Kojak Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Kojak: Season 5 (1977 - 1978)

• Season 5 Episode 22: In Full Command

  A disgruntled inspector, passed over for promotion, sees a current case as a way to boost his career.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Sixty Miles to Hell

  Kojak flies to Las Vegas to rescue Crocker, kidnapped as part of a decoy plot; guests Liberace, Priscilla Barnes.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Photo Must Credit Joe Paxton

  A former actress (Antoinette Bower) sues a photographer (Tige Andrews) who later becomes a suspect in her kidnapping and a jewel theft.

• Season 5 Episode 19: May the Horse Be with You

  A retired officer is assaulted attempting to prevent the theft of a racehorse he illegally kept in the N.Y.P.D. stables.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Halls of Terror

  A psychiatrist (Zohra Lampert) believes one of her patients murdered hospital staff.

• Season 5 Episode 17: No Licence to Kill

  Theo tracks a professional assassin, but O'Mara believes his involvement in the case is a quest for personal glory

• Season 5 Episode 16: The Captain's Brother's Wife

  Shelley Winters guest stars as the Captain's widowed sister-in-law, up to her eyes in gambling debts and fast running out of luck

• Season 5 Episode 15: Chain of Custody

  Kojak's reaction to an incompetent district attorney letting a known killer escape conviction gets him suspended.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Mouse

  Theo investigates an usually quiet man who suddenly turns into a violent criminal. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 13: Justice for All

  A series of drug-related deaths puzzles Kojak as he considers becoming a law firm's investigator; guest George Wyner.

• Season 5 Episode 12: I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer

  Theo's colleague Aresco tries to prove his wife's divorce lawyer committed arson for an insurance fraud. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 11: Case Without a File

  A woman who witnessed her boyfriend's murder disappears, leaving Theo playing private detective. Drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 10: The Summer of 69 : Part Two

  Finding himself suspended, Theo tries to retrace his movements of eight years ago, to discover if he shot the wrong man. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 9: The Summer of '69 : Part One

  Part one. Theo is forced to reopen a long-forgotten case, and enlists the help of an old flame, hoping she might jog his memory. Detective drama, guest starring Diane Baker

• Season 5 Episode 8: Tears for All Who Loved Her

  A mobster's wife murders her husband then creates a distraction by trying to seduce Crocker and Kojak; guest Sam Jaffe.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Letters of Death

  A model finds herself at the centre of a series of murders. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 6: Caper on a Quiet Street

  Milly Blasky is the only person who knows where $6 million in stolen money is hidden : but is she planning her own future? Detective drama, guest starring Armand Assante

• Season 5 Episode 5: Once More From Birdland

  A singer tries to clear her father of murder, but the real killer turns his attention to her

• Season 5 Episode 4: Cry for the Kids

  A teenager is implicated in the murder of a local thug is murdered : much to Theo's dismay. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 3: Laid Off

  A hard-up rookie cop is tempted into crime as a way of making ends meet. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 2: A Strange Kind of Love

  A psychotic man thinks he is being given deadly instructions by a TV presenter. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Queen of Hearts Is Wild

  A gangster's moll witnesses a killing, but is scared to help the police. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

Kojak: Season 4 (1976 - 1977)

• Season 4 Episode 24: Sister Maria

  A nun seeks revenge on an airline boss she believes is responsible for her sister's death. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 23: Lady in the Squad Room

  A female police officer is assigned to work with Kojak : but neither of them is happy about it. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 22: Kiss it All Goodbye

  Crocker becomes the target of a gang out to bump him off for accidentally shooting a crook. Detective drama, guest starring Carol Lynley

• Season 4 Episode 21: Monkey on a String

  The mob pressures a policeman who has gambled himself deeply into debt, eventually asking him to kill Crocker; guest Judith Light.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Kojak's Day : Part Two

  Part two. More clues are revealed in the search for the killers of the body in the car. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 19: Kojak's Day : Part One

  Part one. A body is found in the boot of a car the same morning that a woman kills her husband and fakes suicide : can Kojak put the pieces together? Telly Savalas stars

• Season 4 Episode 18: I Was Happy Where I Was

  An undercover operative is brought in to assist with a series of unsolved murders. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 17: When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead

  A murder conspiracy gives Theo a headache : especially as he can't find either the intended victim or the killer. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Condemned

  A confused, grief-stricken prize-fighter takes a group of people hostage. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 15: The Godson

  Kojak tries to prevent his 17-year-old godson from drifting into a life of crime; guests Rosalind Cash, F. Murray Abraham.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Dead Again

  Kojak suffers guilt after a man thought dead attacks a girl who reported his threats; guests Brooke Adams, Simon Oakland.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Where Do You Go When You Have No Place to Go?

