Kojak

The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 1

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Every episode of Kojak Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kojak Season 1!

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.3
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7.5
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  1. 7.7/10(237 votes)

    #1 - Cop in a Cage

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    S1:E10

    Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.

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  2. 7.7/10(205 votes)

    #2 - Therapy in Dynamite

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    S1:E21

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

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    Director:Leo Penn
  3. 7.6/10(252 votes)

    #3 - Death Is Not a Passing Grade

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    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.

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  4. 7.6/10(230 votes)

    #4 - Before the Devil Knows

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    S1:E17

    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.

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    Writer:Jack Laird
  5. 7.5/10(420 votes)

    #5 - Siege of Terror

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    S1:E1

    Kojak has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers in an Army surplus store.

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    Writer:Abby Mann
  6. 7.5/10(312 votes)

    #6 - Web of Death

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    S1:E2

    A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.

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    Director:William Hale
    Writer:Jack Laird
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  8. 7.5/10(218 votes)

    #7 - Dead on His Feet

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    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.

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  9. 7.5/10(189 votes)

    #8 - The Only Way Out

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    S1:E22

    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.

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  10. 7.4/10(250 votes)

    #9 - Requiem for a Cop

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    S1:E6

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

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  11. 7.4/10(210 votes)

    #10 - Marker to a Dead Bookie

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    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.

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Jack Laird
  12. 7.4/10(221 votes)

    #11 - Deliver Us Some Evil

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    S1:E15

    A small time crook prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.

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  13. 7.3/10(256 votes)

    #12 - Girl in the River

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    S1:E5

    Kojak suspects that the strangler of seven women has returned, when another girl dies in similar circumstances.

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  14. 7.3/10(205 votes)

    #13 - Last Rites for a Dead Priest

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    S1:E12

    During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief disguises as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.

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    Director:Joel Oliansky
    Writer:Jack Laird
  15. 7.3/10(238 votes)

    #14 - Die Before They Wake

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    S1:E14

    A junkie prostitute holds the key which would help solving the murder cases of her roommate and a local TV reporter.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  16. 7.3/10(190 votes)

    #15 - Eighteen Hours of Fear

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    S1:E16

    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.

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  17. 7.2/10(257 votes)

    #16 - One for the Morgue

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    S1:E3

    Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.

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  18. 7.2/10(247 votes)

    #17 - Dark Sunday

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    S1:E8

    The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist.

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  19. 7.2/10(223 votes)

    #18 - Conspiracy of Fear

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    S1:E9

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

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  20. 7.1/10(195 votes)

    #19 - Down a Long and Lonely River

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    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.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  21. 7.0/10(258 votes)

    #20 - Knockover

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    S1:E4

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

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  22. 7.0/10(191 votes)

    #21 - Mojo

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    S1:E20

    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.

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  23. 6.8/10(228 votes)

    #22 - The Corrupter

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    S1:E7

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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Cop in a Cage" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 237 votes. Directed by Alex March and written by Alvin Sapinsley, it aired on 1/2/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Therapy in Dynamite".