S01E01 Red Snow, White Death
Kodiak comes upon a plane crash in mountain country. Benton, the pilot, has been fatally shot and robbed of $80,000 he was transporting for the Bank of Anchorage. A witness is Abraham Lincoln Imhook, an...
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S01E06: Captured
Three seal poachers whose disdain for civilization results in a senseless killing, mark Kodiak as their next victim. The seal poachers, Ty and Brook Spencer, along with their cohort, Kelly Toms, gets into an argument with fur buyer Jack Capp when he refuses to buy their poached furs. In an ensuing scuffle, Ty shoots Capp. Kodiak apprehends Ty, places him under guard with Mr. Imhook and sets out to arrest the other poachers. Brook gets the jump on Kodiak and plans to use him as hostage for his brother’s release.
Overview
Kodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m Eastern time on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay, an Alaska State Trooper. Kodiak, always accompanied by his Eskimo sidekick Abraham Lincoln Imhook, used his four-wheel drive truck to track down desperate killers through 50,000 miles of Alaska backcountry. The show was broadcast against NBC's mega-hit Sanford and Son. Kodiak couldn't lure viewers in to watch and was cancelled after the first episode, although a total of four episodes were aired. The show was filmed in Bend, Oregon Using the Old Skyliners Ski Lodge as the primary Meeting Place.
Episodes
S01E02 Death Chase
Following the shooting of a young girl's father, two snowmobiles are pitted in a desperate chase as Kodiak pursues the girl and her boyfriend. In “Death Chase,” George Taylor tells Kodiak that a wild youth,...
S01E03 A Time to Die
A grieving, vengeful father threatens to kill Kodiak to prevent him from bringing his son’s murderer to trial so he can mete out his own justice. Three youths are found shot to death and Kodiak...
S01E04 The Last Enemy
Kodiak must stop an old war buddy, Buzz Howard, from terrorizing the countryside after a dynamite blast shocks him into believing he is fighting the war again under heavy combat conditions. Construction crewmen Buzz and...
S01E05 The Hunters
A pair of hunters arrives on a mysterious mission involving the bush nurse Mandy. Mandy Farrow is being hounded by her former boyfriend and a gangster.
S01E06 Captured
Three seal poachers whose disdain for civilization results in a senseless killing, mark Kodiak as their next victim. The seal poachers, Ty and Brook Spencer, along with their cohort, Kelly Toms, gets into an argument...
S01E07 Cold Fear (aka The Killer)
Kodiak must rush a pregnant woman to the bush nurse. Kodiak's attempt to get an expectant mother through the snow to where professional help is available runs into a double confrontation with an angry husband...
S01E08 A Lesson in Terror
Kodiak is forced to intervene in a serious family argument when the future of an impressionable youth is at stake. Brock, his father, has shot a man and run away with the youth.
S01E09 The Deadly Promise (aka The Burning Snow)
Kodiak is named probation officer of a hot-tempered Indian (A Martinez) just released from jail. Kodiak finds himself in mid-air with an injured pilot and desperate prisoner. Kodiak finds himself in a plane with an...
S01E10 Killers Three (aka Thunder Mountain)
Kodiak has to get a thief down out of the mountains. Two fugitives track Kodiak, who is caring for a baby and has a prisoner in tow. A tough job for Kodiak is made all...
S01E11 Deadly Friend
Kodiak becomes suspicious of a cop who arrives to extradite a young car thief. Officer Mitch Kellog has come to take John Nootka back to Seattle on a charge of car theft and tells a...
S01E12 The Animals (aka Chains of Ice)
Ford Windust is an embittered gold miner who has lost his arm and now he keeps his partner, Abel Lonegan in chains and under the threat of his shotgun to keep him mining for gold.
S01E13 The Rescue
Kodiak is in rough country with a stretcher case, an elderly woman, and a bush-pilot with a broken shoulder to cope with the going sets even tougher. Kodiak attempts the rescue of three plane-crash victims,...
Cast
Clint Walker
Cal 'Kodiak' McCay
Abner Biberman
