The Best Episodes Written By Jack Laird

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Conspiracy of Fear

   S1:E912/19/1973

   Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.

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   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Dead on His Feet

   S1:E183/6/1974

   A detective is hiding his terminal illness, while pursuing his partner's murderer. As he knows that he won't make it he's even more motivated to find a murder even if he'll have to pay the highest price.

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   Writer:Jack Laird

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - The Chinatown Murders (1)

   S2:E19/15/1974

   To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Marker to a Dead Bookie

   S1:E111/16/1974

   Kojak pretends to be corrupted (buying even more expensive suits than usual and a brand new Cadillac)—not without opposition from Capt. McNeil, who tries save as much police money he can—to catch a narcotics dealer in the act.

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   Writer:Jack Laird

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Requiem for a Cop

   S1:E611/28/1973

   Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.

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   Writer:Jack Laird

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?

   S2:E19/15/1971

   A phenomenally successful young seer suddenly refuses to make further predictions. A vignette about a babysitter and her latest client. A desperate man seeks a surgeon's help when he discovers a presence that controls his right hand. The Phantom of the Opera gets the shock of his life when he menaces a beautiful young singer.

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   Writer:Jack Laird

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Dark Sunday

   S1:E812/12/1973

   The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Last Rites for a Dead Priest

   S1:E121/23/1974

   During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief disguises as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - The Chinatown Murders (2)

   S2:E29/15/1974

   To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Deliver Us Some Evil

    S1:E152/13/1974

    A small time crook prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Before the Devil Knows

    S1:E172/27/1974

    A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds, and David and Kevin burgle the bonds from the safe in his high rise apartment.

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    Writer:Jack Laird

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Web of Death

    S1:E210/31/1973

    A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.

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    Writer:Jack Laird

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Eighteen Hours of Fear

    S1:E162/20/1974

    A woman is coming back from winter holidays from Canada, smuggling two twenty Canadian dollar plates in her fake cast. Once she arrives in US she needs to run from the ex-partner in crime, who murdered her boyfriend and wants get the plates back.

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    Writer:Jack Laird

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Die Now, Pay Later / Room for One Less / Witches Feast / Little Girl Lost

    S0:E119/22/1971

    An undertaker slashes funeral prices at a January clearance sale. A creature teaches an elevator operator some manners. A group of witches goes through a menu. A scientific genius is troubled by the death of his daughter.

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    Writer:Jack Laird

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    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - I'll Never Leave You - Ever / There Aren't Any More MacBanes

    S2:E202/16/1972

    The wife of a loathsomely ill farmer decides to force nature's hand with the help of an old crone skilled in the black arts. A sorcery student invokes an ancient spirit to rid himself of a bothersome uncle.

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    Writer:Jack Laird

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