Jake and the Fatman

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.

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 1h 0m

Release: 1987

Rating: 5.8

Season 1 - Jake and the Fatman
26 Sep 1987
"A Senator candidate's lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair."
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"No description"
13 Oct 1987
"A defense lawyer kills the boyfriend of his ex-wife and frames her for it."
20 Oct 1987
"N\/A"
03 Nov 1987
"N\/A"
10 Nov 1987
"A woman whose father is a good friend of McCabe's is nearly killed by her husband. But she refuses to believe he did it. So while she recuperates in a hospital, McCabe has Jake pose as a ..."
17 Nov 1987
"N\/A"
01 Dec 1987
"A woman who was assaulted and left blind leaves the hospital and goes home with her husband. Later the man who attacked her returns but she manages to shoot him and her husband. Jake ..."
05 Jan 1988
"N\/A"
12 Jan 1988
"N\/A"
19 Jan 1988
"McCabe finds himself among the hostages held in the courtroom by a well-armed gunman, while outside Jake frantically works to find a way to neutralise the situation before anyone is hurt."
02 Feb 1988
"N\/A"
16 Feb 1988
"A guy who worked for a criminal offers to testify against his boss. McCabe is incredulous because he knows the man is untrustworthy and only thinks of himself. When he takes the stand he ..."
23 Feb 1988
"N\/A"
16 Mar 1988
"A woman who's a friend of McCabe's, has a twin sister who's a criminal. And she commits a crime and does it at the same time her sister was with McCabe. When Jake investigates and witnesses..."
23 Mar 1988
"A man hires a P.I. to see if his wife is having an affair. She discovers that the man is a priest. The man tells the P.I. to be quiet. But the P.I. goes to the wife and tries to shake her ..."
06 Apr 1988
"N\/A"
1988-04-06
"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."