Kojak: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Kojak Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
A Question of Answers (1)
Sep 14, 1975 · 60 min
An unjustly imprisoned man hopes to clear his name by helping Kojak trap the load shark who framed him.
A Question of Answers (2)
Sep 14, 1975 · 60 min
To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.
My Brother, My Enemy
Sep 21, 1975 · 60 min
Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.
Sweeter Than Life
Sep 28, 1975 · 60 min
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
Be Careful What You Pray For
Oct 5, 1975 · 60 min
Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.
Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
Oct 12, 1975 · 60 min
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.
Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
Oct 26, 1975 · 60 min
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 t
Out of the Frying Pan . . .
Nov 2, 1975 · 60 min
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
Over the Water
Nov 9, 1975 · 60 min
A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.
The Nicest Guys on the Block
Nov 16, 1975 · 60 min
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.
No Immunity for Murder
Nov 23, 1975 · 60 min
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.
A Long Way from Times Square
Nov 30, 1975 · 60 min
Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.
Money Back Guarantee
Dec 7, 1975 · 60 min
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.
A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
Dec 14, 1975 · 60 min
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
How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
Dec 21, 1975 · 60 min
(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 (Jess
The Forgotten Room
Jan 4, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak doubts a young man is guilty in the murder of a prostitute, even the circumstantial evidence points to him.
On the Edge
Jan 11, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak is concerned that a fellow detective's obsessive work habits are endangering both his home life and his career.
A Wind from Corsica
Jan 18, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak must prevent a man from killing the person who framed his recently deceased brother.
Bad Dude
Jan 25, 1976 · 60 min
A private detective recently arrived from the West Coast puzzles Kojak when he appears to be deliberately making himself a killer's next target.
A Grave Too Soon
Feb 1, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak puts the pressure on a known member of an organized crime syndicate when a dead undercover cop is found murdered.
The Frame
Feb 8, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak finds himself under investigation by Internal Affairs when a thief he arrested without sufficient evidence claims he paid Kojak a bribe.
Deadly Innocence
Feb 15, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak investigates the hit-and-run death of a police chemist and uncovers a frame-up.
Justice Deferred
Feb 22, 1976 · 60 min
The discovery of a skeleton at a demolition site reopens an 18-year-old murder case.
Both Sides of the Law
Mar 7, 1976 · 60 min
Kojak competes with a world-famous criminologist to recover five priceless Rembrandt drawings.