User Reviews

The second part of this two part story begins with 1 Police Plaza assigning Philip R. Allen a new detective to officially work the case of the clothesline killer that Kojak may have gotten wrong back in 1969. In the meantime the mysterious Alex Dreier is watching Stephen McHattie and thinks his talents would be put to good use by the organization he represents.

Back in the day when he was on the case Telly Savalas was keeping company with Diane Baker. She does something back then that Kojak now finds of inestimable value in bringing in the real killer.

All I can say is that McHattie and the real killer did cross paths somewhat and that is the reason that the cops made a mistake.

The squad and Captain McNeill risk their own careers to help Savalas under the table so to speak. As they brief Allen on stuff Kojak has uncovered unofficially, you have to see the scene where Kojak is kept informed. Priceless.

Whatever organization Dreier was representing he provides an interesting coda to the whole affair.

Kojak triumphs again.

I've been watching these Kojaks on Get TV for a while, just kind of listening actually, but this two-parter was different than most. Artistic freeze frame lighting, church confessional scene, flashbacks, Kojak as sex symbol... This is blowing me away.

I do have to say that I am not giving 10 stars because I see here, and I actually see in a lot of these old-school crime shows, that the acting and directing of the minor characters is awful! It makes me wonder if they bring in the second string director to handle these scenes, becaue a skilled director would be yelling, "Cut!" and have hem re-shoot the scene.