The case is almost a personal one for series star "Theo Kojak" who is shocked to see a woman who apparently had hung herself. We know better right from the opening scene when it shows two guys entering her residence and then putting a cushion over her mouth. Since they hang her, the cause of death appears to be loss of breath....but Kojak thinks something is not kosher, despite the ME's report that she died of suffocation.
Everyone else believes that but Theo, to the consternation of his boss and a few others. Theo keeps pursuing it. The victim, "Azure Dee" was a woman who had picked herself up from gutter, got clean from drugs and was living a decent life (except for being part-time call girl). Kojak knew her in her dark, drug days, and cared about her.
This episode has a Charlie Chan-type ending with Kojak explaining to a bunch of people in a dining room what really happened and why (with the culprits included there to listen with others).
Along the way, there is riveting scene with a street junkie, "Billy Jo" He was played by John Glover in one of his early acting roles. Man, he looked young, almost like a late teen, but he could act and it's no wonder he made it in the business.
Everyone else believes that but Theo, to the consternation of his boss and a few others. Theo keeps pursuing it. The victim, "Azure Dee" was a woman who had picked herself up from gutter, got clean from drugs and was living a decent life (except for being part-time call girl). Kojak knew her in her dark, drug days, and cared about her.
This episode has a Charlie Chan-type ending with Kojak explaining to a bunch of people in a dining room what really happened and why (with the culprits included there to listen with others).
Along the way, there is riveting scene with a street junkie, "Billy Jo" He was played by John Glover in one of his early acting roles. Man, he looked young, almost like a late teen, but he could act and it's no wonder he made it in the business.