7.5/1027 votes#1 - God Bless the Child
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1990
Two siblings kill their parents when their father threatens to remove them from the will.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1031 votes
#2 - The Tender Trap
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1990
Derek's uncle reveals he's about to get married. But Derek becomes suspicious because the bride is nearly half his uncle's age, and starts digging into her past.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Michele Val Jean
- 7.5/1026 votes
#3 - Exactly Like You
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1990
A friend of McCabe is killed execution style. A witness identifies Lyle Wicks as the murderer, and Wicks confesses. But several parts of his confession don't add up, so Jake continues the investigation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1027 votes
#4 - 'Round Midnight
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1990
Jake isn't very happy when his friend's Porsche is taken at gunpoint. He tracks down the robber, but holds off when he finds the carjacker associating with an infamous jewel thief. So posing as an alarm cracker, Jake goes undercover to find what their target is.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1025 votes
#5 - Only You
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1990
Jake goes under cover investigating industrial espionage, trying to find the top man. Things get complicated when an acquaintance for LA comes to visit.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carol Saraceno
- 7.2/1025 votes
#6 - My Boy Bill
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1990
A deputy PA is blackmailed into losing a case by kidnappers that have her son.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votes
#7 - More Than You Know
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1990
Jake investigates a serial killer that leaves an orchid on all his victims, while McCabe gets his biography written.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
- 7.9/1025 votes
#8 - Night and Day
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1990
Jake and private investigator Casey Quinn go after her husband's murderer - suspected smuggler Peter LaMotta.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1030 votes
#9 - Goodbye (1)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1990
Jake gets in trouble with a group of crooked LA cops when he discovers a body in the water while fishing on Maui. They intercept Jake's call about the body, and hide it before dispatching someone to pick it up. Frustrated, Jake starts investigating the man who received his call about the body.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 7.8/1027 votes
#10 - Goodbye (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1990
Jake is in LA and has to clear himself of murder charges.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 7.3/1024 votes
#11 - I Know That You Know
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1990
A woman is found murdered in her home after she surprised a burglar and triggered the alarm. The burglar is found and convicted for the murder, but McCabe thinks something is wrong and gets Jake to snoop around.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1026 votes
#12 - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/1991
McCabe is prosecuting Robert Burgess - a big crime boss, when his main witness is murdered on his way to court. Jake tracks down Burgess' ex-girlfriend, and has to bring her to court before the judge dismisses the case.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1034 votes
#13 - I May Be Wrong
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1991
A South African diplomat is killed by a car bomb with the mark of an extreme South African racist group know as ""the Order of Blood"" near by. South Africa sends a black cop to LA who immediately goes after Vanessa Kruger, the leader of a group allied with the Order.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1028 votes
#14 - Daddy's Home
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1991
Jake is at his niece's christening, when his long lost father suddenly appears - after being gone for 27 years. It turns out he's in trouble after stealing $50,000 from his former employer.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#15 - I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1991
An accountant is witness to a murder, and is very keen on helping Jake out with the investigation. But a few days later he turns up at Jake's apartment wanting to report another murder - the murder of him...
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#16 - Pretty Baby
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1991
Cindy O'Malley, a friend of Jake's, is witness to a murder, but is spotted by the killer and he chases her and shoots her. McCabe & Co has to take care of her baby while they try to find her and the killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1030 votes
#17 - I Cover the Waterfront
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1991
Derek gets a visit from a childhood friend who is trying to turn his life around. The next day he's found dead, filled with drugs and alcohol. The police believe he killed himself, but Derek refuses to accept it.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1061 votes
#18 - You Don't Know Me
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/1991
His wife and her lover Gregg Hatton remove Andrew Blane, a good friend of McCabe and head of Blane Electronics, from his position. The next day Hatton is killed in an explosion in his home.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Eric Estrin
- 7.8/1028 votes
#19 - It Never Entered My Mind
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/1991
Dr. Sloan is charged with murdering hospital director Havilland, who was investigating him and two other doctors.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1030 votes
#20 - Second Time Around
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/3/1991
McCabe sees a man supposed to have been murdered 5 years ago, and has Jake look into it.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1028 votes
#21 - I'd Do Anything
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/1991
A psychiatrist is having an affair with a patient and her husband finds out and wants a divorce. So she manipulates her lover into killing him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1025 votes
#22 - We'll Meet Again
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/24/1991
McCabe is showing a school class around the courthouse, when a man dressed as clown tries to kill him with a shotgun. The man misses, but gets away. McCabe goes over past convictions to see witch of them might be the would-be assassin.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#23 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1991
A priest is having an affair with a woman half his age, and becomes the prime suspect when she is murdered.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Nevertheless
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1991
Todd Kurtin kills his wife in an alley, and makes it look like a mugger assaulted her. But the story doesn't convince McCabe, who prosecutes Kurtin - even though the case is weak.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 4
Every episode of Jake and the Fatman Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 4!
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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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"God Bless the Child" is the best rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1990. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Tender Trap".