The WORST episodes of Kojak
Every episode of Kojak ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Kojak!
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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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?
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Black Thorn
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1976
Private eye Salathiel Harms returns, pursuing the same bail jumper as Kojak.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - An Unfair Trade
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1976
The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police anders the community.
#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 - 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.
#17 - Law Dance
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1976
Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.
#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 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - The Frame
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1976
A hood claims that Kojak accepted a bribe.
#25 - 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.