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Jake and the Fatman

  • 1987 – 1992
  • Ended
  • Drama · Crime · Action & Adventure
  • ~1h / ep
  • 5 seasons
  • 6.2/10

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.

Latest: Season 5 · 1991

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  1. E1. Where or When (1)

    Sep 18, 1991 · 60m

    PI Ed Delaney sees a man die and calls the police, but when they come for the body it is gone. He identifies the man as millionaire Richard Rose, who as it turns out, is still alive...

  2. E2. Where or When (2)

    Sep 25, 1991 · 60m

    Jake goes undercover as a middle man between Rose and a rebel army wanting to buy Rose's hi-tech rifles, while Delaney finds proof that Rose isn't who he claims to be.

  3. E3. Street of Dreams

    Oct 30, 1991 · 60m

    A young graffiti painter witnesses a murder and takes the victim's wallet. Jake finds him, but he refuses to talk, figuring that if he could solve the case himself he'd get a reward.

  4. E4. I'll Never Be the Same

    Nov 6, 1991 · 60m

    Jake kills a 14-year-old boy. He claims the boy had a gun and fired upon him, but no gun is found and the neighbors didn't hear anything.

  5. E5. I Could Write a Book

    Nov 13, 1991 · 60m

    A writer is just about to publish an incriminating book about his ex-wife, when he is found dead in his bathtub.

  6. E6. Two Different Worlds

    Nov 20, 1991 · 60m

    A woman follows a client of her sister's law firm, and sees him rob a store and kill the attendants. She confronts the man, and threatens to tell the police unless he kills her sister.

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