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

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

Kojak must reopen a case in which the prime suspect of three women was shot and killed after a shootout with him. Now, eight years later, the murders have started again and it appears that Kojak may've killed the wrong man.

While Kojak is contemplating leaving the police department to become a law firm's investigator, a series of recent drug related deaths begin to overshadow his decision.

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

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.

After being rejected for a promotion, a disgruntled inspector sees a current case as a way to boost his career.