8.0/1040 votes#1 - Wish You Were Here (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/1989
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1033 votes
#2 - Wish You Were Here (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/1989
Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#3 - I'll Never Smile Again
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/1989
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.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#4 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/1989
Jake investigates a robbery of a transportation company, and gets involved with its owner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1032 votes
#5 - Why Can't You Behave?
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/1989
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votes
#6 - Poor Butterfly
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/1989
Jake goes after a pimp, who killed a prostitute who was to testify against him.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1031 votes
#7 - It Ain't Necessarily So
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/1989
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.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1029 votes
#8 - Someone to Watch Over Me
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/1989
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.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1028 votes
#9 - They Can't Take That Away from Me
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/1989
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.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Catherine Clinch
- 6.8/1032 votes
#10 - Side by Side
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/17/1989
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.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Snowfall
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/24/1989
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.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: N/A
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!
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.
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Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Wish You Were Here (1)" is the best rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/15/1989. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Wish You Were Here (2)".