The BEST episodes of Kojak season 3
Every episode of Kojak season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kojak season 3!
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 - A Question of Answers (2)
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1975
To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.
#2 - The Forgotten Room
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1976
Kojak doubts a young man is guilty in the murder of a prostitute, even the circumstantial evidence points to him.
#3 - Deadly Innocence
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1976
Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.
#4 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1975
An old colleague calls from Las Vegas to say he has captured a counterfeiter Kojak has been looking for, but the elderly man is murdered before Kojak can bring him back to New York.
#5 - The Frame
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1976
A hood claims that Kojak accepted a bribe.
#6 - Out of the Frying Pan...
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1975
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.
#7 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1975
(Christmas Episode) Stavros helps a woman (Betsy Slade) find her desperate boyfriend (Darrell Fetty), while Kojak tries to find out why a man (James Griffith) shot at a woman (Jesse Welles) in a local bar.
#8 - Life, Liberation and the Pursuit of Death
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1975
A woman who witnesses a body being dumped into the harbor is so fragile minded that the man who dumped the body tries to use psychology against her in order to eliminate her from the picture.
#9 - A Question of Answers (1)
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1975
An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.
#10 - A Long Way from Times Square
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1975
Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.
#11 - Over the Water
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1975
A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.
#12 - Both Sides of the Law
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1976
Kojak competes with a world-famous criminologist to recover five priceless Rembrandt drawings.
#13 - Justice Deferred
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1976
The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an 18-year-old murder case.
#14 - A Grave Too Soon
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1976
Kojak tries to find the parties responsible for the murder of an undercover cop.
#15 - Sweeter Than Life
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1975
While responding to a homicide call, Kojak discovers his camera that had disappeared earlier at a party in which he, his nephew and friend attended. His nephew's friend steals the camera and uses it to buy drugs from the murdered man. They witness the murder and are reluctant to involve the police. Kojak's nephew must go 'cold turkey' before he ends up like his friend who overdosed.
#16 - My Brother, My Enemy
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1975
Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.
#17 - Be Careful What You Pray For
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1975
Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.
#18 - The Nicest Guys on the Block
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1975
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.
#19 - A Wind from Corsica
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1976
Kojak must prevent a man from killing the person who framed his recently deceased brother.
#20 - Bad Dude
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1976
A private detective recently arrived from the West Coast puzzles Kojak when he appears to be deliberately making himself a killer's next target.
#21 - On the Edge
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1976
Kojak is concerned that a fellow detective's obsessive work habits are endangering both his home life and his career.
#22 - No Immunity for Murder
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1975
Refusing to believe that a prostitute and her partner are responsible for a bookkeeper's murder, Kojak run afoul of the FBI when he tries to investigate further.
#23 - Money Back Guarantee
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1975
A murdered cop and a wealthy young woman put Kojak on the trail of a car-theft ring in which the victims appear to cooperate with the thieves.
#24 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1975
Kojak is determined to nail a big-time drug dealer who shot a plastic surgeon who was already dead from what they first believed to be natural causes.