Season 1

1973 · 22 episodes · 17h 16m in all · 8.1/10

1. Siege of Terror
24 Oct 1973 · 47 min · 7.5/10
Kojak has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers in an Army surplus store.
2. Web of Death
31 Oct 1973 · 47 min · 7.5/10
A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.
3. One for the Morgue
7 Nov 1973 · 47 min · 7.0/10
Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.
4. Knockover
14 Nov 1973 · 48 min · 8.3/10
A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.
5. Girl in the River
21 Nov 1973 · 48 min · 8.0/10
Kojak suspects that the strangler of seven women has returned, when another girl dies in similar circumstances.
6. Requiem for a Cop
28 Nov 1973 · 47 min · 8.7/10
Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.
7. The Corrupter
5 Dec 1973 · 47 min · 7.7/10
Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.
8. Dark Sunday
12 Dec 1973 · 47 min · 8.0/10
The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist.
9. Conspiracy of Fear
19 Dec 1973 · 47 min · 8.5/10
Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.
10. Cop in a Cage
2 Jan 1974 · 47 min · 8.7/10
Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.
11. Marker to a Dead Bookie
16 Jan 1974 · 47 min · 8.3/10
Kojak pretends to be corrupted (buying even more expensive suits than usual and a brand new Cadillac)—not without opposition from Capt. McNeil, who tries save as much police money he can—to catch a narcotics dealer in the act.
12. Last Rites for a Dead Priest
23 Jan 1974 · 47 min · 8.0/10
During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief disguises as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.
13. Death Is Not a Passing Grade
30 Jan 1974 · 47 min · 8.7/10
While teaching a criminal justice class at a local college, Kojak embarrasses a student with a criminal background, forcing him to leave a stolen item to have the upper hand in future classroom discussions.
14. Die Before They Wake
6 Feb 1974 · 47 min · 8.0/10
A junkie prostitute holds the key which would help solving the murder cases of her roommate and a local TV reporter.
15. Deliver Us Some Evil
13 Feb 1974 · 47 min · 8.3/10
A small time crook prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.
16. Eighteen Hours of Fear
20 Feb 1974 · 47 min · 8.3/10
A woman is coming back from winter holidays from Canada, smuggling two twenty Canadian dollar plates in her fake cast. Once she arrives in US she needs to run from the ex-partner in crime, who murdered her boyfriend and wants get the plates back.
17. Before the Devil Knows
27 Feb 1974 · 47 min · 7.8/10
A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds, and David and Kevin burgle the bonds from the safe in his high rise apartment.
18. Dead on His Feet
6 Mar 1974 · 47 min · 9.0/10
A detective is hiding his terminal illness, while pursuing his partner's murderer. As he knows that he won't make it he's even more motivated to find a murder even if he'll have to pay the highest price.
19. Down a Long and Lonely River
20 Mar 1974 · 47 min · 8.3/10
A young psychologist asks Kojak for help after her fiancee attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the whole responsibility for the crime which sent him to prison.
20. Mojo
27 Mar 1974 · 47 min · 8.0/10
Kojak goes undercover as a chemist in order to expose the thieves who stole morphine from an insurance company, to sell it at an inflated price.
21. Therapy in Dynamite
10 Apr 1974 · 47 min · 8.7/10
A psychopathic bomber targets people who hurt his friend. Kojak must find link between victims in order to find suspect.
22. The Only Way Out
8 May 1974 · 47 min · 7.5/10
A 12-year-old boy wants Kojak's help in locating his missing father. Case takes an interesting twist in which Kojak is not led to the kid's missing father, but to a thief who fled to Brazil with stolen $25 million. With John Hillerman.