Kodiak
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.
Cast: Clint Walker, Abner Biberman
Season 1
13 episodes
- 1. Red Snow, White DeathKodiak 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 elderly Eskimo who thinks he no longer has a reason to live and is reluctant to leave the mountain.CC30minSep 13, 1974
- 2. Death ChaseFollowing 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, Sammy Ross, shot him in the shoulder and kidnapped his daughter, Mary.CC30minSep 20, 1974
- 3. A Time to DieA 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 tracks down Samson Toey and they begin the long trek to a coastal city for trial. Stryker, the father of one of the victims, and Paul, another son, and an employee, Williams, intercept Kodiak and demand the prisoner. Stryker plans to avenge his son's death in his own way. Kodiak refuses to give up his prisoner and a deadly cat-and-mouse game begins.CC30minSep 27, 1974
- 4. The Last EnemyKodiak 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 Sam are about to detonate a dynamite charge when Buzz sees two hunters entering the danger zone. While trying on his two-way radio to get Sam not to detonate, Buzz dashes into the area. Sam doesn’t hear his radio and blasts. Buzz' mind is affected as the result of the concussion and he is triggered back to the Korean War. He runs amok, wounds a man, and then begins shooting up the countryside as if the people are the enemy.CC30minOct 4, 1974
- 5. The HuntersA 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.CC30minOct 11, 1974
- 6. CapturedThree 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.CC30minOct 18, 1974
- 7. 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 and an escaping murderer.CC30minOct 25, 1974
- 8. A Lesson in TerrorKodiak 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.CC30minNov 1, 1974
- 9. 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 unconscious pilot, and at the mercy of a defiant parolee who can either tell him how to land or to go to blazes.CC30minNov 8, 1974
- 10. 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 the more difficult by a baby whose father was murdered.CC30minNov 15, 1974
- 11. Deadly FriendKodiak 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 very different tale of life and death, but which is Kodiak to believe?CC30minNov 22, 1974
- 12. 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.CC30minNov 29, 1974
- 13. The RescueKodiak 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, one of whom was hospital-bound for heart surgery. The cop rescues a mother and her daughter from a plane that has crashed in rugged Alaskan wilderness.CC30minDec 6, 1974
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Kodiak
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.
