7.7/1037 votes#1 - I Only Have Eyes for You
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1989
A newly released convict starts terrorizing the woman who witnessed against him. She goes to McCabe for help, who was prosecutor who put him in jail.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
- 7.5/1029 votes
#2 - The Lady in Red
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1989
Ed Delaney, an ex-cop and an old friend of McCabe, is killed when he comes close to solving ""The Lady in Red"" Murder - a 20-year-old unsolved murder case that got him fired from the police.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Kimmer Ringwald
- 6.9/1031 votes
#3 - Easy to Love
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1989
Jake and Stg. Danoho (a LAPD cop) are transporting a prisoner to Los Angeles, when the prisoner escapes and Danoho is killed. Danoho's partner, Sgt. Walker, goes to Hawaii to assist in the investigation and it turns out there's bad blood between her and Jake.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Fred McKnight
- 7.2/1028 votes
#4 - The Way You Look Tonight
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1989
A young lady is acquitted for killing her mother, and wants to hire Jake privately to find the killer. Jake turns it down because he's on his way to a vacation, but then McCabe refuses to let him take any days off. So Jake quits his job and takes the assignment.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Jeri Taylor
- 7.5/1030 votes
#5 - Dancing in the Dark
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1989
A cat burglar robs a hotel while McCabe is hosting a district attorney convention there. The immediate suspect is Harry McGuinn, a recently released cat burglar. He insists that he is innocent, and tries to help Jake solve the robbery.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Steve Aspis
- 7.4/1027 votes
#6 - It All Depends on You
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1989
Derek gets his first case - a drunk driver who assaulted a police officer. But the driver is a powerful man, and suddenly Derek's main witness lies and the judge dismisses the case.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: David Moessinger
- 7.7/1029 votes
#7 - Out of Nowhere
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1989
Jake and the FBI go after Victor Potemkin, a suspected drug smuggler. But when they raid his house they find no drugs, but Jake finds someone he knows - a woman who disappeared overnight just as he was about to propose to her.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Jeri Taylor
- 7.6/1028 votes
#8 - Sweet Leilani
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1989
An unknown girl washes up on a beach murdered, and a friend of McCabe, the newspaper columnist Leilani Simons, takes an unusual interest in the case.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Rick Mittleman
- 7.1/1030 votes
#9 - My Shining Hour
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1989
Jake helps out the actor, Tom Cody, who played his childhood idol - the Skyhawk. Tom has been reduced to an alcoholized, broke veteran plane pilot, and no one believes him when he witnesses a murder.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1031 votes
#10 - Long Ago and Far Away
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1989
Judge Smithwood starts receiving death threats after sentencing a young man to 20 years for rape. And a mysterious man in an army captain uniform steals a high precision sniper rifle from a local military base.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1033 votes
#11 - What Child is This?
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1989
It's Christmas, and pregnant young lady is on the run from two mobsters. Gertrude makes a surprise visit to McCabe, and helps with the Christmas celebration.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Jeri Taylor
- 7.4/1029 votes
#12 - In the Still of the Night
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1990
Derek gets Jake to look into things, when the sister of a good friend is arrested for possession of drugs. She says they were planted by her mother-in-law, who is angry with her son for trying to take control of the family company, and at her for marrying him.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: Carol Saraceno
- 7.3/1027 votes
#13 - You Turned the Tables on Me
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1990
After several failed raids on mafia boss Everett Ashford, it appears the PA's office has a leak. Evidence starts to point to Leigh Perry, a rising star in the PA's office and the head of the organized crime division.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1031 votes
#14 - One More for the Road
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1990
Derek collides with a pedestrian on his way home from a beach party. When the man dies, Derek is charged with manslaughter.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Carol Saraceno
- 7.3/1026 votes
#15 - Who's Sorry Now?
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1990
Nick Voss, a wanted criminal whose brother is about to be executed, kidnaps McCabe. Voss demands that his brother is released, or McCabe will share the same fate.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 7.1/1027 votes
#16 - I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1990
Jake travels to Los Angeles to attend his sister's wedding. The groom has a shady past, but he swears it's all behind him. But then, why is he working for a local gangster?
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1030 votes
#17 - My Buddy
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1990
Jake catches a young girl picking his pocket. He tries to help her home, but she is very uncooperative. Meanwhile McCabe has problems with a murdered money counterfeiter.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1029 votes
#18 - By Myself
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1990
A rapist is loose, attacking single women in their homes. Meanwhile McCabe takes Max to the ""Happy Dogs"" class.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votes
#19 - I Ain't Got No Body
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1990
A woman disappears when looking into her mother's death at a health resort. Jake and LA cop Karen Stetson go undercover at the resort, posing as a married couple.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 7.3/1033 votes
#20 - Put Your Dreams Away
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990
Jake is undercover on a plane transporting drugs, when his real identity is discovered. The pilot fatally wounds him, and jump out with the only parachute. From the control tower McCabe tries to keep Jake conscious by talking about their previous adventures while the plane flies toward the airport.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1025 votes
#21 - If I Didn't Care
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/28/1990
Jake gets a visit from an old classmate with a heavy obligation - he must kill Jake Styles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1030 votes
#22 - You're Driving Me Crazy
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1990
McCabe prosecutes a man for murdering his wife, when the man's story about them being assaulted by gang members doesn't check out.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michele Val Jean
- 7.4/1025 votes
#23 - You Took Advantage of Me
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1990
Dr. Carmichael is charged with murdering his wife, but is given an alibi by her secretary. McCabe smells a rat and sends Jake undercover - getting a job as Carmichael's chauffeur.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Robert Schlitt
- 7.5/1029 votes
#24 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1990
Jake and Derek negotiates with a slightly paranoid man who has evidence against a crocked oil company, while McCabe gets a visit from a young woman claiming to be his daughter.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: Douglas Benton
- 8.3/1032 votes
#25 - Danny Boy
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/9/1990
When a gang marks him for death, Daniel joins a group about to escape from the prison. To insure his cooperation the escapees frame him for murder.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
The Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 3
Every episode of Jake and the Fatman Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"I Only Have Eyes for You" is the best rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Chuck Bowman and written by Paul Robert Coyle, it aired on 9/20/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Lady in Red".