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Jake and the Fatman (1987 – 1992)

1987 • 5 seasons • Drama, Crime • TV-PG
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Jake and the Fatman — Season 4

24 episodes · Sep 12, 1990

1. God Bless the Child
Sep 12, 1990 · 60m

The siblings, bound by a shared history, enacted a terrible deed. Their parents, in a moment of cold calculation, had threatened to exclude them from their inheritance. The consequence was a violence that irrevocably altered the course of t…

2. The Tender Trap
Sep 19, 1990 · 60m

Derek’s uncle shared the news of his impending marriage. Yet, a disquiet settled within Derek. The bride was nearly half his uncle’s age, and a seed of suspicion took root. He began to investigate her past, seeking answers to the unsettling…

3. Exactly Like You
Sep 26, 1990 · 60m

McCabe’s friend has been murdered in a brutal, single-shot execution. A witness has identified Lyle Wicks as the perpetrator, and Wicks himself has confessed. However, inconsistencies within his account prompt Jake to continue the investiga…

4. 'Round Midnight
Oct 3, 1990 · 60m

A shadow of displeasure fell over Jake when his friend’s Porsche was stolen at gunpoint. He pursued the thief, but hesitated upon discovering the carjacker in the company of a notorious jewel thief. Thus, adopting the guise of an alarm spec…

5. Only You
Oct 24, 1990 · 60m

Jake immersed himself in the world of industrial espionage, working undercover to identify the mastermind pulling the strings. The investigation grew intricate, however, with the unexpected arrival of a friend from Los Angeles.

6. My Boy Bill
Oct 31, 1990 · 60m

The deputy personal assistant found herself in a terrible predicament. Kidnappers held her son, and their leverage was a demand: she was to lose the case she was working on.

7. More Than You Know
Nov 7, 1990 · 60m

Detective Jake stared into the unsettling pattern: each victim marked with a single, delicate orchid. The killer’s signature was a strange, elegant contradiction to the brutality of the crimes. Meanwhile, somewhere else in the city, McCabe …

8. Night and Day
Nov 14, 1990 · 60m

Jake and the private investigator, Casey Quinn, set their sights on Peter LaMotta, the man suspected of murdering her husband and possibly involved in smuggling.

9. Goodbye (1)
Nov 28, 1990 · 60m

While fishing off Maui, Jake stumbles upon a body in the water, an unwelcome discovery that quickly plunges him into trouble. A group of corrupt Los Angeles officers intercepts his call to the authorities and, with deliberate calculation, c…

10. Goodbye (2)
Nov 28, 1990 · 60m

In Los Angeles, Jake faces the daunting task of proving his innocence against accusations of murder.

11. I Know That You Know
Dec 12, 1990 · 60m

The woman was discovered dead in her own home, a victim of a burglar she had startled, setting off the alarm in the process. The perpetrator was quickly apprehended and convicted of her murder, yet McCabe harbored a nagging doubt. He tasked…

12. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Jan 2, 1991 · 60m

Prosecuting the notorious crime boss Robert Burgess, Detective McCabe finds his key witness murdered en route to court. With the case on the verge of collapse, Jake locates Burgess’s former girlfriend and must bring her before the judge to …

13. I May Be Wrong
Jan 9, 1991 · 60m

A South African diplomat was killed when a car bomb, bearing the insignia of the extremist South African racist group known as "the Order of Blood," detonated nearby. In response, South Africa dispatched a Black police officer to Los Angele…

14. Daddy's Home
Feb 6, 1991 · 60m

The church bells chimed softly as Jake sat through the christening of his niece, a quiet observer amidst the well-meaning bustle. Then, a figure emerged from the crowd, a man he hadn’t seen in a lifetime – his father, returned after twenty-…

15. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Feb 13, 1991 · 60m

The accountant found himself a witness to a murder, and eager to assist Jake with the investigation. Yet, a few days later, he appeared at Jake’s apartment with a grim announcement: he himself had been murdered.

16. Pretty Baby
Feb 27, 1991 · 60m

Jake’s friend, Cindy O'Malley, inadvertently witnesses a murder. The killer spots her, and a desperate chase ensues, ending with a gunshot wound to Cindy. With Cindy injured, McCabe & Co. must assume responsibility for her infant while simu…

17. I Cover the Waterfront
Mar 6, 1991 · 60m

A visitor from his past stirred something within Derek, a friend attempting to guide him toward a different path. The following day, he was discovered deceased, his body burdened with the remnants of drugs and alcohol. Though the police con…

18. You Don't Know Me
Mar 13, 1991 · 60m

Andrew Blane, a valued friend of McCabe and the director of Blane Electronics, was ousted from his post by his wife and her lover, Gregg Hatton. The following day, Hatton perished in an explosion at his residence.

19. It Never Entered My Mind
Mar 20, 1991 · 60m

Dr. Sloan stands accused of the murder of Havilland, the hospital director who was conducting an inquiry into him and two colleagues.

20. Second Time Around
Apr 3, 1991 · 60m

McCabe encountered a case – a man, presumed dead for five years – and tasked Jake with investigating the circumstances.

21. I'd Do Anything
Apr 10, 1991 · 60m

The psychiatrist and patient shared a clandestine relationship, one that fractured when the patient’s husband discovered the betrayal. Faced with the collapse of her carefully constructed world, she began to subtly influence her lover, guid…

22. We'll Meet Again
Apr 24, 1991 · 60m

As McCabe conducted a tour of the courthouse for a group of schoolchildren, a figure in clown attire made a desperate attempt on his life with a shotgun. The shot went wide, and the assailant vanished. McCabe then delved into past convictio…

23. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
May 1, 1991 · 60m

The priest conducted a clandestine relationship with a woman nearly half his age. When she is found dead, he immediately becomes the central figure of suspicion.

24. Nevertheless
May 8, 1991 · 60m

In a shadowed alley, Todd Kurtin murdered his wife, staging the scene to resemble a mugging. Yet, the narrative did not persuade McCabe. He pursued the prosecution of Kurtin, despite the fragility of the evidence.