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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!

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. 8.2/10(221 votes)

    #1 - Queen of the Gypsies

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    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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  2. 7.9/10(178 votes)

    #2 - Hush Now, Don't You Die

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    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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  3. 7.8/10(165 votes)

    #3 - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard

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    S2:E20

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

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    Writer:Jack Laird
  4. 7.8/10(147 votes)

    #4 - The Trade-Off

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    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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  5. 7.7/10(151 votes)

    #5 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy

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    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.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  6. 7.7/10(147 votes)

    #6 - The Good Luck Bomber

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    S2:E21

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

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  8. 7.6/10(159 votes)

    #7 - The Chinatown Murders (2)

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    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.

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    Writer:Jack Laird
  9. 7.6/10(143 votes)

    #8 - A Killing in the Second House

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    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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  10. 7.6/10(174 votes)

    #9 - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die

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    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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  11. 7.6/10(162 votes)

    #10 - The Betrayal

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    S2:E14

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

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    Director:Telly Savalas
  12. 7.6/10(156 votes)

    #11 - Loser Takes All

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    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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  13. 7.5/10(167 votes)

    #12 - The Chinatown Murders (1)

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    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.

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    Writer:Jack Laird
  14. 7.5/10(152 votes)

    #13 - A Very Deadly Game

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    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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  15. 7.5/10(151 votes)

    #14 - Nursemaid

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    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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  16. 7.5/10(140 votes)

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

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    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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  17. 7.5/10(140 votes)

    #16 - Night of the Piraeus

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    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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  18. 7.5/10(139 votes)

    #17 - Unwanted Partners

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    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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  19. 7.4/10(156 votes)

    #18 - Close Cover Before Killing

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    S2:E16

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

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  20. 7.4/10(141 votes)

    #19 - Acts of Desperate Men

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    S2:E17

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

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  21. 7.4/10(144 votes)

    #20 - Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred

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    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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  22. 7.3/10(144 votes)

    #21 - The Best War in Town

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    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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  23. 7.3/10(163 votes)

    #22 - I Want to Report a Dream

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    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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  24. 7.2/10(143 votes)

    #23 - A Souvenir from Atlantic City

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    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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  25. 7.1/10(156 votes)

    #24 - Slay Ride

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    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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  26. 7.0/10(139 votes)

    #25 - Wall Street Gunslinger

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    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Queen of the Gypsies" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 221 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".