  A company president is killed by a man desperate for work : but the murder holds vital clues to a haul of stolen diamonds. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 12: Black Thorn

  Kojak and a bounty hunter find they are after the same desperate bail jumper; guests Danny Aiello, Swoosie Kurtz.

• Season 4 Episode 11: The Pride and the Princess

  Theo gets into deep water while helping a Yugoslavian princess retrieve stolen family jewels. Guest starring Maria Schell

• Season 4 Episode 10: A Shield for Murder : Part Two

  Conclusion of the two-part story. Theo continues his investigations to clear an ice skater of her mother's murder. Geraldine Page stars with Telly Savalas

• Season 4 Episode 9: A Shield for Murder : Part One

  Part one. A powerful politician protects her grandson, who has attempted to murder the District Attorney. Guest starring Geraldine Page

• Season 4 Episode 8: By Silence Betrayed

  Theo's investigation into several murders at a dockyard is hampered by the workers' code of silence. Telly Savalas stars.

• Season 4 Episode 7: A Hair Trigger Away

  A policeman helping his drug-addicted lover mistakenly kills a fellow officer in a raid; guest Morgan Fairchild.

• Season 4 Episode 6: An Unfair Trade

  Theo fronts an internal investigation into allegations that two plain clothes patrol cops killed a Hispanic youth

• Season 4 Episode 5: A Need to Know

  Kojak is pressured into releasing a child molester because he is protected by diplomatic immunity; guest Al Freeman Jr.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Out of the Shadows

  Kojak is suspicious when an angry man's confession to a string of murders seems to lack one vital fact.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Law Dance

  Theo and Crocker fear a legal loophole could result in a convicted murderer being set free. Guest starring Sharon Gless and Martin Kove

• Season 4 Episode 2: A Summer Madness

  Kojak's investigation of a bombing in a Manhattan restaurant runs into one dead end after another; guest Fionnula Flanagan.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Birthday Party

  Kidnappers demand the exchange of their compatriot, in custody for the murder of an officer, for Kojak's niece.

Kojak: Season 3 (1975 - 1976)

• Season 3 Episode 24: A Grave Too Soon

  An undercover detective is murdered, and Theo assumes responsibility for finding the killer. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 3 Episode 23: Both Sides of the Law

  Five Rembrandt drawings vanish despite the on-scene capture of the art thieves; guest Susan Sullivan.

• Season 3 Episode 22: Justice Deferred

  Theo investigates the discovery of a concrete-covered skeleton, but ascertaining the identity of the victim proves easier said than done

• Season 3 Episode 21: Deadly Innocence

  A distraught father plans vengeance and encourages his son to kill anyone who gets in the way. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Frame

  Internal Affairs and a hostile district attorney investigate Kojak when a thief claims the lieutenant took a bribe.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Bad Dude

  A man sets himself up as a target, much to the anger of Theo, who tells him to stay out of the situation. Drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 3 Episode 18: A Wind from Corsica

  The police and health departments pursue a man with a dangerous virus, trying to carry out his dead brother's vendetta.

• Season 3 Episode 17: On the Edge

  A detective's (Forrest Tucker) obsession with work threatens his family life, career and important case; guest Malachi Throne.

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Forgotten Room

  When circumstantial evidence implicates a Greek (George Pan) in murder, Kojak's investigation alienates Greek friends.

• Season 3 Episode 15: How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars

  Theo tries to prevent two senseless murders - but it proves an almost impossible task. Drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 3 Episode 14: A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves

  A former detective catches an elderly counterfeiter, who is murdered before reaching New York; guest Eileen Brennan.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Money Back Guarantee

  A car-theft ring is hard to break when its victims appear to be willing participants; guests David Ogden Stiers, Bernie Kopell.

• Season 3 Episode 12: A Long Way from Times Square

  Theo escorts an important witness to New York for trial : but unfortunately, he finds that the city is not a safe destination for his charge or himself. Drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 3 Episode 11: No Immunity for Murder

  Kojak believes a prostitute and her partner did not cause a bookkeeper's murder, but the FBI impedes his investigation.

