Episode
Kojak: Out of the Frying Pan . . .
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Kojak
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1975-11-02
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Out of the Frying Pan . . . is Episode 8 in Season 3 of Kojak. It aired on 1975-11-02. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 7: Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death
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.
Episode 9: Over the Water
A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.
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Episode 6: Secret Snow, Deadly Snow
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.
Episode 10: The Nicest Guys on the Block
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.
Episode 5: Be Careful What You Pray For
Crocker lectures female students on rape at a local catholic school, while two Puerto Rican brothers kill a priest during a truck heist.
Episode 11: No Immunity for Murder
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.
Episode 4: Sweeter Than Life
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.
Episode 12: A Long Way from Times Square
Kojak and Crocker head to Cory, Nevada to pick up a witness (Vincent Bagetta), but they encounter trouble in town.
Episode 3: My Brother, My Enemy
Kojak must overcome outside influences in order to protect a detective (Sylvester Stallone)who accidentally shot a boy.
Episode 13: Money Back Guarantee
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.
Episode 2: A Question of Answers (2)
To clear his name, a man helps Kojak take down a loan shark.
Episode 14: A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves
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.