Jake and the Fatman

Episodes

Season 1 · 23 episodes

• E1 Happy Days Are Here Again
  Sep 26, 1987 45 min

  A speechwriter frames a politician for murdering his assistant, then tries to blackmail him.

• E2 Fatal Attraction (1)
  Sep 29, 1987 45 min

  McCabe sets out to prove that a wealthy businessman was murdered by his widow and son – two lovers conspiring to get his money.

• E3 Fatal Attraction (2)
  Sep 29, 1987 45 min

  McCabe sets out to prove that a wealthy businessman was murdered by his widow and son – two lovers conspiring to get his money.

• E4 Laura
  Oct 6, 1987 45 min

  Jake's former partner is killed while chasing an alleged burglar, but the evidence points towards the dead man's fiancee.

• E5 The Man That Got Away
  Oct 13, 1987 45 min

  Jake and McCabe question the evidence found in the case of a woman charged with murder, whose lawyer is also her ex-husband.

• E6 Love for Sale
  Oct 20, 1987 45 min

  Jake becomes attracted to a woman involved in a drug-smuggling operation while investigating the murder of one of McCabe's informants.

• E7 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  Oct 27, 1987 45 min

  A skid-row serial killer matches wits with McCabe after murdering a surprising victim.

• E8 Body and Soul
  Nov 3, 1987 45 min

  Jake helps a determined cop (who is also a former lover) try to convict the man who killed her father, a criminal whom McCabe suspects of committing another murder.

• E9 The Man I Love
  Nov 10, 1987 45 min

  A young bride survives an attempt on her life, so McCabe sends Jake to dig up dirt on her suspicious husband.

• E10 Love Me or Leave Me
  Nov 17, 1987 45 min

  Jake gets close to an aspiring rock star in order to catch a dirty cop who's involved in a million-dollar robbery

• E11 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  Dec 1, 1987 45 min

  The man who attacked a blind woman is found dead, supposedly shot by the woman's cheating husband.

• E12 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  Dec 8, 1987 45 min

  It's Christmastime, but McCabe isn't feeling so jolly as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake find a murderous Santa Claus.

• E13 After You've Gone
  Jan 5, 1988 45 min

  Jake discovers a murder plot and takes the place of a dead hit man whose target happens to be McCabe.

• E14 It Had to Be You
  Jan 12, 1988 45 min

  When Jake discovers that a serial rapist's weakness is cats, a victim agrees to help set a trap.

• E15 But Not for Me
  Jan 19, 1988 45 min

  Jake suspects that a newswoman knows more about a gangster's murder than she's letting on, so McCabe attempts to get the truth from an unwilling witness: the newswoman's daughter.

• E16 What is This Thing Called Love?
  Jan 26, 1988 45 min

  McCabe and Derek are held captive by a grenade-laden gunman claiming to be out for revenge, but Jake discovers a different motive.

• E17 Lady, Be Good
  Feb 2, 1988 45 min

  McCabe believes that what looks like a drunken-driving accident is a murder, so he sends Jake to investigate.

• E18 I'll Be Seeing You
  Feb 16, 1988 45 min

  After ten years on the run, a murder witness returns to use McCabe against a powerful defendant for a big payoff, and Jake must escort the witness to court in one piece.

• E19 Babyface
  Feb 23, 1988 45 min

  Jake sets out to expose the double life of an alleged kidnapped heiress who's determined to get romantically close to him.

• E20 Blues in the Night
  Mar 16, 1988 45 min

  A pair of twin jewel thieves proves to be a challenge for McCabe as he unknowingly provides an alibi for one sister while the other commits a murder.

• E21 How Long Has This Been Going On?
  Mar 23, 1988 45 min

  Jake tries to prove that his friend, a philandering priest, is innocent in the murder of his married lover.

• E22 I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
  Mar 30, 1988 45 min

  An author who's a former cop literally kills for a best-seller, giving Jake and McCabe a plot that keeps them guessing.

• E23 Rhapsody in Blue
  Apr 6, 1988 45 min

  An ambitious exec and his devious wife desperate for success commit a murder, and it's up to Jake and McCabe to put them out of business.