List of Kojak episodes#Season 2: 1974–75
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This is a list of episodes for the television series Kojak.
The first five seasons (Pilot + 118 ep.) were aired on CBS from 1973 until 1978. CBS also commissioned a pair of TV movies in 1985 and 1987. ABC revived Kojak in 1989 for five additional TV movies, the last of which aired in 1990.
Series overview
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| network0S = CBS
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| link1 = #Season 1 (1973–74)
| episodes1 = 22
| start1 = {{Start date|1973|10|24}}
| end1 = {{End date|1974|05|08}}
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| link2 = #Season 2 (1974–75)
| episodes2 = 25
| start2 = {{Start date|1974|09|15}}
| end2 = {{End date|1975|03|09}}
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| link3 = #Season 3 (1975–76)
| episodes3 = 24
| start3 = {{Start date|1975|09|14}}
| end3 = {{End date|1976|03|07}}
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| link4 = #Season 4 (1976–77)
| episodes4 = 25
| start4 = {{Start date|1976|09|26}}
| end4 = {{End date|1977|03|22}}
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| link5 = #Season 5 (1977–78)
| episodes5 = 22
| start5 = {{Start date|1977|10|02}}
| end5 = {{End date|1978|03|18}}
| color6S = #515151
| link6S = #TV movies (1985–90)
| linkT6S = TV movies
| start6S = February 16, 1985
| end6S = April 7, 1990
| network6S = CBS (movies 1 & 2)
ABC (movies 3–7)
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Episodes
=Pilot movie (1973)=
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|RTitle=The Marcus-Nelson Murders
|DirectedBy = Joseph Sargent
|WrittenBy = Abby Mann
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|03|08}}
|ShortSummary=Lt. Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) believes that a black youth who confessed to the murder of two white girls was beaten and coerced by his police interrogators and is innocent of the crime. Based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert murders, the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan, this is the 139-minute pilot episode with Ned Beatty, Marjoe Gortner and Roger Robinson. It differs from later shows (set in 1963-1966, different colleagues, precinct building, and a car never used later). Music score composed by Billy Goldenberg.
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=Season 1 (1973–74)=
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|Title=Siege of Terror
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|24}}
|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|DirectedBy = William Hale
|WrittenBy = Robert Heverly
|ShortSummary=Kojak has two hours to free hostages taken by robbers in an Army surplus store - Harvey Keitel and James Sloyan guest star. This episode featured the initial use of the first Kojak main title theme, composed by Billy Goldenberg (who did two music scores for the series).
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|Title=Web of Death
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|10|31}}
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|DirectedBy = William Hale
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up - Héctor Elizondo, Barbara Rhoades, John Karlen, and Bruce Kirby guest star. Features the second of the two music scores composed by Billy Goldenberg.
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|Title=One for the Morgue
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|07}}
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|DirectedBy = Richard Donner
|WrittenBy = Jerrold Freedman
|ShortSummary=Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war. Art Metrano guest stars. The only episode with a music score composed by Kim Richmond.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Knockover
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|14}}
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine
|ShortSummary=A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery. Lynette Mettey and Alex Rocco guest star. NOTE: Beginning with this episode, John Cacavas would compose the music score for the remainder of the series.
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|Title=Girl in the River
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|21}}
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|DirectedBy = William Hale
|WrittenBy = Halsted Welles
|ShortSummary=Kojak suspects that the strangler of seven women, known as Excalibur, has returned when another girl dies in similar circumstances. Alan Fudge and James Keach guest star.
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|Title=Requiem for a Cop
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|11|28}}
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|DirectedBy = Gary Nelson
|WrittenBy = Richard Adams & Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption. Louise Latham, Michael Margotta and John Sylvester White guest star.
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|Title=The Corrupter
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|05}}
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|DirectedBy = Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy = James M. Miller
|ShortSummary=Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner. Lola Albright, Scatman Crothers, Alfred Ryder, and Robert Webber guest star.
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|Title=Dark Sunday
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1973|12|12}}
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|DirectedBy = Charles R. Rondeau
|WrittenBy = Robert Malcolm Young
|ShortSummary=The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist. Richard Jordan, Yvonne Craig, and Marc Alaimo guest star.
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|Title=Conspiracy of Fear
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|19}}
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird & Mark Rodgers
|ShortSummary=Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case. Nicholas Colasanto, William Prince, Gretchen Corbett and Larry Kert guest star.
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|Title=Cop in a Cage
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|01|02}}
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney & Alvin Sapinsley
|ShortSummary=Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day. John P. Ryan and Sally Kirkland guest star.
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|Title=Marker to a Dead Bookie
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|01|16}}
|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|DirectedBy = Alex March
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine & Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=Kojak pretends to be corrupted, not without opposition from Capt. McNeil, who tries save as much police money he can, to catch a narcotics dealer in the act. Lorraine Gary guest stars.
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|Title=Last Rites for a Dead Priest
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|01|23}}
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|DirectedBy = Joel Oliansky
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief (Jackie Cooper) disguises himself as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.
