The BEST episodes written by Gene Kearney
#7 - When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
Kojak - Season 4 - Episode 17
A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.
#12 - My Friend, My Enemy
Mission: Impossible - Season 5 - Episode 6
A Communist agent, Karl Maur, spots Paris on vacation, knocks him out and turns him over to Dr. Tabor, who is a brain specialist and mind control expert. Unable to break Paris, Tabor blanks out Paris' memories and uses an implanted electrode to program him to attack Jim by convincing the disguise expert Jim represents an authority figure, similar to the ones he has lost two women to in the past. Doug and Jim find nothing wrong with him, but Barney finds fingerprints pointing to Maur and Jim delays reporting to the Secretary and tries to find out what's going on with Paris. Paris is befriended by a Communist agent working with Tabor - Tabor murders her and makes it set up as if Jim did it. Paris attacks Jim but snaps out of it when Jim's life is threatened and turns against Tabor.
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#15 - The Painted Mirror
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 39
A mirror reflecting an alien landscape figures in an antique dealer's scheme to rid himself of a hateful business partner.
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#18 - The Best Judge Money Can Buy
Kojak - Season 2 - Episode 9
A judge (John Randolph) whose son was also a judge was murdered and his death was made to look like he had committed suicide. Now, his father must decide whether or not he should allow a murderer (Abe Vigoda) to walk, or risk letting information out that shows his son as a corrupt judge.
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Lou Grant - Season 1 - Episode 8
Pressured to get the latest scoop at any cost, Lou ends up in hot water after running two of Rossi's exclusive stories which turn out to be false. So when Billie has information about a possible fake kidnapping, Lou is reluctant to run the story.
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#20 - Junior
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 13
A twist on daddy's midnight feeding.
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#24 - Once More from Birdland
Kojak - Season 5 - Episode 5
A singer(Andrea Marcovicci) is determined to prove her wrongfully imprisoned father innocent after he spends 14 years in prison.
#25 - Phantom of What Opera?
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 4
The Phantom of the Opera gets the shock of his life when he menaces a beautiful young singer.
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#26 - Witches' Feast
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 8
A brief incantation in verse while a coven hungrily awaits an overdue member.
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#27 - Death is Not a Passing Grade
Kojak - Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
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#28 - The Devil Is Not Mocked
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 19
A Nazi general hunting for resistance fighters gets a strangely warm welcome at a Balkan castle.
#29 - 60 Miles to Hell
Kojak - Season 5 - Episode 21
Crocker is taken hostage while trying to transport a prisoner back to New York.
#30 - Silent Snow, Secret Snow
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 17
A boy's fascination with snow begins to draw him into a beautiful fantasy world.
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#31 - Spectre in Tap-Shoes
Night Gallery - Season 3 - Episode 4
After witnessing her twin sister's suicide, a young woman begins to see and hear evidence of her continuing presence.
#32 - The Other Way Out
Night Gallery - Season 3 - Episode 7
Bradley Manning kills a woman who threatened to expose their affair to Bradley's wife. When Bradley returns from vacation, someone threatens him with exposure unless Bradley brings $10,000 to a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.
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#33 - House - with Ghost
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 26
A philandering husband schemes to murder his wife with the aid of a ghost.
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#34 - Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something
Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 31
A distraught musician asks the police to help him find an elusive woman.
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