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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!

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...
Genres:DramaCrimeAction & Adventure
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 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/15/1989. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Wish You Were Here (2)".

  • Wish You Were Here (1)
    8.0/1041 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

  • Wish You Were Here (2)
    7.4/1034 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

  • I'll Never Smile Again
    7.1/1029 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

  • Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
    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

  • Why Can't You Behave?
    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

  • Poor Butterfly
    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

  • It Ain't Necessarily So
    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

  • Someone to Watch Over Me
    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

  • They Can't Take That Away from Me
    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

  • Side by Side
    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

  • Snowfall
    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