Kojak

Season 4

TV-PG
Lt. Theo Kojak is the main character in this popular television police drama. Kojak is a tough cop, but his trademark is a fondness for lollipops. Despite his difficult work, he tirelessly brings criminals to justice while staying upbeat and good-natured.

25 Episodes

  • Birthday Party
    E1
    Birthday PartyOn her birthday, Kojak's niece is kidnapped by criminals who want to exchange her for an incarcerated cop killer.
  • A Summer Madness
    E2
    A Summer MadnessThe police investigate the bombing of a restaurant in which several people were killed, including the mistress of one of the detectives working of the case, who doesn't tell the others about his relationship with her, and who is unaware that the person who committed the bombing is his own emotionally unstable wife.
  • Law Dance
    E3
    Law DanceThe key witness in a robbery/murder trial is murdered just before he was about to testify, seriously damaging the prosecution's case. Kojak's options are either to use less reliable witnesses or to find another way to nail the killers.
  • Out of the Shadows
    E4
    Out of the ShadowsIn an episode originally scheduled as the season opener (it was pushed back a few weeks to allow "Birthday Party," considered a better audience draw, to get the slot), a serial killer plunges a knife into anyone who stiffs him consumerwise -- six murders to date. The chief suspect is a troubled young man who sprays graffiti on walls talking about the character "The Grim Reaper."
  • A Need to Know
    E5
    A Need to KnowKojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester, who has diplomatic immunity, before he strikes again.
  • An Unfair Trade
    E6
    An Unfair TradeAn undercover street cop shoots and kills a Puerto Rican youth who was pointing a gun at his partner, but the boy's sister tells a different story of what happened, and the community accuses the police of covering up for the officer.
  • A Hair-Trigger Away
    E7
    A Hair-Trigger AwayThe drug addicted girlfriend of a cop is under scrutiny for accidentally killing his partner during a drug bust.
  • By Silence Betrayed
    E8
    By Silence BetrayedTwo longshoremen are murdered, but Kojak can't break through the code of silence of their co-workers and get any of them to testify against the mobsters who killed them. The workers are more concerned with dealing out their own justice on whoever of their own may have helped set up the victims.
  • A Shield for Murder (1)
    E9
    A Shield for Murder (1)A young man is killed by police after he attempts to kill an assistant district attorney at a courthouse. Kojak learns that the young man was a boyfriend of an ice skater who is in prison for the murder of her mother two years before. But when he tries to look further into the case, he gets pressured to drop it, with the orders ultimately coming from a powerful political operative.
  • A Shield for Murder (2)
    E10
    A Shield for Murder (2)When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.
  • The Pride and the Princess
    E11
    The Pride and the PrincessA nun is shot in a churchyard by an assailant. Later she escapes from the hospital, and Kojak learns she is not a real nun but a dethroned Yugoslavian princess who, with the help of her bodyguard, is planning to get back the family jewels lost in World War II that are now in the hands of the mob.
  • Black Thorn
    E12
    Black ThornRosey Grier returns as modern-day bounty hunter Salathiel Harms, now looking for a hit man who has come to New York after jumping bail on the West Coast. His search complicates Kojak's case, as the detectives try to learn the identity of the target of the killer's $100,000 contract.
  • Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?
    E13
    Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?Joe Arrow, a Mohawk Indian recently fired, sneaks into his former boss's apartment to beg him to give him his job back, but a scuffle breaks out and he ends up accidentally killing the man. Joe's frustration and anger keep dragging him deeper and deeper into trouble.
  • Dead Again
    E14
    Dead AgainA young woman comes to police headquarters and tells Kojak that she just recognized a man on the street as an old neighbor of hers, a mobster who was reported killed a year ago. She fears he is going to kill her because she knows he is alive. Kojak takes her home and convinces her she was probably mistaken. But shortly afterward, she is killed in a fall from her window, and Kojak is guilt-stricken for not believing her.
  • The Godson
    E15
    The GodsonWhen his namesake godson is picked up as one of a gang of youths extorting money from a storekeeper, Kojak tries to intervene and keep the boy from going further into crime. But the smooth talking leader of a major hijacking gang plans to use the boy as part of his group and take advantage of his ties to Kojak.
  • The Condemned
    E16
    The CondemnedA boxer accused of murder holes up inside a church and threatens to kill the parishioners unless the police meet his demands.
  • When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead
    E17
    When You Hear the Beep, Drop DeadWhile catching a pair of burglars breaking into an apartment, Kojak and his detectives stumble across an apparent plan by the prostitute occupying the apartment to kill her lover. But actually, the prostitute doesn't exist and has simply been created as the patsy by a woman intent on killing her husband.
  • I Was Happy Where I Was
    E18
    I Was Happy Where I WasFrustrated by the inability of the police to stop protection rackets that are harassing his community, a Puerto Rican undercover cop decides to join with some of the local street groups that want to mete out their own justice with the mobsters.
  • Kojak's Days (1)
    E19
    Kojak's Days (1)Kojak and his detectives try to identify the dead man found in the trunk of a Rolls Royce, while also searching for: 1) a woman who admits to killing her husband and plans to kill herself, 2) an armed youth who is on the streets looking for the pushers who've gotten his mother hooked, and 3) a prostitute who a religious fanatic accuses of accosting him.
  • Kojak's Days (2)
    E20
    Kojak's Days (2)Kojak and his detectives continue to search for the distraught woman who killed her husband before she also kills herself. Meanwhile, the killers of the man found in the trunk are ordered to find his body to prove to their boss that he is dead, and more killings result. The detectives also continue their search for an armed youth and a prostitute, while a man begs Kojak to keep his son out of getting deeper into trouble.
  • Monkey on a String
    E21
    Monkey on a StringA member of the police force falls prey to a powerful crime figure. With Albert Paulsen and Judith Light.
  • Kiss it All Goodbye
    E22
    Kiss it All GoodbyeCrocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.
  • Lady in the Squad Room
    E23
    Lady in the Squad RoomKojak is unhappy when McNeil insists an attractive woman detective joins the team, but the hostility between them begins to wane when they begin a murder investigation. In this tale of murder and drug dealing, Detective Jo Long eventually wins over the respect of her male colleagues.
  • Sister Maria
    E24
    Sister MariaWhen her sister is killed before she was able to testify against a drug dealer, a nun takes it upon herself to bring the man to justice, by simply following him everywhere in the hope that he'll be driven to do something.
  • Another Gypsy Queen
    E25
    Another Gypsy QueenA woman in a gypsy clan disguises herself and goes to Kojak with false information regarding a serial killer. She is doing this to stop members of another clan from killing that man, whom they think betrayed them to the Communists several years before, resulting in the deaths of several family members. While Kojak trails the wrong man, the Gypsy woman and her friends look for the real serial killer.

Cast of Season 4

  • Telly SavalasTheo Kojak
  • Dan FrazerFrank McNeill
  • Kevin DobsonBobby Crocker
  • George SavalasCurly Stavors
  • Mark RussellPercy Saperstein
  • Jack LairdProducer
  • James Duff McAdamsProducer

 

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