Jake and the Fatman (1987)
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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4x01 God Bless the Child
12 September, 1990 8:00 am
A pair of spoiled children murder their wealthy father—who is one of McCabe's poker buddies—and frame a businessman for the crime.
4x02 The Tender Trap
19 September, 1990 8:00 am
Derek suspects his uncle's fiancee is a black widow, and she may have already spun her web.
4x03 Exactly Like You
26 September, 1990 8:00 am
A man confesses to murdering the banker who turned him down for a loan, but McCabe doesn't think the confession adds up.
4x04 'Round Midnight
03 October, 1990 8:00 am
In order to catch an elusive jewel thief, Jake poses as the burglar-alarm expert the thief requires for a job that's yet to be disclosed.
4x05 Only You
24 October, 1990 8:00 am
Jake's growing attraction to a friend could prove fatal when she interferes in his investigation of an industrial-espionage ring.
4x06 My Boy Bill
31 October, 1990 8:00 am
Sailors turned jewelry thieves abduct the son of the prosecuting attorney, and it's up to Jake to rescue him.
4x07 More Than You Know
07 November, 1990 8:00 am
After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a serial killer.
4x08 Night and Day
14 November, 1990 8:00 am
A hard-boiled PI is determined to make a case against the smuggler who shot her husband, whether Jake helps her or not.
4x09 Goodbye (1)
28 November, 1990 8:00 am
Jake follows a trail of dirty cops and dead drug dealers to the Mainland where he encounters old friends and new foes, so McCabe follows him to help out.
4x10 Goodbye (2)
28 November, 1990 8:00 am
Jake is in LA and has to clear himself of murder charges.
4x11 I Know That You Know
12 December, 1990 8:00 am
McCabe helps convict a burglar for the murder of an art collector, but further investigation of the case reveals that it also involves fraud and adultery.
4x12 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
02 January, 1991 8:00 am
Jake tries to get a reluctant witness to testify against a mob boss in court before McCabe's deadline passes.
4x13 I May Be Wrong
09 January, 1991 8:00 am
A cop and a pro-apartheid leader, each from South Africa, blame each other for the murder of a government official, also from South Africa – and Jake must found out who's the real killer.
4x14 Daddy's Home
06 February, 1991 8:00 am
Jake's father returns after deserting years ago, and he brings emotional upheaval and a threat from thugs with him.
4x15 I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
13 February, 1991 8:00 am
A mousy bookkeeper who's been poisoned spends his last days helping Jake find the rat who did it.
4x16 Pretty Baby
27 February, 1991 8:00 am
Jake, McCabe and Derek take turns looking after a baby while they search for the infant's mother who witnessed a murder.
4x17 I Cover the Waterfront
06 March, 1991 8:00 am
Derek goes down to the docks to investigate the death of his longshoreman friend, certain that the man has been murdered.
4x18 You Don't Know Me
13 March, 1991 8:00 am
An old friend of McCabe's is suspected of murdering the man who took away his business and had an affair with his wife, but he's got the Fatman as an airtight alibi.
4x19 It Never Entered My Mind
20 March, 1991 8:00 am
A doctor is accused of murdering a hospital administrator, so he starts his own investigation with the help of his med students. Note: This episode introduces Dr. Mark Sloan (plated by Dick Van Dyke) and sets up the spin-off series "Diagnosis: Murder."
4x20 Second Time Around
03 April, 1991 9:00 am
A woman's elaborate scheme to fake the death of her blackmailed partner has one fatal flaw: McCabe seeing the man alive.
4x21 I'd Do Anything
10 April, 1991 8:00 am
A psychiatrist manipulates her teenage lover into murdering her husband, then tries to use his fragile state of mind to get them both off the hook.
4x22 We'll Meet Again
24 April, 1991 8:00 am
A clown comes after McCabe with a sawed-off shotgun, leading the Fatman to remember all the suspects he convicted.
4x23 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
01 May, 1991 8:00 am
McCabe tries to clear his pastor of murdering his mistress.
4x24 Nevertheless
08 May, 1991 8:00 am
A man murders his wealthy wife and makes it look like a mugging, so McCabe has his star witness help crack the case.
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