Jake and the Fatman
NR1987•1h 0m•6.2/10
DramaCrimeAction & Adventure
Ratings
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6.2/10(52)
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
Production
Viacom Productions, Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 26, 1987
Last Aired
May 6, 1992
Networks
CBS
Created By
Dean Hargrove, David Angell, Joel Steiger
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Happy Days Are Here Again
Air date: 1987-09-26
Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the murderer, but threatens to frame him unless he cooperates.
E2
Fatal Attraction (1)
Air date: 1987-09-29
Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.
E3
Fatal Attraction (2)
Air date: 1987-09-29
Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.
E4
Laura
Air date: 1987-10-06
Jake's former partner is killed by his fiancée in an alley. She blames the murder on a Latin kid she saw stealing a VCR just before she pulled the trigger.
E5
The Man That Got Away
Air date: 1987-10-13
A wealthy lawyer kills his ex-wife's new man and frames her for the murder. She is arrested, and he takes the job of being her lawyer.
E6
Love for Sale
Air date: 1987-10-20
A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.
E7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Air date: 1987-10-27
For some time David Thompson has gone out and killed bums, so that the police believe a serial killer is loose. Then when he lures his brother to an alley and kills him the same way, he won't be a suspect.
E8
Body and Soul
Air date: 1987-11-03
""Mad"" Marvin Michaels, the owner of an electronics store, is killed, and ex-con Bradford Long is the main suspect. McCabe assigns the case to the cop Karen Stetson, whose father was killed by Long.
E9
The Man I Love
Air date: 1987-11-10
Glen Latimer pushes his newly married rich wife Nancy of their boat, but she survives and is brought to a hospital. She is unsure if it was just an accident, so Jake goes befriends Glen posing as Nancy's brother.
E10
Love Me Or Leave Me
Air date: 1987-11-17
Ed Galvin escapes while he is being transported to prison, after threatening the life of McCabe and Andy Harmon (the cop who arrested him) during his trial.
E11
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Air date: 1987-12-01
A burglar kills a woman and blinds her nurse before fleeing. The police catch him, but have to let him go because the nurse can't identify him. When she is scheduled for an operation that could restore her eyesight, they fear he'll try to kill her.
E12
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Air date: 1987-12-08
One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.
E13
After You've Gone
Air date: 1988-01-05
Jake spots the hit man Sagittarius at the airport and follows him, but he spots Jake and is fatally wounded in the following gunfight. Jake takes his place to try to find out who the target was.
E14
It Had to Be You
Air date: 1988-01-12
Leslie Randall, a former PR manager for McCabe is raped. The rapist, a psychiatrist, frames one of his patients with an anonymous tip to the police.
E15
But Not for Me
Air date: 1988-01-19
A known mob man is killed in the home of star reporter Candace Morgan. She says he was shot through the window while she was interviewing him, but McCabe gets suspicious when there is one too many bullets.
E16
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Air date: 1988-01-26
A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.
E17
Lady, Be Good
Air date: 1988-02-02
A friend of McCabe is murdered just as he is about to fake his own death so his wife can collect a 4.5 million-dollar life insurance.
E18
I'll Be Seeing You
Air date: 1988-02-16
A small time crook comes to McCabe offering to testify against the crime boss O'Rourke, after laying low for ten years. McCabe is suspicious, but is more than willing to go along with anything that can get O'Rourke behind bars.
E19
Babyface
Air date: 1988-02-23
The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.
E20
Blues in the Night
Air date: 1988-03-16
Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry and the other provides an alibi.
E21
How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?
Air date: 1988-03-23
A friend of Jake, Matthew Hammond, is having an affair with a rich lady. They decide to marry, but when she asks her husband for a divorce, he kills her and frames Hammond.
E22
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
Air date: 1988-03-30
A former cop who is now a crime writer commits a clever murder so that he can write a book about it that is likely to become a best seller.
E23
Rhapsody in Blue
Air date: 1988-04-06
Ned Covington and his wife plan to kill his boss, Phil Duncan, when he is passed over for promotion, but they kill another employee by mistake. Realizing this they try to frame Duncan for the murder.
Cast
William Conrad
Jason McCabe
Joe Penny
Jake Styles
Alan Campbell
Derek Mitchell
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