Jake and the Fatman Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Jake and the Fatman: Season 5 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 5 Episode 22: Mickey Daytona

  Jake teams up with a top New York police officer to pursue a legal counsel suspected of rape

• Season 5 Episode 21: Nightmare

  Jake investigates an escort service after one of its girls is slain for tipping him off about its drug-running operation.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Ain't Misbehavin'

  The duo help a bondswoman track down a client she posted a $1million bail for. Drama, starring William Conrad and Joe Penny

• Season 5 Episode 19: All Through the Night

  Neely Capshaw is stalked by a psychiatrist she helped send to jail five years previously. Guest starring David Soul

• Season 5 Episode 18: I Can't Believe I'm Losing You

  Jake and his girlfriend are nearly killed in a car-bombing after she receives anonymous threats.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Pennies from Heaven

  Jake tracks a Samaritan who gives money from an old bank robbery to schoolchildren who do good deeds.

• Season 5 Episode 16: There'll Be Some Changes Made

  A singer hoping to re-launch her career is almost killed by a crazed stalker

• Season 5 Episode 15: You'll Never Know

  The investigation into the murder of a doctor reveals disturbing links to child pornography

• Season 5 Episode 14: Stormy Weather : Part Two

  Part two of two. Jake discovers evidence linking the murders to Warren's old corner man - but the investigation grows even more complicated. William Conrad stars

• Season 5 Episode 13: Stormy Weather : Part One

  McCabe and Jake are accused of a wrongful murder conviction during the former's re-election bid.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Just You, Just Me

  Street gang members target a disabled pharmacist (Christopher Templeton) who won't close her store to honor their fallen peer.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Since I Fell for You

  Derek makes a surprising discovery : the love of his life didn't actually die in a plane crash six years ago. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 10: Come Closer to Me

  A group of pickpockets inadvertently steal from a Mafia hit-man, and find they have details about his next target. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 9: Last Dance

  A man steps forward claiming to be a murderer just as McCabe is successfully prosecuting another person for the crime. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 8: Come Along With Me

  The sleuth investigates a case in which bodies are found with vital organs removed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 7: Every Time We Say Goodbye

  Neely goes undercover as a model to investigate the death of her friend. Melody Anderson stars

• Season 5 Episode 6: Two Different Worlds

  A young woman tries to track down a criminal who wants to kill her sister. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 5: I Could Write a Book

  A writer who intends to publish a book about his ex-wife is found dead. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 4: I'll Never Be the Same

  Styles becomes the prime suspect when a 14-year-old boy is killed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 3: Street of Dreams

  Jake befriends a teen graffiti artist who is the prime suspect in a vagrant's murder.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Where Or When : Part Two

  Part two of two. Jake goes undercover to find the truth about a man Delaney saw killed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 5 Episode 1: Where Or When : Part One

  Part one of two. Ed Delaney witnesses a man's death, but by the time he informs the police, the body has disappeared. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

Jake and the Fatman: Season 4 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 4 Episode 24: Nevertheless

  McCabe prosecutes a man who murdered his wife and tried to make it look as though she died in a mugging. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 23: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

  A priest becomes a suspect in the murder of a woman he was having an affair with. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 22: We'll Meet Again

  McCabe is attacked by a man dressed as a clown as he shows a group of schoolchildren around the courthouse. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 21: I'd Do Anything

  A psychiatrist tries to lure her lover into killing her husband. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 20: Second Time Around

  Jake and McCabe investigate the murder of a man thought to have died five years earlier.

• Season 4 Episode 19: It Never Entered My Mind

  Dick Van Dyke guests in what is effectively a pilot for long-running series Diagnosis Murder, which sees his character Dr Sloan charged with murdering a hospital director

• Season 4 Episode 18: You Don't Know Me

  A good friend of McCabe's loses his top level job due to his wife and her lover : who later turns up dead, causing suspicions to arise. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 17: I Cover the Waterfront

  Derek suspects foul play when a former drug addict dies in suspicious circumstances

• Season 4 Episode 16: Pretty Baby

  McCabe is left to take care of a baby, when its mother : the witness to a murder : is killed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 15: I'm Gonna Live Till I Die

  An accountant witnesses a murder, and helps Jake try to find the real killer. Joe Penny stars

• Season 4 Episode 14: Daddy's Home

  Jake's long-lost father turns up at a family christening and announces he's in trouble. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 13: I May Be Wrong

  McCabe and Jake investigate a racist car bomb attack in which a South African diplomat was killed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 12: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

  McCabe's main witness in the prosecution of a major criminal is murdered on the way to court. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 11: I Know That You Know

  Jake smells a rat when a woman is found dead in her home after allegedly surprising a burglar. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 10: Goodbye : Part Two

  Jake tracks a murderer to the mainland, where he encounters resistance from the local police.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Goodbye : Part One

  Part one of two. Jake finds himself dealing with a group of crooked cops after they intercept his call when reporting a dead body. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 8: Night and Day

  An investigation pits Jake and McCabe against a private eye who wants to prove a mobster killed her husband.

