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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Kojak Season 3 Episode 8 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .
    8.0/10(191 votes)

    S3:E8

    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

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  2. Kojak Season 3 Episode 12 - A Long Way from Times Square
    7.9/10(178 votes)

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Ernest Pintoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kojak Season 3 Episode 14 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
    7.9/10(250 votes)

    S3:E14

    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

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  4. Kojak Season 3 Episode 11 - No Immunity for Murder
    7.8/10(190 votes)

    S3:E11

    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

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  5. Kojak Season 3 Episode 1 - A Question of Answers (1)
    7.7/10(219 votes)

    S3:E1

    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

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  6. Kojak Season 3 Episode 6 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

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  7. Kojak Season 3 Episode 19 - Bad Dude
    7.7/10(156 votes)

    S3:E19

    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

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  8. Kojak Season 3 Episode 22 - Deadly Innocence
    7.7/10(158 votes)

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Stephen Downing

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  9. Kojak Season 3 Episode 2 - A Question of Answers (2)
    7.6/10(243 votes)

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Kojak Season 3 Episode 3 - My Brother, My Enemy
    7.6/10(174 votes)

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

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  11. Kojak Season 3 Episode 10 - The Nicest Guys on the Block
    7.6/10(168 votes)

    S3:E10

    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

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  12. Kojak Season 3 Episode 18 - A Wind from Corsica
    7.6/10(193 votes)

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kojak Season 3 Episode 20 - A Grave Too Soon
    7.6/10(150 votes)

    S3:E20

    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

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  14. Kojak Season 3 Episode 23 - Justice Deferred
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    S3:E23

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

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  15. Kojak Season 3 Episode 21 - The Frame
    7.5/10(155 votes)

    S3:E21

    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
    Writers:Burton Armus, Jack Laird

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  16. Kojak Season 3 Episode 5 - Be Careful What You Pray For
    7.3/10(165 votes)

    S3:E5

    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

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  17. Kojak Season 3 Episode 7 - Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
    7.3/10(165 votes)

    S3:E7

    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

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  18. Kojak Season 3 Episode 9 - Over the Water
    7.3/10(153 votes)

    S3:E9

    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

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  19. Kojak Season 3 Episode 4 - Sweeter Than Life
    7.2/10(169 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

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  20. Kojak Season 3 Episode 16 - The Forgotten Room
    7.2/10(168 votes)

    S3:E16

    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

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  21. Kojak Season 3 Episode 17 - On the Edge
    7.0/10(149 votes)

    S3:E17

    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

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  22. Kojak Season 3 Episode 15 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
    6.8/10(174 votes)

    S3:E15

    (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

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  23. Kojak Season 3 Episode 13 - Money Back Guarantee
    6.3/10(174 votes)

    S3:E13

    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

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  24. Kojak Season 3 Episode 24 - Both Sides of the Law
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S3:E24

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

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Out of the Frying Pan . . ." is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by Charles S. Dubin and written by Jack Laird, it aired on 11/2/1975. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Long Way from Times Square".