The Captain's Brother's Wife

While I agree with the other reviewers that this is the worst episode of Kojak ever broadcasted for all the reasons previously described. Let me also take the opportunity to mention that both Telly Savalas and Shelly Winters co-starred together 10-years earlier in the very good 1968 film "The Scalphunters" starring Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis, that was directed by Sydney Pollack. Which may have been the motivation for this spectacularly unsuccessful re-teaming of these two once great movie and TV stars for this episode of Kojak.

Please, for your own sake, don't let this episode of Kojak prevent you from watching the far superior 1968 movie where Telly Savalas plays the leader of a band of outlaws with Shelly Winters as his prostitute wife. Unlike this episode of Kojak, both Telly's and Shelly's antagonistic chemistry is fun to watch in a far more entertaining movie with great writing and directing.

While I'll only give this episode of Kojak 3-stars. I give "The Scalphunters" a 10-star review. It's one of my favorite movies.