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|Title=Death Is Not a Passing Grade
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|01|30}}
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=While teaching a criminal justice class at a local college, Kojak embarrasses a student with a criminal background (James Woods), forcing him to leave a stolen item to have the upper hand in future classroom discussions. Pamela Hensley guest stars.
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|Title=Die Before They Wake
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|02|06}}
|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Robert W. Lenski
|ShortSummary=A junkie prostitute (Tina Louise) holds the key which would help solving the murder cases of her roommate and a local TV reporter. With Harris Yulin and Isabel Sanford.
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|Title=Deliver Us Some Evil
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|02|13}}
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Robert Malcolm Young
|ShortSummary=A small time crook (John Ritter) prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.
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|Title=Eighteen Hours of Fear
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|02|20}}
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|DirectedBy = Charles R. Rondeau
|WrittenBy = Robert C. Dennis & Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A woman (Lynne Marta) is coming back from winter holidays from Canada, smuggling two twenty Canadian dollar plates in her fake cast. Once she arrives in the US, she needs to run from an ex-partner in crime, who murdered her boyfriend and wants to get the plates back. With Chuck McCann.
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|Title=Before the Devil Knows
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|02|27}}
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds. Kojak taps the embezzler's phone and hears him hire a notorious hit man. Kojak has been after this hit man for many years, and he goes to the thief who stole the bonds from the embezzler with a proposition: Be a stool pigeon, sign a deposition, and return the bonds. In return Kojak will look the other way while the thief "gets away in the confusion", Kojak will catch the hit man, and the deposition will convict the embezzler. With Henry Darrow, Don Knight, Louise Sorel and David White.
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|Title=Dead on His Feet
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|03|06}}
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A detective (Harry Guardino) is hiding his terminal illness, while pursuing his partner's murderer. The detective is even more motivated to find the murderer even if he'll have to pay the highest price. With Joanne Linville and Malachi Throne.
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|Title=Down a Long and Lonely River
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|03|20}}
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Robert Foster
|ShortSummary=A young psychologist asks Kojak for help after her fiancé (Paul Michael Glaser) attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the whole rap for the crime which sent him to prison.
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|Title=Mojo
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|03|27}}
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine & Mark Weingart
|ShortSummary=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. With Ed Lauter.
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|Title=Therapy in Dynamite
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|04|10}}
|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A psychopathic bomber targets people who hurt his friend, who is the wife of an adulterer. Kojak must find a link between the victims in order to find the suspect. With Dabney Coleman.
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|Title=The Only Way Out
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|05|08}}
|EpisodeNumber=22
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|DirectedBy = Joel Oliansky
|WrittenBy = Alvin Sapinsley
|ShortSummary=A 12-year-old boy wants Kojak's help in locating his missing father. The case takes an interesting twist in which Kojak is not led to the kid's missing father, but to a thief who fled to Brazil with stolen $25 million. With John Hillerman.
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=Season 2 (1974–75)=
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|overall=5
|season=5
|title=22
|director=17
|writer=25
|airdate=17
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|NumParts=2
|Title=The Chinatown Murders
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|09|15}}
|EpisodeNumber_1=23
|EpisodeNumber_2=24
|EpisodeNumber2_1=1
|EpisodeNumber2_2=2
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A series of syndicate murders in Chinatown is leading to a small gang war. Kojak finds out that those murders are blamed on a pair of rival organizations so that the real culprits, made up of an amateurish foursome, can move in and take over the territory from the rival syndicate organizations composed of approximately a dozen men. Michael Constantine and Robert Ito guest star.
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|Title=Hush Now, Don't You Die
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|09|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Robert W. Lenski
|ShortSummary=A college girl has been kidnapped, taken to a warehouse and raped by two assassins. One is shot by another and the girl escapes. Her testimony would surely help find the other criminal but because of fear from publicly saying that she was raped, she's not going to police. Her father starts his own vendetta against the surviving rapist. Kojak must fight to find the truth about what actually happened that night.
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|Title=A Very Deadly Game
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|09|29}}
|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie
|WrittenBy = Sean Baine
|ShortSummary=A fellow policeman from Kojak's precinct is killed on duty. Theo learns the murderer is a well known criminal pursued by the Feds, which is after him in a major fraud case. Kojak goes all the way to Los Angeles, since he wants the criminal for murder, not fraud. Burr DeBenning guest stars.
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|Title=Wall Street Gunslinger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|06}}
|EpisodeNumber=27
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|DirectedBy = Richard Donner
|WrittenBy = Halsted Welles
|ShortSummary=Kojak takes a case about fake stocks on Wall Street, which includes also three murders. With advice and coaching from a legit broker, Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to get into the office of a well-known broker and catch him when as soon as he tries to sell the stocks. When the thieves find out that the real Greek millionaire is in Venezuela, Theo is kidnapped. Alan Feinstein and Ben Masters guest star. NOTE: This episode marks the final time the first arrangement of the first Kojak main title theme is used. The theme was composed by Billy Goldenberg.
