The BEST episodes of Kojak season 4
Every episode of Kojak season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kojak season 4!
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 - Kojak's Days (1)
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1977
Kojak must unravel the mystery of a white Roll-Royce with a body in the trunk while trying to find a woman who murdered her husband.
#2 - I Was Happy Where I Was
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1977
A Puerto Rican cop goes undercover in his old neighborhood to find out who is trying to start a barrio gang war.
#3 - Lady in the Squad Room
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1977
Kojak and a female detective must overcome their dislike for each other when she is transferred from the rape squad to help nab a drug-dealing rapist-muderer.
#4 - A Shield for Murder (2)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1976
When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.
#5 - Black Thorn
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1976
Private eye Salathiel Harms returns, pursuing the same bail jumper as Kojak.
#6 - The Godson
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1977
Kojak's godson becomes mixed up with a gang involved in an armed robbery. Can Kojak get through to his godson before it's too late?
#7 - Out of the Shadows
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1976
Kojak and the detectives scour the city for ""The Grim Reaper"", a slasher who murders his victims out of greed.
#8 - When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1977
A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.
#9 - Birthday Party
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1976
On her birthday, Kojak's niece is kidnapped by criminals who want to exchange her for an incarcerated cop killer.
#10 - The Pride and the Princess
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1976
An émigré princess and her servant scheme to recover family jewels they believe are held by a mobster.
#11 - Kojak's Days (2)
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1977
The search continues for a woman who murdered her husband, abandoned her child and is threatening to commit suicide.
#12 - Kiss It All Goodbye
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1977
Crocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.
#13 - A Shield for Murder (1)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1976
A wealthy political leader quashes Kojak's efforts to reopen a two-year-old matricide case.
#14 - By Silence Betrayed
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1976
Kojak finds that the longshoreman's lips are sealed when he inquires into labor-related waterfront murders.
#15 - A Need to Know
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1976
Kojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester who has diplomatic immunity before he strikes again.
#16 - Monkey on a String
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1977
A veteran police officer whose gambling has put him in financial straits decides to go on the take.
#17 - An Unfair Trade
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1976
The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police anders the community.
#18 - A Summer Madness
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1976
Already confronted with problems at home, Detective Jeff Braddock must face the inquiry of the murder of his mistress, while Kojak investigates the bombing of a restaurant.
#19 - The Condemned
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1977
A boxer accused of murder holes up inside a church and threatens to kill the parishioners unless the police meet his demands.
#20 - Dead Again
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1976
A woman informs the detectives that she had seen a wanted man that had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.
#21 - A Hair-Trigger Away
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1976
The drug addicted girlfriend of a cop is under scrutiny for accidentally killing his partner during a drug bust.
#22 - Another Gypsy Queen
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1977
A woman in a Gypsy clan disguises herself and goes to Kojak with false information regarding a serial killer. She is doing this to stop members of another clan from killing that man, whom they think betrayed them to the Communists several years before, resulting in the deaths of several family members. While Kojack trails the wrong man, the Gypsy woman and her friends look for the real serial killer.
#23 - Where Do You Go When You Have No Place to Go?
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1976
A desperate unemployed ironworker accidentally kills a construction kingpin.
#24 - Law Dance
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1976
Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.
#25 - Sister Maria
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1977
A vengeful nun tries to bring to justice the gangster who ordered the murder of her sister. (60 mins)