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Jake and the Fatman (1987)
6.2 5 seasons 106 episodes Ended
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.
Seasons & episodes
E1Happy Days Are Here AgainSep 26, 1987 · 1h 0m
Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the…
E2Fatal Attraction (1)Sep 29, 1987 · 1h 0m
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. Whe…
E3Fatal Attraction (2)Sep 29, 1987 · 1h 0m
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. Whe…
E4LauraOct 6, 1987 · 1h 0m
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 pu…
E5The Man That Got AwayOct 13, 1987 · 1h 0m
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.
E6Love for SaleOct 20, 1987 · 1h 0m
A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.
E7Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Oct 27, 1987 · 1h 0m
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 brot…
E8Body and SoulNov 3, 1987 · 1h 0m
""Mad"" Marvin Michaels, the owner of an electronics store, is killed, and ex-con Bradford Long is the main suspect. McCabe assigns the cas…
E9The Man I LoveNov 10, 1987 · 1h 0m
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…
E10Love Me Or Leave MeNov 17, 1987 · 1h 0m
Ed Galvin escapes while he is being transported to prison, after threatening the life of McCabe and Andy Harmon (the cop who arrested him)…
E11Smoke Gets in Your EyesDec 1, 1987 · 1h 0m
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…
E12Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasDec 8, 1987 · 1h 0m
One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.
E13After You've GoneJan 5, 1988 · 1h 0m
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…
E14It Had to Be YouJan 12, 1988 · 1h 0m
Leslie Randall, a former PR manager for McCabe is raped. The rapist, a psychiatrist, frames one of his patients with an anonymous tip to th…
E15But Not for MeJan 19, 1988 · 1h 0m
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 h…
E16What Is This Thing Called Love?Jan 26, 1988 · 1h 0m
A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.
E17Lady, Be GoodFeb 2, 1988 · 1h 0m
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.
E18I'll Be Seeing YouFeb 16, 1988 · 1h 0m
A small time crook comes to McCabe offering to testify against the crime boss O'Rourke, after laying low for ten years. McCabe is suspiciou…
E19BabyfaceFeb 23, 1988 · 1h 0m
The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.
E20Blues in the NightMar 16, 1988 · 1h 0m
Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry…
E21How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?Mar 23, 1988 · 1h 0m
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,…
E22I Guess I'll Have to Change My PlansMar 30, 1988 · 1h 0m
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.
E23Rhapsody in BlueApr 6, 1988 · 1h 0m
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 mist…
Cast
William ConradJason McCabe
Joe PennyJake Styles
Alan CampbellDerek Mitchell