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|Title=Slay Ride
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|13}}
|EpisodeNumber=28
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine
|ShortSummary=In a hotel at an architects' convention, a couple of suicides occur. Kojak is convinced of a connection between the deaths. The story returns to a previous convention at which all of the victims were involved in a girl's rape and her sister's death. The dead girl was a soldier's girlfriend and he wants vengeance in finding (with the guidance of her sister) and killing all the people related to his girl's death. Stephen McHattie, Julie Gregg, Gordon Jump and Paul Benedict guest star. NOTE: First use of the second arrangement of the first Kojak main title theme. Composed by Billy Goldenberg.
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|Title=Nursemaid
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|20}}
|EpisodeNumber=29
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|DirectedBy = Jerry London
|WrittenBy = Joel Oliansky
|ShortSummary=A gun dealer is forced by a gang to sell them guns. Kojak, together with Crocker and Stavros, organize a raid on a gang-owned pub in which they find a vault with a large number of pistols. Kojak wants a dealer to testify against gang members, but the storekeeper is kidnapped and killed. A former gun-shop bookkeeper (Kay Medford) is also not so keen to testify, but Kojak warns that gang members will very likely find her soon, changing her mind. She's taken to a motel away from Manhattan but gangsters won't give up easily.
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{{Episode list
|Title=You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|27}}
|EpisodeNumber=30
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|DirectedBy = Seymour Robbie
|WrittenBy = Albert Ruben
|ShortSummary=A small-time criminal is suspected of murder but Kojak thinks he was framed and tries to find the real men responsible. The suspect doesn't want to cooperate but is eventually equipped with microphone and sent to his "friend's" flat to help the investigation and be set free.
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|Title=The Best Judge Money Can Buy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|11|03}}
|EpisodeNumber=31
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A judge died in odd circumstances and it's becoming obvious that he has been murdered, Kojak has to find out who did it, after coming to the conclusion that the judge was corrupted. The solution to the case rests in the hands of Mackie's father, likewise a judge who is upstanding before a moral dilemma when he needs to decide whether or not to set a known murderer free to cover up for his son's misdeeds. John Randolph and Abe Vigoda guest star.
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|Title=A Souvenir from Atlantic City
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|11|10}}
|EpisodeNumber=32
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|DirectedBy = Daniel Haller
|WrittenBy = Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor
|ShortSummary=The only witness to a terrorist bombing also happens to be a police informer. In his efforts to locate the witness, Kojak must cooperate with another police precinct which is keeping the man under wraps as a reliable snitch. Meanwhile, the witness escapes custody to his sister's home in Atlantic City just as the terrorist group El Compadre prepares to strike against him. With Daniel J. Travanti.
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|Title=A Killing in the Second House
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|11|17}}
|EpisodeNumber=33
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|DirectedBy = Christian Nyby
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A wealthy man hires a private detective to follow his wife as he suspects she has had an affair. The detective delivers photos in which the wife is seen with his assistant after the man kills himself. He wants to help the widow get the money from insurance company (and take his share, too), so he makes his ex-client's suicide looks like a murder. The case is given to Kojak, who knows the private detective is a former police detective from his precinct who had been fired for corruption. With Dimitra Arliss and Martin Balsam.
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|Title=The Best War in Town
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|11|24}}
|EpisodeNumber=34
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|DirectedBy = Richard Donner
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=This is to be the first day of work for a rookie cop, but on the way to his precinct he sees men trying to strangle an individual. Kojak soon learns this is the beginning of a street war involving four rival gangs.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|01}}
|EpisodeNumber=35
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|DirectedBy = David Friedkin
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=The friend of a mentally disturbed woman (Andrea Marcovicci) thinks he is protecting her by murdering any men who get close to her, including Kojak.
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|Title=The Betrayal
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=36
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|DirectedBy = Telly Savalas
|WrittenBy = Joseph Polizzi
|ShortSummary=An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective to further his own criminal career. Directed by Telly Savalas. Paul Picerni guest stars.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Loser Takes All
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=37
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|DirectedBy = Allen Reisner
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= William P. McGivern & Robert C. Dennis |t= Robert C. Dennis}}
|ShortSummary=A woman's (Ja'net DuBois) husband is murdered during the diamond heist she plotted with her lover (Leslie Nielsen). Antonio Fargas also guest stars.
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|Title=Close Cover Before Killing
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|01|05}}
|EpisodeNumber=38
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Peter S. Fischer
|ShortSummary=Kojak is puzzled when a prosperous businessman (Alex Rocco) suddenly is accused of murder and arson. Erik Estrada and David Ackroyd guest star.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Acts of Desperate Men
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|01|12}}
|EpisodeNumber=39
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A sniper systematically eliminates a mild-mannered accountant's (Eugene Roche) boss and his associates. Elaine Joyce and Bruno Kirby guest star.
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|Title=Queen of the Gypsies
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|01|19}}
|EpisodeNumber=40
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Gene Kearney & Arthur E. McLaird|t= Gene Kearney}}
|ShortSummary=A Gypsy woman (Zohra Lampert), witness to a bank robbery, recruits the thieves for a heist involving six banks in one day. She then controls every aspect of Kojak's investigation while setting up the very same thieves. Kojak soon realizes she is one of the most incredible persons he has ever met. Note: In this classic episode, Lampert was awarded an Emmy award for her performance. Lane Smith guest stars.
