236 votesLoading...#18 - Cop in a Cage
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/1974
Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.
Director: Alex March
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
7.7/10202 votesLoading...#19 - Therapy in Dynamite
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/1974
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
7.7/10153 votesLoading...#20 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1974
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
7.7/10145 votesLoading...#21 - The Good Luck Bomber
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1975
Kojak and the bomb squad are stymied by a series of bombs that seemingly can't be defused.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Ray Brenner
7.7/10177 votesLoading...#22 - A Question of Answers (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1975
An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Albert Ruben
7.7/10145 votesLoading...#23 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1975
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.
Director: Jerry London
Writer: Morton S. Fine
7.7/10153 votesLoading...#24 - No Immunity for Murder
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1975
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.
Director: Andy Sidaris
Writer: Joe Gores
7.7/10123 votesLoading...#25 - An Unfair Trade
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1976
The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police anders the community.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro
Writer: Burton Armus
The Best Episodes of Kojak
Every episode of Kojak ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Kojak!
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Genres:CrimeAction & AdventureDramaMystery
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
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Best Episodes Summary
"Queen of the Gypsies" is the best rated episode of "Kojak". It scored 8.1/10 based on 215 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Gene R. Kearney, it aired on 1/19/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Need to Know".
