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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 2

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Kojak Season 2 Episode 18 - Queen of the Gypsies
    8.2/10(270 votes)

    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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  2. Kojak Season 2 Episode 3 - Hush Now, Don't You Die
    7.9/10(222 votes)

    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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  3. Kojak Season 2 Episode 24 - The Trade-Off
    7.9/10(179 votes)

    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.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Robert E. Swanson

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  4. Kojak Season 2 Episode 9 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy
    7.8/10(184 votes)

    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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  5. Kojak Season 2 Episode 20 - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
    7.8/10(201 votes)

    S2:E20

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  6. Kojak Season 2 Episode 21 - The Good Luck Bomber
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    S2:E21

    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

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  7. Kojak Season 2 Episode 11 - A Killing in the Second House
    7.7/10(171 votes)

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

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  8. Kojak Season 2 Episode 14 - The Betrayal
    7.7/10(195 votes)

    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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  9. Kojak Season 2 Episode 1 - The Chinatown Murders (1)
    7.6/10(206 votes)

    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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  10. Kojak Season 2 Episode 2 - The Chinatown Murders (2)
    7.6/10(194 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  11. Kojak Season 2 Episode 13 - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
    7.6/10(203 votes)

    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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  12. Kojak Season 2 Episode 15 - Loser Takes All
    7.6/10(189 votes)

    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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  13. Kojak Season 2 Episode 22 - Unwanted Partners
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    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.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  14. Kojak Season 2 Episode 4 - A Very Deadly Game
    7.5/10(188 votes)

    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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  15. Kojak Season 2 Episode 7 - Nursemaid
    7.5/10(185 votes)

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Joel Oliansky

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  16. Kojak Season 2 Episode 8 - You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
    7.5/10(168 votes)

    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.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Albert Ruben

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  17. Kojak Season 2 Episode 17 - Acts of Desperate Men
    7.5/10(176 votes)

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  18. Kojak Season 2 Episode 19 - Night of the Piraeus
    7.5/10(170 votes)

    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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  19. Kojak Season 2 Episode 23 - Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred
    7.5/10(176 votes)

    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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:James M. Miller

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  20. Kojak Season 2 Episode 16 - Close Cover Before Killing
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    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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  21. Kojak Season 2 Episode 6 - Slay Ride
    7.3/10(187 votes)

    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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  22. Kojak Season 2 Episode 12 - The Best War in Town
    7.3/10(171 votes)

    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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  23. Kojak Season 2 Episode 10 - A Souvenir from Atlantic City
    7.2/10(176 votes)

    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:Charles Sailor, Eric Kaldor

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  24. Kojak Season 2 Episode 25 - I Want to Report a Dream
    7.2/10(196 votes)

    S2:E25

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

    Director:Telly Savalas
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  25. Kojak Season 2 Episode 5 - Wall Street Gunslinger
    7.0/10(173 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Halsted Welles

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Queen of the Gypsies" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 270 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Gene R. Kearney, it aired on 1/19/1975. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hush Now, Don't You Die".