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The Best Episodes of Kojak Season 3

Every episode of Kojak Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kojak Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Kojak Season 3 Episode 1 - A Question of Answers (1)
    7.8/10(207 votes)

    #1 - A Question of Answers (1)

    S3:E1

    An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Albert Ruben

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  2. Kojak Season 3 Episode 2 - A Question of Answers (2)
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    #2 - A Question of Answers (2)

    S3:E2

    To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kojak Season 3 Episode 3 - My Brother, My Enemy
    7.6/10(162 votes)

    #3 - My Brother, My Enemy

    S3:E3

    Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

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  4. Kojak Season 3 Episode 4 - Sweeter Than Life
    7.2/10(159 votes)

    #4 - Sweeter Than Life

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  5. Kojak Season 3 Episode 5 - Be Careful What You Pray For
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #5 - Be Careful What You Pray For

    S3:E5

    Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:James M. Miller

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  6. Kojak Season 3 Episode 6 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
    7.7/10(166 votes)

    #6 - Secret Snow, Deadly Snow

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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  7. Kojak Season 3 Episode 7 - Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
    7.3/10(152 votes)

    #7 - Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Nicholas Sgarro
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  8. Kojak Season 3 Episode 8 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .
    8.0/10(175 votes)

    #8 - Out of the Frying Pan . . .

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  9. Kojak Season 3 Episode 9 - Over the Water
    7.3/10(144 votes)

    #9 - Over the Water

    S3:E9

    A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.

    Director:Telly Savalas
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  10. Kojak Season 3 Episode 10 - The Nicest Guys on the Block
    7.7/10(160 votes)

    #10 - The Nicest Guys on the Block

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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  11. Kojak Season 3 Episode 11 - No Immunity for Murder
    7.8/10(183 votes)

    #11 - No Immunity for Murder

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Andy Sidaris
    Writer:Joe Gores

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  12. Kojak Season 3 Episode 12 - A Long Way from Times Square
    7.9/10(166 votes)

    #12 - A Long Way from Times Square

    S3:E12

    Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.

    Director:Ernest Pintoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kojak Season 3 Episode 13 - Money Back Guarantee
    6.3/10(166 votes)

    #13 - Money Back Guarantee

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Dallas L. Barnes

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  14. Kojak Season 3 Episode 14 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
    8.0/10(237 votes)

    #14 - A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  15. Kojak Season 3 Episode 15 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
    6.8/10(162 votes)

    #15 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars

    S3:E15

    (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.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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  16. Kojak Season 3 Episode 16 - The Forgotten Room
    7.3/10(155 votes)

    #16 - The Forgotten Room

    S3:E16

    Kojak doubts a young man is guilty in the murder of a prostitute, even the circumstantial evidence points to him.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:James Bonnet

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  17. Kojak Season 3 Episode 17 - On the Edge
    7.0/10(138 votes)

    #17 - On the Edge

    S3:E17

    Kojak is concerned that a fellow detective's obsessive work habits are endangering both his home life and his career.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

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  18. Kojak Season 3 Episode 18 - A Wind from Corsica
    7.7/10(184 votes)

    #18 - A Wind from Corsica

    S3:E18

    Kojak must prevent a man from killing the person who framed his recently deceased brother.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Kojak Season 3 Episode 19 - Bad Dude
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    #19 - Bad Dude

    S3:E19

    A private detective recently arrived from the West Coast puzzles Kojak when he appears to be deliberately making himself a killer's next target.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Joe Gores

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  20. Kojak Season 3 Episode 20 - A Grave Too Soon
    7.6/10(140 votes)

    #20 - A Grave Too Soon

    S3:E20

    Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  21. Kojak Season 3 Episode 21 - The Frame
    7.5/10(144 votes)

    #21 - The Frame

    S3:E21

    Kojak finds himself under investigation by Internal Affairs when a thief he arrested without sufficient evidence claims he paid Kojak a bribe.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writers:Jack Laird, Burton Armus

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  22. Kojak Season 3 Episode 22 - Deadly Innocence
    7.7/10(145 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Innocence

    S3:E22

    Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Stephen Downing

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  23. Kojak Season 3 Episode 23 - Justice Deferred
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #23 - Justice Deferred

    S3:E23

    The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an 18-year-old murder case.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  24. Kojak Season 3 Episode 24 - Both Sides of the Law
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Both Sides of the Law

    S3:E24

    Kojak competes with a world-famous criminologist to recover five priceless Rembrandt drawings.

    Director:David Friedkin
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"A Question of Answers (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kojak" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 207 votes. Directed by Jerry London and written by Albert Ruben, it aired on 9/14/1975. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Question of Answers (2)".