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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 2

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Every episode of Kojak Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kojak Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 2

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 The Chinatown Murders (1)
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Writer:Jack Laird
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  2. Background image for The Chinatown Murders (2)
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #2 - The Chinatown Murders (2)

    S2:E2

    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.

    Writer:Jack Laird
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  3. Background image for Hush Now, Don't You Die
    7.9/10(191 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. Background image for A Very Deadly Game
    7.5/10(162 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for Wall Street Gunslinger
    7.0/10(149 votes)

    #5 - Wall Street Gunslinger

    S2:E5

    Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.

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  6. Background image for Slay Ride
    7.1/10(164 votes)

    #6 - Slay Ride

    S2:E6

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

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    7.5/10(161 votes)

    #7 - Nursemaid

    S2:E7

    Kojak and Crocker must protect a bookkeeper from madmen who will stop at nothing to keep her from testifying in court.

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  9. Background image for You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    #8 - You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler

    S2:E8

    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.

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  10. Background image for The Best Judge Money Can Buy
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    #9 - 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
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  11. Background image for A Souvenir from Atlantic City
    7.2/10(151 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. Background image for A Killing in the Second House
    7.6/10(150 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for The Best War in Town
    7.3/10(149 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. Background image for Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for The Betrayal
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #14 - The Betrayal

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Telly Savalas
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  16. Background image for Loser Takes All
    7.6/10(164 votes)

    #15 - 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).

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  17. Background image for Close Cover Before Killing
    7.4/10(165 votes)

    #16 - Close Cover Before Killing

    S2:E16

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

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  18. Background image for Acts of Desperate Men
    7.4/10(152 votes)

    #17 - Acts of Desperate Men

    S2:E17

    An accountant assists a sniper (Bruce Kirby Jr.) on a vendetta.

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  19. Background image for Queen of the Gypsies
    8.1/10(237 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for Night of the Piraeus
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. Background image for Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
    7.8/10(176 votes)

    #20 - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard

    S2:E20

    Kojak is particularly affected by the murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl.

    Writer:Jack Laird
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  22. Background image for The Good Luck Bomber
    7.7/10(157 votes)

    #21 - The Good Luck Bomber

    S2:E21

    Kojak and the bomb squad are stymied by a series of bombs that seemingly can't be defused.

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  23. Background image for Unwanted Partners
    7.5/10(149 votes)

    #22 - Unwanted Partners

    S2:E22

    Crocker fails to believe that his old childhood friend who is the main focus of a police investigation, could be involved in illegal activity.

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  24. Background image for Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred
    7.4/10(154 votes)

    #23 - Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred

    S2:E23

    While an accused thief sits in jail waiting for his lawyer to arrange bail, Kojak tries to decipher a phrase heard during an unsuccessful attempt to steal a paint company truck.

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  25. Background image for The Trade-Off
    7.8/10(159 votes)

    #24 - The Trade-Off

    S2:E24

    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.

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  26. Background image for I Want to Report a Dream
    7.2/10(174 votes)

    #25 - I Want to Report a Dream

    S2:E25

    A psychic (Ruth Gordon)informs police involving a dream in which she sees a murder take place before it ever happened.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Chinatown Murders (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 181 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Jack Laird, it aired on 9/15/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Chinatown Murders (2)".