• Season 4 Episode 7: More Than You Know

  McCabe and the team hunt a serial killer who tries to throw them off the scent. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 6: My Boy Bill

  An attorney, prosecuting a jewel robbery case, bears the kidnapping of her son as leverage for the accused.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Only You

  Posing as a henchman for a gang of industrial spies, Jake falls for a friend's widow (Jane Sibbett) who could blow his cover.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Round Midnight

  Jake goes undercover on a case involving the conspiracy of a car thief and a well-known jewel robber. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 3: Exactly Like You

  McCabe suspects a man's confession to the murder of a bank executive who denied him a loan.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Tender Trap

  Derek becomes suspicious of his uncle's new bride to be and decides to check up on her. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 4 Episode 1: God Bless the Child

  McCabe investigates when two parents are murdered by their sons. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

Jake and the Fatman: Season 3 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 3 Episode 26: Chinatown, My Chinatown

  Jake enlists the help of Tommy Tang, the son of a godfather when he is assigned to investigate the death of a journalist in Chinatown. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 25: Danny Boy

  A man is framed for murder after joining a group escaping from prison. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 24: My Heart Belongs to Daddy

  McCabe gets a surprise when a woman turns up claiming to be his daughter. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 23: You Took Advantage of Me

  McCabe smells a rat when a man charged with murder is suddenly given an alibi. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 22: You're Driving Me Crazy

  A murder case pits McCabe against a conniving rival, a flamboyant defense attorney.

• Season 3 Episode 21: If I Didn't Care

  Jake's old classmate turns up : but his intentions are deadly. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 20: Put Your Dreams Away

  Detective series about a tough Los Angeles' DA who gets tough on crime along with his investigator sidekick. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 19: I Ain't Got No Body

  A woman's disappearance leads Jake and a Los Angeles detective (Doran Clark) to an expensive health resort.

• Season 3 Episode 18: By Myself

  McCabe and Joe try to catch a rapist who is attacking women in their own homes. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 17: My Buddy

  A homeless girl who stole Jake's wallet leads him to a homicidal counterfeiter.

• Season 3 Episode 16: I'll Dance At Your Wedding

  Jake goes to his sister's wedding and learns her husband-to-be is working for a gangster. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 15: Who's Sorry Now

  McCabe is kidnapped by a wanted criminal hoping to secure his brother's release from prison. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 14: One More for the Road

  Derek faces manslaughter charges after an accident at the end of a party. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 13: You Turned the Table On Me

  Several attempted raids on a Mafia boss fail leading the cops to think there's an informant. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 12: In the Still of the Night

  Derek helps an old friend who becomes a prime suspect in the murder of her inheritor husband.

• Season 3 Episode 11: What Child Is This?

  A pregnant woman finds herself on the run from a gang of mobsters. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 10: Long Ago and Far Away

  A judge receives death threats after he sentences a man to 20 years for rape. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 9: My Shining Hour

  Only McCabe believes a former TV hero (Ernest Borgnine), now on hard times, witnessed a murder.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Sweet Leilani

  Jake and McCabe investigate the death of a girl whose body was washed up on the beach. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 7: Out of Nowhere

  Jake and the FBI raid a drug smuggler's house and find something more interesting than illegal substances. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 6: It All Depends On You

  Derek is assigned his first case but things don't run smoothly for him. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 5: Dancing in the Dark

  The hotel in which McCabe is hosting a convention is burgled. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 4: The Way You Look Tonight

  Acquitted of her mother's murder, a tycoon's daughter (Rosalind Chao) hires Jake to find the real killer.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Easy to Love

  A dangerous prisoner escapes while Jake and an officer are transporting him, and in the struggle the cop is killed. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Lady in Red

  McCabe investigates the death of an ex-cop and old friend who was close to finally solving a 20-year-old murder case. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 3 Episode 1: I Only Have Eyes for You

  A woman seeks McCabe's help when she is terrorised by an ex-convict. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

Jake and the Fatman: Season 2 (1989)