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|Title=Night of the Piraeus
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|01|26}}
|EpisodeNumber=41
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|DirectedBy = Jerry London
|WrittenBy = Don Rene Patterson & George Bacos
|ShortSummary=A belt stolen from a Greek sailor causes three murders, but a witness appears unconcerned. Norman Lloyd, Ivor Francis, and Thaao Penghlis guest stars.
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|Title=Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|02|02}}
|EpisodeNumber=42
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|DirectedBy = Christian Nyby
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=The murder of a Manhattan playgirl affects several lives, including Kojak's. With guest Priscilla Pointer.
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|Title=The Goodluck Bomber
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|02|09}}
|EpisodeNumber=43
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Ray Brenner
|ShortSummary=A series of bombings involving devices that cannot be defused frustrates Kojak. With guest Jack Ging.
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|Title=Unwanted Partners
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|02|16}}
|EpisodeNumber=44
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Crocker is torn when an old school chum is the prime suspect in the investigation of a protection racket.
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|Title=Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|02|23}}
|EpisodeNumber=45
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = James M. Miller
|ShortSummary=A thief tries unsuccessfully to steal a painter's truck, then sits in jail while his lawyer (Robert Loggia) fails to arrange bail.
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|Title=The Trade-Off
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|03|02}}
|EpisodeNumber=46
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|DirectedBy = David Friedkin
|WrittenBy = Robert E. Swanson
|ShortSummary=A narcotics dealer (Mark Stevens) facing prosecution kidnaps Capt. McNeil's wife and demands Kojak return the evidence.
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|Title=I Want to Report a Dream
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|03|09}}
|EpisodeNumber=47
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|DirectedBy = Telly Savalas
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A psychic (Ruth Gordon) reports to the police a dream in which she sees a murder committed; co-starring Tracy Reed.
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=Season 3 (1975–76)=
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|overall=5
|season=5
|title=22
|director=17
|writer=25
|airdate=17
|episodes=
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|NumParts=2
|Title=A Question of Answers
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|14}}
|EpisodeNumber_1=48
|EpisodeNumber_2=49
|EpisodeNumber2_1=1
|EpisodeNumber2_2=2
|DirectedBy = Jerry London
|WrittenBy = Albert Ruben
|ShortSummary=A man tries to clear his name by helping Kojak trap a loan shark. Eli Wallach, Michael V. Gazzo, Jennifer Warren, Jerry Orbach, Allan Rich, and F. Murray Abraham guest star.
Note: This two-part episode was originally broadcast as a single 2-hour episode. George Savalas is credited as "George Savalas" for the first time, having previously been credited as "Demosthenes" in Seasons 1–2.
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|Title=My Brother, My Enemy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|21}}
|EpisodeNumber=50
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Alvin Boretz
|ShortSummary=Kojak resists outside pressures to protect a fellow detective (Sylvester Stallone) who accidentally shot a boy. Guest Star: Claude Earl Jones.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Sweeter Than Life
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|28}}
|EpisodeNumber=51
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Lt. Kojak asks an ex-addict (Neville Brand) to help his nephew, who seems to be hooked on drugs and involved in a murder. Guest Star: Michael Mullins as Johnny
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{{Episode list
|Title=Be Careful What You Pray For
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|05}}
|EpisodeNumber=52
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = James M. Miller
|ShortSummary=Crocker lectures female students on rape at a Catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers attack a priest during a truck heist.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|12}}
|EpisodeNumber=53
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|DirectedBy = Jerry London
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine
|ShortSummary=Kojak is determined to nail a big-time drug dealer who shot a plastic surgeon, even though the man was already dead from what they at first believe to be natural causes.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|26}}
|EpisodeNumber=54
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A woman who witnesses a body being dumped into the harbor is so fragile that the killer tries to use psychology against her in order to eliminate her. With William Katt.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Out of the Frying Pan...
