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
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
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
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
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
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
7.3/10134 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
7.9/10147 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
7.5/10118 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
7.6/10133 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
7.7/10152 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
7.8/10137 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
6.2/10140 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
8.0/10197 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
6.8/10138 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
7.2/10136 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
7.1/10124 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
7.6/10153 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
7.6/10125 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
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
7.5/10122 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
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
7.5/10122 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
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
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A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Genres:CrimeAction & AdventureDramaMystery
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)".