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Nicest Guys on the Block

  Theo investigates a diamond heist - but evidence implicates one of Gil Weaver's old school chums. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 3 Episode 9: Over the Water

  Theo breaks up a fight instigated by a crime lord's son, only to find the thug has taken out a contract on him. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 3 Episode 8: Out of the Frying Pan

  A detective with a drink problem looks likely to lose his shield, causing untold problems for Theo. Starring Telly Savalas

• Season 3 Episode 7: Life, Liberation and the Pursuit of Death

  Two students attempt to psychologically destroy an eyewitness when they become involved in the murder of their professor. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 3 Episode 6: Secret Snow, Deadly Snow

  Evidence suggests a narcotics dealer, Kojak's prime suspect, shot a man who was already dead; guest Robert Mandan.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Be Careful What You Pray For

  Theo investigates when a robbery organised by youngsters goes wrong and infuriates neighbourhood mobsters. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 3 Episode 4: Sweeter than Life

  Theo investigates how his own camera came to be among a murdered man's possessions and gradually realises his nephew holds the key to the mystery. Telly Savalas, Neville Brand and Michael Mullins star

• Season 3 Episode 3: My Brother, My Enemy

  Sylvester Stallone guest stars as a detective who accidentally shoots a boy during a stakeout. Telly Savalas and Dan Frazer star

• Season 3 Episode 2: A Question of Answers : Part Two

  Part two. Theo continues to search for the ruthless loan shark. Drama, starring Telly Savalas as a New York cop

• Season 3 Episode 1: A Question of Answers : Part One

  Part one. A man desperate to clear his name and stay out of jail offers to help Theo trap a loan shark. Drama, guest starring Michael Gazzo, Eli Wallach and Jerry Orbach

Kojak: Season 2 (1974 - 1977)

• Season 2 Episode 25: I Want to Report a Dream

  A psychic (Ruth Gordon) reports to the police a dream in which she sees a murder committed; guest Tracy Reed.

• Season 2 Episode 24: Trade Off

  A narcotics dealer (Mark Stevens) facing prosecution kidnaps Capt. McNeil's wife and demands Kojak return the evidence.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred

  A thief tries unsuccessfully to steal a painter's truck, then sits in jail while his lawyer (Robert Loggia) fails to arrange bail.

• Season 2 Episode 22: Unwanted Partners

  Detective Crocker's loyalties are tested when an old school friend becomes a prime suspect. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 2 Episode 21: The Good Luck Bomber

  An unknown bomber brings chaos and confusion to the squad by creating devices which are impossible to defuse

• Season 2 Episode 20: Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard

  A Manhattan playgirl is found murdered, and Theo is assigned to find the killer among her motley crowd of associates from a drug addict to a supreme court judge

• Season 2 Episode 19: Night of the Piraeus

  A stolen belt triggers three murders, but Theo is stuck when the Greek government refuse to help him with the case

• Season 2 Episode 18: Another Gypsy Queen

  A gypsy woman who witnessed a bank robbery recruits the robbers to carry out a daring plan of her own. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas as a New York cop

• Season 2 Episode 17: Acts of a Desperate Man

  A sniper systematically eliminates a mild-mannered accountant's (Eugene Roche) boss and his associates; guest Elaine Joyce.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Close Cover Before Killing

  A successful businessman is murdered and his offices are destroyed in a fire : but unfortunately for the perpetrator, Theo's investigating the case

• Season 2 Episode 15: Loser Takes All

  A woman's (Ja'net DuBois) husband is murdered during the diamond heist she plotted with her lover (Leslie Nielsen); guest Antonio Fargas.

• Season 2 Episode 14: The Betrayal

  An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective to further his own criminal career. Directed by Telly Savalas.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die

  The friend of a mental patient (Andrea Marcovicci) thinks he is protecting her by murdering her aggressive suitor.

• Season 2 Episode 12: The Best War in Town

  A rookie officer (Mark Shera) assigned to Kojak by a police instructor inadvertently touches off a war between two gangs.

• Season 2 Episode 11: A Killing in the Second House

  A private investigator (Martin Balsam), once a police detective, makes a client's suicide look like murder to collect life insurance.

• Season 2 Episode 10: A Souvenir from Atlantic City

  The eyewitness to a terrorist bombing is a known police informant (Jaime Sanchez); guest Daniel J. Travanti.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Best Judge Money Can Buy

  Kojak suspects the apparent suicide of a young judge suspected of corruption was actually murder; guest Abe Vigoda.

