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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Chinatown Murders (1)
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Dead on His Feet
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Requiem for a Cop
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Conspiracy of Fear
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Marker to a Dead Bookie
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Deliver Us Some Evil
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E15

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Eighteen Hours of Fear
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - The Chinatown Murders (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E20

    Kojak is particularly affected by the murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Dark Sunday
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Last Rites for a Dead Priest
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Cool Air / Camera Obscura / Quoth the Raven
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E12

    A haunting love story of a young woman and her late father's colleague, a man clinging desperately to life in a refrigerated apartment. A heartless moneylender gets his just desserts with the help of a client's unusual telescopic device. Edgar Allan Poe receives some unwanted coaching during a bout with writer's block.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - The High-Graders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E19

    When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murdered and his heirs are being swindled.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Before the Devil Knows
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Web of Death
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E8

    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:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - A Death in the Family / The Merciful / Class of '99 / Witches' Feast
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E2

    Taking refuge in a funeral home, a wounded killer encounters a gentle undertaker with a strange secret. Bricks and mortar figure in a wife's plan to end her husband's suffering. A graduating class of the future takes a particularly revealing final exam. An employment agency official has difficulty trying to fill a position for an extremely particular customer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  19. undefined Season 0 Episode 11 - Die Now, Pay Later / Room for One Less / Witches Feast / Little Girl Lost
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E11

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay / With Apologies to Mr. Hyde / The Flip-Side of Satan
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E3

    A college professor suspects that his visiting aunt is an ancient witch--with designs on inhabiting his wife's body. Dr. Jekyll tries out a new potion. A callous disc jockey is offered up as a hellish sacrifice at a deserted radio station.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Pickman's Model / The Dear Departed / An Act of Chivalry
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E11

    A young woman of Victorian Boston finds herself drawn to a reclusive artist obsessed with ghouls. Bad luck follows a phony spiritualist and his assistant's unfaithful wife after an auto accident. A vignette about elevator manners.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - I'll Never Leave You - Ever / There Aren't Any More MacBanes
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jack Laird

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Jack Laird Ratings Summary

"The Chinatown Murders (1)" is the best rated episode written by Jack Laird. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/15/1974 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Dead on His Feet".