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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 3

Every episode of Kojak Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kojak Season 3!

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"A Question of Answers (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 174 votes. Directed by Jerry London and written by Albert Ruben, it aired on 9/14/1975. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Question of Answers (2)".

  • A Question of Answers (1)
    7.7/10174 votes

    #1 - A Question of Answers (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1975

    An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: Albert Ruben

  • A Question of Answers (2)
    7.6/10204 votes

    #2 - A Question of Answers (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1975

    To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: N/A

  • My Brother, My Enemy
    7.5/10139 votes

    #3 - My Brother, My Enemy

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1975

    Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Alvin Boretz

  • Sweeter Than Life
    7.2/10136 votes

    #4 - Sweeter Than Life

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1975

    While responding to a homicide call, Kojak discovers his camera that had disappeared earlier at a party in which he, his nephew and friend attended. His nephew's friend steals the camera and uses it to buy drugs from the murdered man. They witness the murder and are reluctant to involve the police. Kojak's nephew must go 'cold turkey' before he ends up like his friend who overdosed.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Burton Armus

  • Be Careful What You Pray For
    7.4/10129 votes

    #5 - Be Careful What You Pray For

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1975

    Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: James M. Miller

  • Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
    7.7/10145 votes

    #6 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1975

    Kojak is determined to nail a big-time drug dealer who shot a plastic surgeon who was already dead from what they first believed to be natural causes.

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: Morton S. Fine

  • Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
    7.3/10133 votes

    #7 - Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1975

    A woman who witnesses a body being dumped into the harbor is so fragile minded that the man who dumped the body tries to use psychology against her in order to eliminate her from the picture.

    Director: Nicholas Sgarro

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney

  • Out of the Frying Pan . . .
    8.0/10146 votes

    #8 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1975

    A veteran cop who is battling alcoholism and demotion after being held responsible for the shooting death of a friend impedes Kojak's murder investigation as he tries to clear his name and win back his shield.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • Over the Water
    7.5/10117 votes

    #9 - Over the Water

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1975

    A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.

    Director: Telly Savalas

    Writer: Burton Armus

  • The Nicest Guys on the Block
    7.7/10132 votes

    #10 - The Nicest Guys on the Block

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1975

    A colleague of Kojak's, Detective Weaver, discovers that a former high school buddy is now involved in fencing a million dollars' worth of stolen diamonds.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Morton S. Fine

  • No Immunity for Murder
    7.7/10151 votes

    #11 - No Immunity for Murder

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1975

    Refusing to believe that a prostitute and her partner are responsible for a bookkeeper's murder, Kojak run afoul of the FBI when he tries to investigate further.

    Director: Andy Sidaris

    Writer: Joe Gores

  • A Long Way from Times Square
    7.9/10136 votes

    #12 - A Long Way from Times Square

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1975

    Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.

    Director: Ernest Pintoff

    Writer: N/A

  • Money Back Guarantee
    6.3/10139 votes

    #13 - Money Back Guarantee

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1975

    A murdered cop and a wealthy young woman put Kojak on the trail of a car-theft ring in which the victims appear to cooperate with the thieves.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Dallas L. Barnes

  • A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
    8.0/10195 votes

    #14 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1975

    An old colleague calls from Las Vegas to say he has captured a counterfeiter Kojak has been looking for, but the elderly man is murdered before Kojak can bring him back to New York.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney

  • How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
    6.8/10137 votes

    #15 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1975

    (Christmas Episode) Stavros helps a woman (Betsy Slade) find her desperate boyfriend (Darrell Fetty), while Kojak tries to find out why a man (James Griffith) shot at a woman (Jesse Welles) in a local bar.

    Director: David Friedkin

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney

  • The Forgotten Room
    7.2/10135 votes

    #16 - The Forgotten Room

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1976

    Kojak doubts a young man is guilty in the murder of a prostitute, even the circumstantial evidence points to him.

    Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

    Writer: James Bonnet

  • On the Edge
    7.1/10122 votes

    #17 - On the Edge

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1976

    Kojak is concerned that a fellow detective's obsessive work habits are endangering both his home life and his career.

    Director: David Friedkin

    Writer: Alvin Boretz

  • A Wind from Corsica
    7.5/10153 votes

    #18 - A Wind from Corsica

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1976

    Kojak must prevent a man from killing the person who framed his recently deceased brother.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Dude
    7.6/10124 votes

    #19 - Bad Dude

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1976

    A private detective recently arrived from the West Coast puzzles Kojak when he appears to be deliberately making himself a killer's next target.

    Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

    Writer: Joe Gores

  • A Grave Too Soon
    7.9/10120 votes

    #20 - A Grave Too Soon

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1976

    Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered.

    Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

    Writer: Burton Armus

  • The Frame
    7.5/10121 votes

    #21 - The Frame

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1976

    Kojak finds himself under investigation by Internal Affairs when a thief he arrested without sufficient evidence claims he paid Kojak a bribe.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Jack Laird, Burton Armus

  • Deadly Innocence
    7.6/10124 votes

    #22 - Deadly Innocence

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1976

    Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Stephen Downing

  • Justice Deferred
    7.5/10121 votes

    #23 - Justice Deferred

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1976

    The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an 18-year-old murder case.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • Both Sides of the Law
    NaN/100 votes

    #24 - Both Sides of the Law

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1976

    Kojak competes with a world-famous criminologist to recover five priceless Rembrandt drawings.

    Director: David Friedkin

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney