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The Worst Episodes of Kojak

Every episode of Kojak ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Kojak!

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Genres:CrimeAction & AdventureDramaMystery
Networks:ABCCBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Both Sides of the Law" is the worst rated episode of "Kojak". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by David Friedkin and written by Gene R. Kearney, it aired on 3/7/1976. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Money Back Guarantee".

  • Both Sides of the Law
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    #1 - 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

  • Money Back Guarantee
    6.3/10139 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • May the Horse Be with You
    6.3/10130 votes
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    #3 - May the Horse Be with You

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1978

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

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Rift Fournier

  • The Captain's Brother's Wife
    6.6/10129 votes
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    #4 - The Captain's Brother's Wife

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1978

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

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Chester Krumholz

  • How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
    6.8/10137 votes
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    #5 - 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 Halls of Terror
    6.8/10125 votes
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    #6 - The Halls of Terror

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1978

    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.

    Director: Edward M. Abroms

    Writer: Chester Krumholz

  • 60 Miles to Hell
    6.8/10119 votes
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    #7 - 60 Miles to Hell

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1978

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

    Director: Gene R. Kearney

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney

  • The Corrupter
    6.9/10223 votes
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    #8 - The Corrupter

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1973

    Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: James M. Miller

  • Mojo
    7.0/10190 votes
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    #9 - Mojo

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1974

    Kojak goes undercover as a chemist in order to expose the thieves who stole morphine from an insurance company, to sell it at an inflated price.

    Director: Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer: Mark Weingart

  • Birthday Party
    7.0/10156 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
    7.0/10116 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • The Condemned
    7.0/10121 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Laid Off
    7.0/10124 votes
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    #13 - Laid Off

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1977

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

    Director: Nicholas Sgarro

    Writer: Burton Armus

  • Tears for All Who Loved Her
    7.0/10122 votes
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    #14 - Tears for All Who Loved Her

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1977

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

    Director: John Meredyth Lucas

    Writer: Chester Krumholz

  • Knockover
    7.1/10250 votes
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    #15 - Knockover

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1973

    A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Morton S. Fine

  • Down a Long and Lonely River
    7.1/10193 votes
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    #16 - Down a Long and Lonely River

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/1974

    A young psychologist asks Kojak for help after her fiancee attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the whole responsibility for the crime which sent him to prison.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Robert Foster

  • Wall Street Gunslinger
    7.1/10140 votes
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    #17 - Wall Street Gunslinger

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1974

    Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: Halsted Welles

  • On the Edge
    7.1/10122 votes
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    #18 - 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 Hair-Trigger Away
    7.1/10135 votes
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    #19 - 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.

  • The Pride and the Princess
    7.1/10123 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • A Strange Kind of Love
    7.1/10133 votes
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    #21 - A Strange Kind of Love

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1977

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

    Director: Sutton Roley

    Writer: Joseph Gunn

  • Cry for the Kids
    7.1/10125 votes
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    #22 - Cry for the Kids

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1977

    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.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: David Taylor

  • Once More from Birdland
    7.1/10130 votes
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    #23 - Once More from Birdland

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1977

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

    Director: Nicholas Sgarro

    Writer: Gene R. Kearney

  • Letters of Death
    7.1/10117 votes
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    #24 - Letters of Death

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1977

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

    Director: Nicholas Sgarro

    Writer: N/A

  • One for the Morgue
    7.2/10247 votes
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    #25 - One for the Morgue

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1973

    Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin, Richard Donner

    Writer: Jerrold Freedman