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Jake and the Fatman Season 1

September. 26,1987
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| Drama Crime Action & 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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Jake and the Fatman

1987  / NR

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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Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 23 - Rhapsody in Blue
First Aired: April. 06,1988

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.

Episode 22 - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
First Aired: March. 30,1988

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.

Episode 21 - How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?
First Aired: March. 23,1988

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.

Episode 20 - Blues in the Night
First Aired: March. 16,1988

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.

Episode 19 - Babyface
Episode 18 - I'll Be Seeing You
First Aired: February. 16,1988

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.

Episode 17 - Lady, Be Good
First Aired: February. 02,1988

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.

Episode 15 - But Not for Me
First Aired: January. 19,1988

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.

Episode 14 - It Had to Be You
First Aired: January. 12,1988

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.

Episode 13 - After You've Gone
First Aired: January. 05,1988

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.

Episode 12 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
First Aired: December. 08,1987

One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.

Episode 11 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
First Aired: December. 01,1987

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.

Episode 10 - Love Me Or Leave Me
First Aired: November. 17,1987

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.

Episode 9 - The Man I Love
First Aired: November. 10,1987

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.

Episode 8 - Body and Soul
First Aired: November. 03,1987

""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.

Episode 7 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
First Aired: October. 27,1987

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.

Episode 6 - Love for Sale
Episode 5 - The Man That Got Away
First Aired: October. 13,1987

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.

Episode 4 - Laura
First Aired: October. 06,1987

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.

Episode 3 - Fatal Attraction (2)
First Aired: September. 29,1987

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.

Episode 2 - Fatal Attraction (1)
First Aired: September. 29,1987

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.

Episode 1 - Happy Days Are Here Again
First Aired: September. 26,1987

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.

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