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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 5

Every episode of Kojak Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kojak Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 5

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

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  1. 8.0/10(133 votes)

    #1 - Mouse

    S5:E14

    Kojak encounters a case where a highly respected surgeon may be doing unnecessary surgeries in order to use the money to pay off gambling debts.

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  2. 7.8/10(134 votes)

    #2 - The Queen of Hearts Is Wild

    S5:E1

    The girlfriend of a local gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness in the murder of a police officer.

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  3. 7.8/10(133 votes)

    #3 - The Summer of '69 (1)

    S5:E9

    Kojak must reopen a case in which the prime suspect of three women was shot and killed after a shootout with him. Now, eight years later, the murders have started again and it appears that Kojak may've killed the wrong man.

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  4. 7.8/10(115 votes)

    #4 - Justice for All

    S5:E13

    While Kojak is contemplating leaving the police department to become a law firm's investigator, a series of recent drug related deaths begin to overshadow his decision.

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    Director:Jim Benson
  5. 7.7/10(119 votes)

    #5 - The Summer of '69 (2)

    S5:E10

    After Kojak is placed on suspension, he continues to review the 8-year old case while a serial killer (Stephen McHattie) strikes again.

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  6. 7.7/10(120 votes)

    #6 - Chain of Custody

    S5:E15

    Kojak is suspended after reacting to an incompetent district attorney who failed to convict a known killer.

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  8. 7.6/10(130 votes)

    #7 - I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer

    S5:E12

    A detective (Joey Aresco) believes that his wife's divorce lawyer (David Ladd) hired an arsonist to destroy his boat.

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  9. 7.5/10(120 votes)

    #8 - Cry for the Kids

    S5:E4

    A teenager accidentally kills a gangster's hired hand while robbing him, only to have a rival gangster hire him to take out the competition in order to control the neighborhood in which he doesn't own.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  10. 7.5/10(107 votes)

    #9 - No License to Kill

    S5:E17

    Kojak offers to help a jealous police officer search for a professional hit man.

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  11. 7.5/10(114 votes)

    #10 - Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton

    S5:E20

    A photographer (played by Tige Andrews) becomes the prime suspect in a jewel theft and phony kidnapping of a former actress (played by Antoinette Bower) in which he photographs.

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  12. 7.5/10(141 votes)

    #11 - In Full Command

    S5:E22

    After being rejected for a promotion, a disgruntled inspector sees a current case as a way to boost his career.

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  13. 7.4/10(114 votes)

    #12 - Caper on a Quiet Street

    S5:E6

    A woman is Kojak's only link to finding $6 million dollars, but her boyfriend (Armand Assante) has other plans.

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  14. 7.2/10(118 votes)

    #13 - Tears for All Who Loved Her

    S5:E8

    Crocker (played by Kevin Dobson) falls for a woman (played by Jennifer Warren) while investigating the death of her mobster husband.

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  15. 7.1/10(134 votes)

    #14 - Once More from Birdland

    S5:E5

    A singer(Andrea Marcovicci) is determined to prove her wrongfully imprisoned father innocent after he spends 14 years in prison.

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  16. 7.0/10(130 votes)

    #15 - A Strange Kind of Love

    S5:E2

    A psychotic murderer thinks that a television talk show host is subliminally brainwashing him to murder.

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    Director:Sutton Roley
  17. 7.0/10(124 votes)

    #16 - Laid Off

    S5:E3

    A laid off police officer with two jobs and a sick wife takes a bribe under pressure from a loan shark.

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  18. 7.0/10(117 votes)

    #17 - Case Without a File

    S5:E11

    Kojak poses as a murdered private investigator in order to find out why he was murdered.

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    Writer:Joe Gores
  19. 6.9/10(115 votes)

    #18 - Letters of Death

    S5:E7

    Anonymous messages begin turning up informing a model that someone close to her is in danger of being murdered.

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    Writer:N/A
  20. 6.8/10(123 votes)

    #19 - The Halls of Terror

    S5:E18

    Kojak and the detectives go undercover in a local hospital in order to investigate a string of murders that have been occurring while the victims were on duty.

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  21. 6.7/10(115 votes)

    #20 - 60 Miles to Hell

    S5:E21

    Crocker is taken hostage while trying to transport a prisoner back to New York.

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  22. 6.6/10(131 votes)

    #21 - The Captain's Brother's Wife

    S5:E16

    Kojak tries to protect Captain McNeil's widowed sister-in-law from big time gamblers.

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  23. 6.3/10(127 votes)

    #22 - May the Horse Be with You

    S5:E19

    A retired police officer is injured after attempting to prevent the theft of a race horse that he illegally housed in the NYPD stables.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Mouse" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 133 votes. Directed by Harvey S. Laidman and written by Art Eisenson, it aired on 1/21/1978. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Queen of Hearts Is Wild".