Series
Jake and the Fatman
DramaCrimeAction & Adventure
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.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 23 epS2 · 11 epS3 · 26 epS4 · 24 epS5 · 22 ep
1Happy Days Are Here Again26 Sept 1987 · 60mSenator 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.
2Fatal Attraction (1)29 Sept 1987 · 60mCarson 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.
3Fatal Attraction (2)29 Sept 1987 · 60mCarson 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.
4Laura6 Oct 1987 · 60mJake'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.
5The Man That Got Away13 Oct 1987 · 60mA 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.
6Love for Sale20 Oct 1987 · 60mA call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.
7Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?27 Oct 1987 · 60mFor 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.
8Body and Soul3 Nov 1987 · 60m""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.
9The Man I Love10 Nov 1987 · 60mGlen 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.
10Love Me Or Leave Me17 Nov 1987 · 60mEd 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.
11Smoke Gets in Your Eyes1 Dec 1987 · 60mA 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.
12Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas8 Dec 1987 · 60mOne of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.
13After You've Gone5 Jan 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0Jake 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.
14It Had to Be You12 Jan 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0Leslie 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.
15But Not for Me19 Jan 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0A 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.
16What Is This Thing Called Love?26 Jan 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.
17Lady, Be Good2 Feb 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0A 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.
18I'll Be Seeing You16 Feb 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0A 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.
19Babyface23 Feb 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.
20Blues in the Night16 Mar 1988 · 60mJennifer 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.
21How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?23 Mar 1988 · 60mA 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.
22I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans30 Mar 1988 · 60mA 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.
23Rhapsody in Blue6 Apr 1988 · 60m · ★ 10.0Ned 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.
Details
- Created by
- Dean Hargrove, David Angell, Joel Steiger
- First aired
- 26 Sept 1987
- Last aired
- 6 May 1992
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- CBS
- Episodes
- 106
- Votes
- 56 on TMDB
Cast
William ConradJason McCabe
Joe PennyJake Styles
Alan CampbellDerek Mitchell