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|02}}
|EpisodeNumber=55
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A veteran cop, battling alcoholism and demoted after being held responsible for the shooting death of his close friend, impedes Kojak's murder investigation as he tries to clear his name and win back his gold shield. With Eugene Roche.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Over the Water
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|09}}
|EpisodeNumber=56
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|DirectedBy = Telly Savalas
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=After Kojak breaks up a barroom brawl he started, a mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Nicest Guys on the Block
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|16}}
|EpisodeNumber=57
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Morton Fine
|ShortSummary=A colleague of Kojak's, Detective Weaver, discovers that a former high school buddy is now involved in fencing a million dollars worth of stolen diamonds.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=No Immunity for Murder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|23}}
|EpisodeNumber=58
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|DirectedBy = Andy Sidaris
|WrittenBy = Joe Gores
|ShortSummary=Refusing to believe that a prostitute and her partner are responsible for a bookkeeper's murder, Kojak runs afoul of the FBI when he tries to investigate. With Gregory Walcott and Robert Alda.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Long Way from Times Square
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|30}}
|EpisodeNumber=59
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Brian McKay|t= Gene R. Kearney}}
|ShortSummary=Kojak and Crocker head to Cory County, Nevada to pick up a witness, but encounter trouble in town. With Judy Kaye.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Money Back Guarantee
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|12|07}}
|EpisodeNumber=60
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|DirectedBy = Daniel Haller
|WrittenBy = Dallas L. Barnes
|ShortSummary=The murder of a careless patrolman plunges Kojak and staff on the trail of a stolen car ring, which owes its success to the willingness of its victims. With David Ogden Stiers.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|12|14}}
|EpisodeNumber=61
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|DirectedBy = Robert Day
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A former detective (Vincent Gardenia), now with the Las Vegas police force, collars a "retired" counterfeiter and calls his ex-boss, Kojak, to come get his prisoner, only to have someone prefer him dead. With Eileen Brennan.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|12|21}}
|EpisodeNumber=62
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|DirectedBy = David Friedkin
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= James McAdams & Gene R. Kearney|t= Gene R. Kearney}}
|ShortSummary=On Christmas Eve, Kojak and colleagues find their hands full after a distraught husband mistakenly tries to shoot a woman who looks like his wife. With Veronica Hamel.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Forgotten Room
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|01|04}}
|EpisodeNumber=63
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = James Bonnet
|ShortSummary=When a Greek immigrant is accused of murdering a prostitute, Kojak meets resistance from his employer, a widowed Greek woman.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=On the Edge
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|01|11}}
|EpisodeNumber=64
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|DirectedBy = David Friedkin
|WrittenBy = Alvin Boretz
|ShortSummary=A detective's (Forrest Tucker) obsession with his work is jeopardizing his family life, his career and a case involving the head of a stolen jewelry racket.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Wind from Corsica
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|01|18}}
|EpisodeNumber=65
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|DirectedBy = Daniel Haller
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Paul Stein & Charles Watts|t= Mark Rodgers & Barry Trivers}}
|ShortSummary=Dominic Bruno unknowingly catches a highly communicable disease from his dying brother, an escaped convict, who makes Bruno promise to kill the man who framed him.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Bad Dude
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|01|25}}
|EpisodeNumber=66
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Joe Gores
|ShortSummary=A man (Roosevelt Grier) seems to be purposefully setting himself up as a target for a hired killer, and doesn't want the police to interfere.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Grave Too Soon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|02|01}}
|EpisodeNumber=67
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|DirectedBy = Daniel Haller
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered. With Diana Hyland and Daniel J. Travanti.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Frame
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|02|08}}
|EpisodeNumber=68
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Kojak finds himself under investigation by Internal Affairs when a thief he arrested without sufficient evidence claims he paid Kojak a bribe.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Deadly Innocence
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|02|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=69
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|DirectedBy = Daniel Haller
|WrittenBy = Sean Baine
|ShortSummary=A father (Tige Andrews) pushes his son to go to any lengths to continue the coverup of a frame he arranged to get revenge for an accident that paralyzed another son.
Note: Kevin Dobson does not appear in this episode.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Justice Deferred
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|02|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=70
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A multi-millionaire construction tycoon (Michael Ansara) remains calm in the face of Kojak's investigation of a murder he helped cover up with concrete 18 years before. With Gail Strickland.
Note: Kevin Dobson does not appear in this episode.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Both Sides of the Law
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|03|07}}
|EpisodeNumber=71
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|DirectedBy = David Friedkin
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A private detective with a world-wide reputation for getting results competes with Kojak to find priceless Rembrandt drawings which disappeared from a gallery, even though the thieves were caught at the crime site. With Susan Sullivan
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}}
=Season 4 (1976–77)=
{{Episode table
|background=#A62A2A
|overall=5
|season=5
|title=22
|director=17
|writer=25
|airdate=17
|episodes=
{{Episode list
|Title=Birthday Party
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|09|26}}
|EpisodeNumber=72
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Hoskins & Steven Carabatsos |t= Steven Carabatsos}}
|ShortSummary=Kojak works against time to locate desperate criminals who have kidnapped his niece to force him to release one of their accomplices. With Richard Gere.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Summer Madness
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|10|03}}
|EpisodeNumber=73
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Jack Laird |t= William P. McGivern}}
|ShortSummary=A mysterious bomber kills innocent victims by tossing a molotov cocktail through the window af a Manhattan restaurant.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Law Dance
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|10|10}}
|EpisodeNumber=74
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms
|WrittenBy = James M. Miller
|ShortSummary=Kojak and Crocker have difficulty in the courts when a new trial for a convicted murderer threatens to set him free. With Sharon Gless and Martin Kove (both of whom would co-star a few years later in another CBS police drama, Cagney & Lacey).
