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The Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 2

Every episode of Jake and the Fatman Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 2

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...

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  1. Background image for Wish You Were Here (1)
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #1 - Wish You Were Here (1)

    S2:E1

    Jake goes to Hawaii to visit a longtime friend, John Graney, but finds him dead when he arrives. Meanwhile McCabe resigns his position as district attorney and decides to move to Hawaii.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Wish You Were Here (2)
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Wish You Were Here (2)

    S2:E2

    Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for I'll Never Smile Again
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    #3 - I'll Never Smile Again

    S2:E3

    A tourist tries to stop a mugging, but he is grabbed from behind and the mugger stabs him. When the police arrive, the tourist is still alive, but the mugger is dead from a bullet wound and on the ground lies a gun used to kill several muggers. The third man is nowhere to be seen.

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    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #4 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    S2:E4

    Jake investigates a robbery of a transportation company, and gets involved with its owner.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Why Can't You Behave?
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Why Can't You Behave?

    S2:E5

    A friend of McCabe, senator Brandauer, is killed in a plane crash, and investigation reveals it was no accident. The plane had substandard parts bought in a deal brokered by McCabe's son, Daniel.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Poor Butterfly

    S2:E6

    Jake goes after a pimp, who killed a prostitute who was to testify against him.

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  8. Background image for It Ain't Necessarily So
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #7 - It Ain't Necessarily So

    S2:E7

    A burglar surprises Wallace Cogan, a publisher of adult magazines, and his wife Marina when they are returning home from a holiday. He kills Marina, but is wounded by Cogan before he gets away.

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    6.8/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Someone to Watch Over Me

    S2:E8

    A young woman is found dead on the beach from a drug overdose. The immediate suspect is her ex-boyfriend, Sonny, so Jake goes pick him up for questioning. But a mysterious gunman is also interested in Sonny, and tries to kill him before Jake can get to him.

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    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #9 - They Can't Take That Away from Me

    S2:E9

    Jake and two friends participate in a drug bust that goes sour. The next day those friends are found dead - killed by a shotgun blast while they were in their car at the docks.

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    6.8/10(33 votes)

    #10 - Side by Side

    S2:E10

    McCabe and the son of a friend go fishing, and discover a bomb on the their boat. Unable to disarm it they jump in the sea and swim to a nearby island. Meanwhile Jake and Derek presume they're dead, and go looking for the bomber.

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    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown
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    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Snowfall

    S2:E11

    The Secret Service gets help from Jake in catching a money counterfeiter, who trades his product for cocaine. It becomes personal for Jake when a friend is killed during a failed raid.

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    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Wish You Were Here (1)" is the best rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/15/1989. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Wish You Were Here (2)".