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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 1

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

The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 1

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

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  1. Background image for Cop in a Cage
    7.7/10(242 votes)

    #1 - Cop in a Cage

    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. Background image for Therapy in Dynamite
    7.7/10(210 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Leo Penn
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    7.6/10(322 votes)

    #3 - Web of Death

    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
  4. Background image for Death Is Not a Passing Grade
    7.6/10(260 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for Before the Devil Knows
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    #5 - Before the Devil Knows

    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
  6. Background image for The Only Way Out
    7.6/10(192 votes)

    #6 - The Only Way Out

    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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  8. Background image for Siege of Terror
    7.5/10(434 votes)

    #7 - Siege of Terror

    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
  9. Background image for Dead on His Feet
    7.5/10(222 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Requiem for a Cop
    7.4/10(257 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for Marker to a Dead Bookie
    7.4/10(215 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Jack Laird
  12. Background image for Deliver Us Some Evil
    7.4/10(225 votes)

    #11 - Deliver Us Some Evil

    S1:E15

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

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  13. Background image for Girl in the River
    7.3/10(263 votes)

    #12 - Girl in the River

    S1:E5

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

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  14. Background image for Last Rites for a Dead Priest
    7.3/10(210 votes)

    #13 - Last Rites for a Dead Priest

    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. Background image for Die Before They Wake
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    #14 - Die Before They Wake

    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. Background image for Eighteen Hours of Fear
    7.3/10(195 votes)

    #15 - Eighteen Hours of Fear

    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. Background image for One for the Morgue
    7.2/10(268 votes)

    #16 - One for the Morgue

    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. Background image for Dark Sunday
    7.2/10(255 votes)

    #17 - Dark Sunday

    S1:E8

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

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  19. Background image for Conspiracy of Fear
    7.2/10(228 votes)

    #18 - Conspiracy of Fear

    S1:E9

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

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  20. Background image for Knockover
    7.1/10(266 votes)

    #19 - Knockover

    S1:E4

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

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  21. Background image for Down a Long and Lonely River
    7.1/10(198 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  22. Background image for Mojo
    7.0/10(195 votes)

    #21 - Mojo

    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. Background image for The Corrupter
    6.8/10(236 votes)

    #22 - The Corrupter

    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 242 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".