• Season 2 Episode 8: You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler

  A small-time crook (Harrison Page) refuses to cooperate when Kojak tries to clear him of murder; guest Roger E. Mosley.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Nursemaid

  A murder witness who is Kojak's first clue to a street gang's gun supplier must be persuaded to cooperate, then protected.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Slay Ride

  Theo investigates the apparent suicides of several businessmen who all attended the same convention. Telly Savalas and Dan Frazer star

• Season 2 Episode 5: Wall Street Gunslinger

  Theo poses as a Greek multi-millionaire to trap thieves in the world of international wheeler-dealing. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 2 Episode 4: A Very Deadly Game

  Theo resolves to catch the murderer of a policeman, but his efforts are thwarted by the FBI. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 2 Episode 3: Hush Now, Or You'll Die

  A rape victim's father convinces her not to report the incident and instead seeks revenge against the rapist

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Chinatown Murders : Part Two

  A Chinatown gang tries to stir up rival criminal factions; guests Tige Andrews, Vincent Baggetta.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Chinatown Murders : Part One

  Part one of two. The head of an underworld family is kidnapped by a Chinese street gang, and Theo races against time to prevent mass retaliation

Kojak: Season 1 (1973 - 1974)

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Only Way Out

  Theo is asked to find a missing person, and his only clue leads him to a Brazillian thief. Telly Savalas stars as the lolly-sucking cop

• Season 1 Episode 22: Therapy in Dynamite

  A psychopathic bomber (Steven Keats) helps his friends by murdering people who hurt them; guests Elizabeth Allen, Dabney Coleman.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Mojo

  Theo poses as a chemist in a bid to expose the thieves who stole morphine from an insurance company and sold it back at an inflated price. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 20: Down A Long Lonely River

  A psychologist (Sian Barbara Allen) asks Kojak's help to find her avenging fiance, an armed parolee; guest (Paul) Michael Glaser.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Dead On His Feet

  A detective (Harry Guardino) hides his terminal illness while pursuing his partner's murderer; guests Joanne Linville, Jed Allan.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Before The Devil Knows

  A man who stole $1million in US government bonds goes on the run from a long list of people determined to track him down. Crime drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 17: Eighteen Hours Of Fear

  An out-of-town businessman is arrested for murder after becoming involved with a smuggler (Lynne Marta) and the mob; guest Abe Vigoda.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Deliver Us Some Evil

  A small-time thief sets up a big-time heist, hoping the cash will allow him to leave the country and avoid a murder charge. Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer and Kevin Dobson star

• Season 1 Episode 15: Die Before They Wake

  A drug-addicted prostitute (Tina Louise) holds the key to the killings of her roommate and a TV reporter; guest Isabel Sanford.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Death is Not a Passing Grade

  Some of Theo's personal possessions are stolen and left at a series of crime scenes in an attempt to frame the feisty cop. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas and Dan Frazer

• Season 1 Episode 13: Last Rites to a Dead Priest

  A jewel thief (Jackie Cooper) posing as a priest masterminds a multimillion-dollar heist during a jeweler's convention.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Marker to a Dead Bookie

  Theo tricks a drug dealer into thinking he is a corrupt cop, hoping he will be entrusted with vital information to help him with his case. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 11: Cop in a Cage

  An ex-convict targets Theo and his family, issuing threats against their lives and claiming the detective was responsible for sending him to prison. Drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 10: Conspiracy of Fear

  Theo tries to delay an ambitious urban redevelopment project until he can track down the killer of a lawyer involved in undercover police work. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 1 Episode 9: Dark Sunday

  A small-time car thief is murdered for no apparent reason, leading Theo to conclude his activities posed a threat to a major underworld figure. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Corrupter

  Theo investigates the murder of a jewellery shop owner, and his suspicions are aroused by new employees who work at the store and have questionable backgrounds. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 7: Requiem for a Cop

  A veteran fellow cop is found murdered and is suspected of corruption. Theo has only 48 hours to find the killer and clear his friend's name to prevent a burial with dishonour. Telly Savalas stars

• Season 1 Episode 6: Girl in the River

  The bizarre strangulation of a woman reminds Kojak of a psychopathic killer who escaped from justice two years previously. Drama, starring Telly Savalas and Dan Frazer

• Season 1 Episode 5: Knockover

  A murder victim's 10-carat diamond ring turns Kojak's homicide case into a million-dollar bank robbery. Detective drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 4: One for the Morgue

  A gangster is implicated in the attempted assassination of an underworld rival, but Theo suspects he is being framed by a mysterious third party. US police drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 3: Web of Death

  Crooked cop Nick Ferro murders his wife's lover and successfully covers it up : until his alibi unwittingly reveals a clue which ties him to the crime scene. Police drama, starring Telly Savalas

• Season 1 Episode 2: Siege of Terror

  Theo races against time to save the lives of five hostages held by gangsters after a hold-up on a Brinks truck doesn't go as planned. First-ever episode of the US cop drama, featuring an appearance by Harvey Keitel

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Marcus Nelson Murders

  Pilot episode of the detective drama, starring Telly Savalas. Kojak suspects a black youth who confessed to the murder of two white girls is innocent of the crime