The BEST episodes of Kojak season 1
Every episode of Kojak season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kojak season 1!
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier it aired on CBS from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978. In 1999 TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.
#1 - Therapy in Dynamite
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/1974
A psychopathic bomber (Steven Keats) targets people who hurt his friends.
#2 - The Only Way Out
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1974
A man enlists Kojak for help in locating his missing father only to see the case take an interesting twist in which Kojak is not led to the man's missing father, but to a thief who had fled to Brazil with 25 million dollars.
#3 - Mojo
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1974
Kojak goes undercover as a chemist in order to expose the thieves who originally stole some morphine from an insurance company, only to turn around and sell it back at an inflated price.
#4 - Girl in the River
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1973
Kojak fears the strangler of seven women has returned when a girl dies in a bizarre manner.
#5 - Marker to a Dead Bookie
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1974
Kojak manipulates everyone into thinking that he is corrupt in order to catch a narcotics dealer in the act.
#6 - Siege of Terror
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1973
When a Brinks Truck heist goes bad and a hostage situation arises, Kojak races against the clock to difuse the situation. He has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers (Harvey Keitel, James J. Sloyan, Jude Farese) in an Army surplus store.
#7 - Knockover
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1973
A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a routine homicide case with that of a million-dollar robbery.
#8 - Dead on His Feet
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/1974
A detective (Harry Guardino) conceals his terminal illness from everyone while pursuing his partner's murderer.
#9 - Deliver Us Some Evil
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1974
A small time thief (John Ritter) arranges a big-time robbery for money in order to flee a pending murder charge.
#10 - Cop in a Cage
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/1974
An ex-con with a vendetta targets Kojak's niece on her wedding day.
#11 - Before the Devil Knows
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1974
A man who had stolen a million dollars in US Government bonds created many enemies along the way-all of which want their own type of justice.
#12 - Requiem for a Cop
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1973
Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial with dishonor of his old friend, a veteran officer suspected of corruption.
#13 - Web of Death
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1973
A fellow cop Nick Ferro kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.
#14 - Last Rites for a Dead Priest
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/1974
During a local jeweler's convention, A jewel thief (played by Jackie Cooper)disguises himself as a priest in order to pull off a multi-million dollar heist.
#15 - Conspiracy of Fear
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/1973
Kojak tries to stall an urban redevelopment project until he can solve a murder.
#16 - The Corrupter
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1973
A new staff, including a former model, may be involved in a jewelry store owner's murder.
#17 - Down a Long and Lonely River
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/1974
A young psychologist goes to Kojak for help after her finacee (Paul Michael Glaser) who is also on parole, attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the fall for the entire crime in which sent him to prison.
#18 - Dark Sunday
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1973
The murder of a car thief yields vital clues to a $500,000 heist.
#19 - Death is Not a Passing Grade
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1974
While teaching a criminal justice class at a local college,Kojak embarrasses a student(James Woods),prompting him to leave a stolen item of Kojak's behind at a crime scene in which he commits in order to have the upperhand in future classroom discussions.
#20 - Eighteen Hours of Fear
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1974
A woman (Lynne Marta) who smuggled two twenty dollar plates in her fake cast is running from the man who murdered her boyfriend.
#21 - Die Before They Wake
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1974
A prostitute with a drug addiction (Tina Louise)holds the key to solving the murders of her roomate and a local TV reporter.
#22 - One for the Morgue
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1973
Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips implicating an underworld boss in the attempted assassination of his rival(Art Metrano).