Kodiak — Season 1, Episode 2: Death Chase
Drama • 30 min • 1 season, 13 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
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, Sammy Ross, shot him in the shoulder and kidnapped his daughter, Mary.
About 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.