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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Kojak Season 3 Episode 24 - Both Sides of the Law
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Kojak Season 5 Episode 19 - May the Horse Be with You
    6.2/10(144 votes)

    #2 - May the Horse Be with You

    S5:E19

    A retired police officer is injured after attempting to prevent the theft of a race horse that he illegally housed in the NYPD stables.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Rift Fournier

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Kojak Season 4 Episode 13 - Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
    6.6/10(132 votes)

    #4 - Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?

    S4:E13

    A desperate unemployed ironworker accidentally kills a construction kingpin.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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  5. Kojak Season 5 Episode 16 - The Captain's Brother's Wife
    6.6/10(146 votes)

    #5 - The Captain's Brother's Wife

    S5:E16

    Kojak tries to protect Captain McNeil's widowed sister-in-law from big time gamblers.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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  6. Kojak Season 5 Episode 7 - Letters of Death
    6.7/10(131 votes)

    #6 - Letters of Death

    S5:E7

    Anonymous messages begin turning up informing a model that someone close to her is in danger of being murdered.

    Director:Nicholas Sgarro
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Kojak Season 5 Episode 21 - 60 Miles to Hell
    6.7/10(130 votes)

    #7 - 60 Miles to Hell

    S5:E21

    Crocker is taken hostage while trying to transport a prisoner back to New York.

    Director:Gene R. Kearney
    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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

    #8 - 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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  9. Kojak Season 1 Episode 7 - The Corrupter
    6.9/10(261 votes)

    #9 - The Corrupter

    S1:E7

    Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:James M. Miller

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  10. Kojak Season 5 Episode 11 - Case Without a File
    6.9/10(130 votes)

    #10 - Case Without a File

    S5:E11

    Kojak poses as a murdered private investigator in order to find out why he was murdered.

    Director:Nicholas Sgarro
    Writer:Joe Gores

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  11. Kojak Season 5 Episode 18 - The Halls of Terror
    6.9/10(140 votes)

    #11 - The Halls of Terror

    S5:E18

    Kojak and the detectives go undercover in a local hospital in order to investigate a string of murders that have been occurring while the victims were on duty.

    Director:Edward M. Abroms
    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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  12. Kojak Season 1 Episode 20 - Mojo
    7.0/10(218 votes)

    #12 - Mojo

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Mark Weingart

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  13. Kojak Season 2 Episode 5 - Wall Street Gunslinger
    7.0/10(161 votes)

    #13 - Wall Street Gunslinger

    S2:E5

    Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Halsted Welles

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

    #14 - 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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  15. Kojak Season 4 Episode 1 - Birthday Party
    7.0/10(178 votes)

    #15 - Birthday Party

    S4:E1

    On her birthday, Kojak's niece is kidnapped by criminals who want to exchange her for an incarcerated cop killer.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Steven W. Carabatsos

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  16. Kojak Season 4 Episode 11 - The Pride and the Princess
    7.0/10(135 votes)

    #16 - The Pride and the Princess

    S4:E11

    An émigré princess and her servant scheme to recover family jewels they believe are held by a mobster.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:James M. Miller

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  17. Kojak Season 4 Episode 16 - The Condemned
    7.0/10(138 votes)

    #17 - The Condemned

    S4:E16

    A boxer accused of murder holes up inside a church and threatens to kill the parishioners unless the police meet his demands.

    Director:Noel Black
    Writers:Michael Grais, Anthony Spinner

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  18. Kojak Season 5 Episode 3 - Laid Off
    7.0/10(139 votes)

    #18 - Laid Off

    S5:E3

    A laid off police officer with two jobs and a sick wife takes a bribe under pressure from a loan shark.

    Director:Nicholas Sgarro
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  19. Kojak Season 5 Episode 8 - Tears for All Who Loved Her
    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #19 - Tears for All Who Loved Her

    S5:E8

    Crocker (played by Kevin Dobson) falls for a woman (played by Jennifer Warren) while investigating the death of her mobster husband.

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas
    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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  20. Kojak Season 1 Episode 4 - Knockover
    7.1/10(292 votes)

    #20 - Knockover

    S1:E4

    A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.

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

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  21. Kojak Season 1 Episode 19 - Down a Long and Lonely River
    7.1/10(227 votes)

    #21 - Down a Long and Lonely River

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Robert Foster

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  22. Kojak Season 4 Episode 7 - A Hair-Trigger Away
    7.1/10(152 votes)

    #22 - A Hair-Trigger Away

    S4:E7

    The drug addicted girlfriend of a cop is under scrutiny for accidentally killing his partner during a drug bust.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writers:Chester Krumholz, Jack Epps Jr., Andy House

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  23. Kojak Season 4 Episode 8 - By Silence Betrayed
    7.1/10(136 votes)

    #23 - By Silence Betrayed

    S4:E8

    Kojak finds that the longshoreman's lips are sealed when he inquires into labor-related waterfront murders.

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Chester Krumholz

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  24. Kojak Season 5 Episode 2 - A Strange Kind of Love
    7.1/10(149 votes)

    #24 - A Strange Kind of Love

    S5:E2

    A psychotic murderer thinks that a television talk show host is subliminally brainwashing him to murder.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Joseph Gunn

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  25. Kojak Season 1 Episode 3 - One for the Morgue
    7.2/10(293 votes)

    #25 - One for the Morgue

    S1:E3

    Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Jerrold Freedman

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Both Sides of the Law" is the worst rated episode of "Kojak". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by David Friedkin and written by Gene R. Kearney, it aired on 3/7/1976. This episode scored 6.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "May the Horse Be with You".