• Season 2 Episode 11: Snowfall

  Jake helps the Secret Service find a money counterfeiter. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 10: Side By Side

  Trouble breaks out when a bomb is discovered on the boat that Jake and his friend's son are fishing on. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 9: They Can't Take That Away from Me

  Jake and two colleagues work on a drugs bust but the next day his friends are found dead. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 8: Someone to Watch Over Me

  Jake investigates the death of a woman found on the beach, and at first, the finger of suspicion points to her boyfriend. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 7: It Ain't Necessarily So

  The wife of a wealthy adult magazine publisher is killed when the couple return from holiday and confront a burglar in their home. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 6: Poor Butterfly

  Jake inadvertently endangers a woman and her son when he asks her to testify against her brutal former pimp.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Why You Can't Behave?

  McCabe investigates the death of a friend in a plane crash and discovers it was no accident. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 4: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

  Jake investigates a robbery at a transport company and ends up getting involved with the owner. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 3: I'll Never Smile Again

  A tourist unwittingly leads Jake and McCabe into an investigation of a rash of vigilante murders.

• Season 2 Episode 2: Wish You Were Here : Part Two

  Part two of two. Jake continues to investigate the death of his friend in Hawaii. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 2 Episode 1: Wish You Were Here : Part One

  Part one of two. Jake heads off to Hawaii to visit an old friend, only to find him dead when he arrives. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

Jake and the Fatman: Season 1 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 1 Episode 23: Rhapsody in Blue

  A disgruntled employee passed over for promotion plots with his wife to bump off his boss. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 22: I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

  A twisted crime writer commits a clever murder just so he can write about it and reap the rewards. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 21: How Long Has This Thing Been Going On

  After learning of his wife's intention to leave him, a newspaper magnate kills her and frames her lover for the crime.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Blues in the Night

  A socialite becomes an unwilling accessory to murder when her twin sister (Susan Blakely in a dual role) uses her as a foil for her crimes.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Babyface

  McCabe is called in to investigate when the daughter of a wealthy man arranges her own kidnapping. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 18: I'll Be Seeing You

  McCabe gets the chance to nail crime boss O'Rourke when an informant offers to testify against him. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 17: Lady, Be Good

  McCabe witnesses a wealthy publisher's death as an accident, but a $9 million life insurance policy tells him otherwise.

• Season 1 Episode 16: What is This Thing Called Love

  As an armed ex-convict holds Derek and McCabe hostage in a courtroom, Jake works frantically to obtain their safe release.

• Season 1 Episode 15: But Not For Me

  McCabe and Jake smell coverup when a mobster is murdered in a news correspondent's (Barbara Parkins) home following a TV interview.

• Season 1 Episode 14: It Had to Be You

  A suspect's allergy to cats incriminates him in a series of campus rapes, but Jake and McCabe need corroborating witnesses.

• Season 1 Episode 13: After You've Gone

  Jake spots hit-man Sagittarius at the airport and becomes involved in a gunfight which leads to the assassin's death. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 12: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

  A deputy DA gets her first taste of a real murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments winds up dead. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 11: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

  McCabe has a tough job trying to gather evidence against a burglar who killed one woman and blinded another in a robbery that went wrong. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 10: Love Me Or Leave Me

  Murderer Ed Galvin escapes while being transported to prison, after threatening McCabe and the arresting cop's lives. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 9: The Man I Love

  McCabe poses as the brother of a wealthy woman who survived when she was pushed off a boat while with her new husband. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 8: Body and Soul

  McCabe assigns the murder of an electronics store owner to Karen Stetson, whose father was killed by the main suspect. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 7: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  A serial killer (Dwight Schultz) who preys on street people plays a game of cat and mouse with McCabe.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Love For Sale

  McCabe helps a hooker whose pimp is using her to smuggle drugs. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Man That Got Away

  A wealthy lawyer kills his ex-wife's new man in the hope she will be accused of the murder. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 4: Laura

  Jake's former partner is killed and the finger of guilt points at the dead man's fiancee. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 3: Fatal Attraction : Part Two

  When a wealthy businessman is slain -- supposedly by a burglar -- McCabe suspects the victim's young wife (Karen Austin).

• Season 1 Episode 2: Fatal Attraction : Part One

  Part one of two. McCabe asks questions when he believes a thief accused of murder may be innocent. William Conrad and Joe Penny star

• Season 1 Episode 1: Happy Days Are Here Again

  A Senate candidate (Robert Reed) is threatened with blackmail after his mistress is killed.