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Out of the Shadows
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|10|17}}
|EpisodeNumber=75
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=Kojak and his men arrest a psychotic killer who has been terrorizing Manhattan with a series of seemingly indiscriminate murders, but his confession takes a bizarre turn.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Need to Know
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|10|24}}
|EpisodeNumber=76
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Stewart Alexander & Cire Rodlak & Chester Krumholz|t= Chester Krumholz}}
|ShortSummary=A child molester is arrested, but Kojak is ordered to release him because he works for a foreign embassy and has diplomatic immunity. Featuring Héctor Elizondo and Al Freeman, Jr.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=An Unfair Trade
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|10|31}}
|EpisodeNumber=77
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Two patrol cops are caught in the backlash of an angry neighborhood when one of the cops is forced to kill a Hispanic youth during a struggle. Guest star David Selby.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Hair-Trigger Away
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|11|07}}
|EpisodeNumber=78
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Anderson House & Jack Epps, Jr. |t= Chester Krumholz}}
|ShortSummary=A heroin addict tries to kick her habit with the aid of her boyfriend, Lt. Giddings, whose status is jeopardized after he accidentally kills another cop. With Lynn Redgrave and Morgan Fairchild.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=By Silence Betrayed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|11|14}}
|EpisodeNumber=79
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Chester Krumholz
|ShortSummary=Kojak's investigation into the killing of several dock workers is complicated by the workers' code of silence and efforts to clean up their own house. With Sally Kirkland.
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}}
{{Episode list
|NumParts=2
|Title=A Shield for Murder
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|11|21}}
|EpisodeNumber_1=80
|EpisodeNumber_2=81
|EpisodeNumber2_1=9
|EpisodeNumber2_2=10
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Malcolm Young & William P. McGivern|t= William P. McGivern}}
|ShortSummary=A wealthy, power-wielding New York State County Chairman (Geraldine Page) uses her influence to protect her grandson, with help from a corrupt cop (Kenneth McMillan). Kojak confronts a politically influential woman while trying to save a young woman (Mary Beth Hurt).
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Pride and the Princess
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|11|28}}
|EpisodeNumber=82
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = James M. Miller
|ShortSummary=A Yugoslavian princess hunts for priceless family jewels stolen at the end of World War II and now hidden somewhere in New York City. With Maria Schell.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Black Thorn
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|12|05}}
|EpisodeNumber=83
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Leon Tokatyan
|ShortSummary=Salathiel Harms (Roosevelt Grier) returns as a bounty hunter who is after a desperate man who jumped bail in San Francisco.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|12|12}}
|EpisodeNumber=84
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Chester Krumholz & James McAdams|t= Chester Krumholz}}
|ShortSummary=A hot-tempered Indian accidentally kills a construction boss and finds a fortune in stolen diamonds. With Blair Brown and Stephen Macht.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Dead Again
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|12|19}}
|EpisodeNumber=85
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|DirectedBy = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Kojak links the threats against a young girl's life and a bomber's extortion demands. With Simon Oakland and Brooke Adams.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Godson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|01|02}}
|EpisodeNumber=86
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Joseph Polizzi
|ShortSummary=Kojak's 17-year-old godson, who hasn't seen Theo for more than 10 years, is in for a lot of trouble with criminals and the law. With Brian Dennehy and Rosalind Cash.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Condemned
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|01|11}}
|EpisodeNumber=87
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|DirectedBy = Noel Black
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Michael Grais & Mark Victor and Anthony Spinner|t= Anthony Spinner}}
|ShortSummary=After he discovers his unfaithful wife murdered, a prizefighter goes berserk and holds innocent victims hostage in a church. With Dorian Harewood and Ken Foree. Guest: Roscoe Orman as Lt. Connons.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|01|18}}
|EpisodeNumber=88
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|DirectedBy = Jeannot Szwarc
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to do away with her husband and frame a non-existent call girl for the murder. With Eric Braeden, Susan Sullivan and Joe Turkel.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=I Was Happy Where I Was
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|01|25}}
|EpisodeNumber=89
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Jerrold Freedman & Sean Baine|t= Sean Baine}}
|ShortSummary=Kojak tries to head off a barrio gang war when he investigates a street murder.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Kojak's Days: Part 1
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|02|01}}
|EpisodeNumber=90
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Chester Krumholz & Matthew Rapf |t= Chester Krumholz}}
|ShortSummary=An unidentified corpse in a stolen Rolls-Royce is found the same morning a wife kills her husband and abandons her child, leaving a trail that could lead to her suicide. With Maud Adams, William Hurt, Ken Kercheval, Louise Sorel, and Michael Tolan.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Kojak's Days: Part 2
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|02|08}}
|EpisodeNumber=91
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Chester Krumholz & Matthew Rapf |t= Chester Krumholz}}
|ShortSummary=More facts come to light regarding the body stuffed in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Monkey on a String
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|02|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=92
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
|WrittenBy = Jack Laird
|ShortSummary=A member of the police force falls prey to a powerful crime figure. With Albert Paulsen and Judith Light.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Kiss It All Goodbye
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|02|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=93
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|DirectedBy = Telly Savalas
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert W. Lenski|t= Oliver Crawford & Robert W. Lenski}}
|ShortSummary=Alerted to a fur robbery in a double-cross by one of the thieves, Crocker inadvertently shoots a young woman, crippling her for life. With Carol Lynley and Christopher Walken.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Lady in the Squadroom
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|03|08}}
|EpisodeNumber=94
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary=Kojak is not happy when a lady cop is assigned to his division, and neither is she, but they find they have to work together as cops whether they like it or not. With George Maharis, Joan Van Ark, and Louis Zorich.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Sister Maria
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|03|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=95
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Ross Teel & Charles Sailor & Eric Kaldor|t= Ross Teel}}
|ShortSummary=A nun seeks revenge against a man responsible for the death of her sister. With Season Hubley, Murray Hamilton, and Gloria Grahame.
