Jake and the Fatman

E01

Episode 1

Happy Days Are Here Again

1987-09-26 · 60m

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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E02

Episode 2

Fatal Attraction (1)

1987-09-29 · 60m

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.

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E03

Episode 3

Fatal Attraction (2)

1987-09-29 · 60m

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.

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E04

Episode 4

Laura

1987-10-06 · 60m

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.

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E05

Episode 5

The Man That Got Away

1987-10-13 · 60m

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.

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E06

Episode 6

Love for Sale

1987-10-20 · 60m

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

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E07

Episode 7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1987-10-27 · 60m

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.

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E08

Episode 8

Body and Soul

1987-11-03 · 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.

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E09

Episode 9

The Man I Love

1987-11-10 · 60m

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.

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E10

Episode 10

Love Me Or Leave Me

1987-11-17 · 60m

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.

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E11

Episode 11

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

1987-12-01 · 60m

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.

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E12

Episode 12

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

1987-12-08 · 60m

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

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E13

Episode 13

★ 10.0

After You've Gone

1988-01-05 · 60m

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.

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E14

Episode 14

★ 10.0

It Had to Be You

1988-01-12 · 60m

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.

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E15

Episode 15

★ 10.0

But Not for Me

1988-01-19 · 60m

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.

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E16

Episode 16

★ 10.0

What Is This Thing Called Love?

1988-01-26 · 60m

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

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E17

Episode 17

★ 10.0

Lady, Be Good

1988-02-02 · 60m

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.

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E18

Episode 18

★ 10.0

I'll Be Seeing You

1988-02-16 · 60m

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.

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E19

Episode 19

★ 10.0

Babyface

1988-02-23 · 60m

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

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E20

Episode 20

Blues in the Night

1988-03-16 · 60m

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.

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E21

Episode 21

How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?

1988-03-23 · 60m

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.

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E22

Episode 22

I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

1988-03-30 · 60m

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.

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E23

Episode 23

★ 10.0

Rhapsody in Blue

1988-04-06 · 60m

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.

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