7.0/10156 votes#1 - Birthday Party
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1976
On her birthday, Kojak's niece is kidnapped by criminals who want to exchange her for an incarcerated cop killer.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Steven W. Carabatsos
7.3/10130 votes#2 - A Summer Madness
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1976
Already confronted with problems at home, Detective Jeff Braddock must face the inquiry of the murder of his mistress, while Kojak investigates the bombing of a restaurant.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Jack Laird
7.5/10119 votes#3 - Law Dance
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1976
Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: James M. Miller
7.6/10133 votes#4 - Out of the Shadows
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1976
Kojak and the detectives scour the city for ""The Grim Reaper"", a slasher who murders his victims out of greed.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
8.1/10139 votes#5 - A Need to Know
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1976
Kojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester who has diplomatic immunity before he strikes again.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.7/10123 votes#6 - An Unfair Trade
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1976
The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police anders the community.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro
Writer: Burton Armus
7.0/10134 votes#7 - A Hair-Trigger Away
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1976
The drug addicted girlfriend of a cop is under scrutiny for accidentally killing his partner during a drug bust.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Chester Krumholz, Andy House, Jack Epps Jr.
7.5/10120 votes#8 - By Silence Betrayed
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1976
Kojak finds that the longshoreman's lips are sealed when he inquires into labor-related waterfront murders.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.9/10142 votes#9 - A Shield for Murder (1)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1976
A wealthy political leader quashes Kojak's efforts to reopen a two-year-old matricide case.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: William P. McGivern
7.9/10132 votes#10 - A Shield for Murder (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1976
When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: William P. McGivern
7.1/10122 votes#11 - The Pride and the Princess
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1976
An émigré princess and her servant scheme to recover family jewels they believe are held by a mobster.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: James M. Miller
7.5/10131 votes#12 - Black Thorn
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1976
Private eye Salathiel Harms returns, pursuing the same bail jumper as Kojak.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Leon Tokatyan
7.0/10117 votes#13 - Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1976
A desperate unemployed ironworker accidentally kills a construction kingpin.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.8/10134 votes#14 - Dead Again
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1976
A woman informs the detectives that she had seen a wanted man that had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Burton Armus
7.5/10114 votes#15 - The Godson
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1977
Kojak's godson becomes mixed up with a gang involved in an armed robbery. Can Kojak get through to his godson before it's too late?
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Joseph Gunn
7.0/10124 votes#16 - The Condemned
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1977
A boxer accused of murder holes up inside a church and threatens to kill the parishioners unless the police meet his demands.
Director: Noel Black
Writer: Michael Grais, Anthony Spinner
7.8/10134 votes#17 - When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1977
A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
7.5/10113 votes#18 - I Was Happy Where I Was
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1977
A Puerto Rican cop goes undercover in his old neighborhood to find out who is trying to start a barrio gang war.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro
Writer: Stephen Downing
7.2/10132 votes#19 - Kojak's Days (1)
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1977
Kojak must unravel the mystery of a white Roll-Royce with a body in the trunk while trying to find a woman who murdered her husband.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.3/10121 votes#20 - Kojak's Days (2)
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1977
The search continues for a woman who murdered her husband, abandoned her child and is threatening to commit suicide.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Chester Krumholz
7.3/10127 votes#21 - Monkey on a String
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1977
A member of the police force falls prey to a powerful crime figure. With Albert Paulsen and Judith Light.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Jack Laird
7.3/10138 votes#22 - Kiss it All Goodbye
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1977
Crocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.
Director: Telly Savalas
Writer: Oliver Crawford, Robert W. Lenski
7.2/10117 votes#23 - Lady in the Squad Room
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1977
Kojak and a female detective must overcome their dislike for each other when she is transferred from the rape squad to help nab a drug-dealing rapist-muderer.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: Burton Armus
7.2/10125 votes#24 - Sister Maria
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1977
A vengeful nun tries to bring to justice the gangster who ordered the murder of her sister. (60 mins)
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Ross Teel
7.3/10113 votes#25 - Another Gypsy Queen
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1977
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Director: Joel Oliansky
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 4
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A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Birthday Party" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 4. It scored 7/10 based on 156 votes. Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr. and written by Steven W. Carabatsos, it aired on 9/26/1976. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Summer Madness".