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}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Another Gypsy Queen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|03|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=96
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|DirectedBy = Joel Oliansky
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary=A gypsy queen plays both ends against the middle in attempting to locate a man she thinks is responsible for killing gypsies. NOTE: This episode marks the final time the second arrangement of the first Kojak main title theme is used. The theme was composed by Billy Goldenberg.
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}}
}}
=Season 5 (1977–78)=
{{Episode table
|background=#800080
|overall=5
|season=5
|title=22
|director=17
|writer=25
|airdate=17
|episodes=
{{Episode list
|Title = The Queen of Hearts Is Wild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|02}}
|EpisodeNumber = 97
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|ShortSummary = The girlfriend of a gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness to a cop's murder. With Paula Kelly. NOTE: First use of the second Kojak main title theme used for the show's final season. Composed by John Cacavas.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = A Strange Kind of Love
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|09}}
|EpisodeNumber = 98
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|DirectedBy = Sutton Roley
|WrittenBy = Joseph Polizzi
|ShortSummary = A psychotic murderer thinks a radio talk show host is encouraging him to murder people she criticizes. With Lee Bryant.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Laid Off
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|16}}
|EpisodeNumber = 99
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = Burton Armus
|ShortSummary = A laid-off officer with two jobs and a sick wife takes a bribe under pressure from a loan shark.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Cry for the Kids
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|23}}
|EpisodeNumber = 100
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|DirectedBy = Leo Penn
|WrittenBy = David Taylor
|ShortSummary = A teenager accidentally kills a gangster's bag man while robbing him, only to have a rival gangster hire him to take out the competition. With Carmine Caridi.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Once More from Birdland
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|30}}
|EpisodeNumber = 101
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = A singer (Andrea Marcovicci) is out to prove her wrongfully imprisoned father innocent after he spends 14 years in prison.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Caper on a Quiet Street
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|06}}
|EpisodeNumber = 102
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms
|WrittenBy = Michael Wagner
|ShortSummary = A woman (Candice Azzara) is Kojak's only link to finding $6 million, but her boyfriend (Armand Assante) has other plans.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Letters of Death
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|13}}
|EpisodeNumber = 103
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = L.T. Bentwood, Marvin Kupfer & William A. Schwartz
|ShortSummary = Anonymous messages begin turning up informing a model that someone close to her is in danger. With Cristina Raines.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Tears for All Who Love Her
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|20}}
|EpisodeNumber = 104
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|DirectedBy = Joel Oliansky
|WrittenBy = Chester Krumholz, John Meredyth Lucas & Ross Teel
|ShortSummary = Crocker falls for a woman (Jennifer Warren) while investigating the death of her mobster husband. With Sam Jaffe.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = The Summer of '69: Part 1
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|04}}
|EpisodeNumber = 105
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|DirectedBy = Gene R. Kearney
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = A man is released from prison, and a woman who rides with him to New York is found murdered in his abandoned car (with the MO of a dead serial killer). Rosalind Chao guest stars.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = The Summer of '69: Part 2
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|10}}
|EpisodeNumber = 106
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|DirectedBy = Gene R. Kearney
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = After Kojak is placed on suspension, he continues to review the 8-year old case while a serial killer (Stephen McHattie) strikes again.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Case Without a File
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|17}}
|EpisodeNumber = 107
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|DirectedBy = Nicholas Sgarro
|WrittenBy = Joe Gores
|ShortSummary = Kojak poses as a murdered private investigator to find out why he was murdered. With Angel Tompkins.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|24}}
|EpisodeNumber = 108
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney & Harriet Margulies
|ShortSummary = A detective believes that his wife's crooked divorce lawyer (David Ladd) hired an arsonist to destroy his boat.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Justice for All
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|01|07}}
|EpisodeNumber = 109
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|DirectedBy = Jim Benson
|WrittenBy = Michael Kozoll & Ross Teel
|ShortSummary = 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.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Mouse
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|01|21}}
|EpisodeNumber = 110
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|DirectedBy = Harvey S. Laidman
|WrittenBy = Art Eisenson
|ShortSummary = 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.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = Chain of Custody
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|01|28}}
|EpisodeNumber = 111
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|DirectedBy = Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy = Chester Krumholz & Matthew Rapf
|ShortSummary = Kojak is suspended after reacting to an incompetent district attorney who failed to convict a known killer.
|LineColor = 800080
}}
{{Episode list
|Title = The Captain's Brother's Wife
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|02|04}}
|EpisodeNumber = 112
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Rift Fournier & Chester Krumholz
|ShortSummary = Kojak tries to protect Captain McNeil's widowed sister-in-law (Shelley Winters) from gamblers.
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{{Episode list
|Title = No License to Kill
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|02|11}}
|EpisodeNumber = 113
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|DirectedBy = Ernest Pintoff
|WrittenBy = Bob Bralver, Charlene Bralver & Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = Kojak is assigned to help a resentful police officer search for a professional hit man.
