Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman
TV ShowEnded

Jake and the Fatman

6.2 / 10
1987
5 seasons
106 episodes
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

  • Happy Days Are Here Again

    1.Happy Days Are Here Again

    26-09-198760m

    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 unl...

  • Fatal Attraction (1)

    2.Fatal Attraction (1)

    29-09-198760m

    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 suspici...

  • Fatal Attraction (2)

    3.Fatal Attraction (2)

    29-09-198760m

    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 suspici...

  • Laura

    4.Laura

    06-10-198760m

    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.

  • The Man That Got Away

    5.The Man That Got Away

    13-10-198760m

    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.

  • Love for Sale

    6.Love for Sale

    20-10-198760m

    A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    7.Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    27-10-198760m

    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 wa...

  • Body and Soul

    8.Body and Soul

    03-11-198760m

    ""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...

  • The Man I Love

    9.The Man I Love

    10-11-198760m

    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...

  • Love Me Or Leave Me

    10.Love Me Or Leave Me

    17-11-198760m

    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.

  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    11.Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    01-12-198760m

    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 operati...

  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    12.Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    08-12-198760m

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

  • After You've Gone

    13.After You've Gone

    10.0
    05-01-198860m

    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 t...

  • It Had to Be You

    14.It Had to Be You

    10.0
    12-01-198860m

    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.

  • But Not for Me

    15.But Not for Me

    10.0
    19-01-198860m

    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...

  • What Is This Thing Called Love?

    16.What Is This Thing Called Love?

    10.0
    26-01-198860m

    A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.

  • Lady, Be Good

    17.Lady, Be Good

    10.0
    02-02-198860m

    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.

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    18.I'll Be Seeing You

    10.0
    16-02-198860m

    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 w...

  • Babyface

    19.Babyface

    10.0
    23-02-198860m

    The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.

  • Blues in the Night

    20.Blues in the Night

    0.0
    16-03-198860m

    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.

  • How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?

    21.How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?

    0.0
    23-03-198860m

    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.

  • I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

    22.I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

    0.0
    30-03-198860m

    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.

  • Rhapsody in Blue

    23.Rhapsody in Blue

    10.0
    06-04-198860m

    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 Dun...

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