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

Already confronted with problems at home, Detective Jeff Braddock must face the inquiry of the murder of his mistress, while Kojak investigates the bombing of a restaurant.

Kojak searches for the killer of a key witness in a prominent murder trial.

Kojak and the detectives scour the city for "The Grim Reaper", a slasher who murders his victims out of greed.

Kojak and the detectives try to stop a child molester, who has diplomatic immunity, before he strikes again.

The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police angers the community.

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

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

A wealthy political leader quashes Kojak's efforts to reopen a two-year-old matricide case.

When Kojak gets too close to discovering the truth, he is framed.

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

Private eye Salathiel Harms returns, pursuing the same bail jumper as Kojak.

A desperate unemployed ironworker accidentally kills a construction kingpin.

A woman informs the detectives that she had seen a wanted man that had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.

Kojak's godson becomes mixed up with a gang involved in an armed robbery. Can Kojak get through to his godson before it's too late?

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

A wealthy ecologist's wife plans to murder him and use a fake phone message to frame a nonexistent call girl.

A Puerto Rican cop goes undercover in his old neighborhood to find out who is trying to start a barrio gang war.

Kojak must unravel the mystery of a white Roll-Royce with a body in the trunk while trying to find a woman who murdered her husband.

The search continues for a woman who murdered her husband, abandoned her child and is threatening to commit suicide.

Crocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.

Kojak and a female detective must overcome their dislike for each other when she is transferred from the rape squad to help nab a drug-dealing rapist-muderer.

A vengeful nun tries to bring to justice the gangster who ordered the murder of her sister. (60 mins)