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{{Episode list
|Title = The Halls of Terror
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|02|18}}
|EpisodeNumber = 114
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|DirectedBy = Edward M. Abroms
|WrittenBy = Chester Krumholz
|ShortSummary = 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. With Meeno Peluce.
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{{Episode list
|Title = May the Horse Be With You
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|02|25}}
|EpisodeNumber = 115
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin
|WrittenBy = Rift Fournier
|ShortSummary = A 40-year veteran officer is shot attempting to prevent the theft of a race horse that he illegally housed in the NYPD stables. With Jeff Conaway, Steve Franken, and Roz Kelly.
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{{Episode list
|Title = Photo Must Credit Joe Paxton
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|03|04}}
|EpisodeNumber = 116
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|DirectedBy = Jim Benson
|WrittenBy = Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = A paparazzi photographer (Tige Andrews) becomes the prime suspect in a jewel theft and phony kidnapping of a former actress (Antoinette Bower) he has pursued for years. With Arte Johnson and Andrew Robinson.
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{{Episode list
|Title = 60 Miles to Hell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|03|11}}
|EpisodeNumber = 117
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|DirectedBy = Gene R. Kearney
|WrittenBy = Mike Frankovich Jr. & Gene R. Kearney
|ShortSummary = Crocker is taken hostage while trying to transport a prisoner from Vegas to New York. With Priscilla Barnes, Gianni Russo, Liberace.
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{{Episode list
|Title = In Full Command
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|03|18}}
|EpisodeNumber = 118
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|DirectedBy = Telly Savalas
|WrittenBy = Chester Krumholz
|ShortSummary = After being rejected for a promotion, a disgruntled inspector (Danny Thomas) sees a current case as a way to boost his career.
Note: This is the series finale.
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=TV movies (1985–90)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| RTitle = Kojak: The Belarus File
| DirectedBy = Robert Markowitz
| WrittenBy = Albert Ruben
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|02|16}}
| ShortSummary = The murders of several elderly Russian men lead Kojak to a group of Nazi war criminals who are living in America with the full knowledge and approval of the U.S. Government. (Last appearances of Dan Frazer as Frank McNeil, George Savalas as Stavros, Mark Russell as Saperstein, and Vince Conti as Rizzo.)| LineColor = 515151
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| RTitle = Kojak: The Price of Justice
| DirectedBy = Alan Metzger
| WrittenBy = Albert Ruben
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|02|21}}
| ShortSummary = When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in a Harlem river, their mother is the obvious suspect, particularly with her scandalous past. But Kojak believes that she is innocent.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| RTitle = Kojak: Ariana
| DirectedBy = Paul Krasny
| WrittenBy = Maurice Hurley
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|04}}
| ShortSummary = During a stroll in an amusement park, Inspector Kojak finds a small Greek girl named Ariana. As she only speaks Greek, Kojak is the only man able to communicate with her and learn her name and hometown. There are no other leads and family is nowhere to be found. Kojak, with the aid of young detective Winston Blake, is about to find out that the case won't be all about the girl and that the key to solving it is in Kojak's past. With guest stars Hector Elizondo and Shari Headley. (First appearance of Andre Braugher as Detective Winston Blake.)
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| RTitle = Kojak: Fatal Flaw
| DirectedBy = Richard Compton
| WrittenBy = Albert Ruben
| ShortSummary = Popular book writer is murdered. Kojak finds out that shortly before his death he was working on a book about the mafia, so the mob is automatically his number one suspect. The case won't be that straightforward as new developments shift the investigation toward a young actor and a writer's wife who is a longtime friend of Kojak. Angie Dickinson, Richard Jenkins and Steven Weber are featured.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| RTitle = Kojak: Flowers for Matty
| DirectedBy = Paul Krasny
| WrittenBy = Peyton Webb
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|06}}
| ShortSummary = A fellow cop and Kojak's close friend is shot to death. Theo immediately starts an investigation, but to his dismay the case is taken away from him by the Internal Affairs Bureau, as his killed friend is suspected of bribery. Regardless of that, Kojak's continuing his own private research, as he believes in the detective's innocence. Cast includes Glynnis O'Connor and Ed Lauter.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| RTitle = Kojak: It's Always Something
| DirectedBy = Richard Compton
| WrittenBy = Jack Laird
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|03}}
| ShortSummary = Theo's former colleague and protégé, Bobby Crocker (Kevin Dobson), is now an assistant district attorney. Crocker prosecutes Kojak's current right-hand man, Winston Blake, for the murder of a call girl. Darren McGavin also stars. (Last appearance of Kevin Dobson as Bobby Crocker.)
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| RTitle = Kojak: None So Blind
| DirectedBy = Alan Metzger
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Scott Shepherd|t= Jack Laird & Scott Shepherd }}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|04|07}}
| ShortSummary = Kojak investigates a tycoon (Rip Torn) and a mobster (Jerry Orbach) in connection with a plot involving money, women and murder. Marcia Gay Harden is an eyewitness to a crime, and Amanda Plummer, Terry Kinney and James Remar also have guest roles.
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