7.6/1027 votes#1 - Where or When (1)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
PI Ed Delaney sees a man die and calls the police, but when they come for the body it is gone. He identifies the man as millionaire Richard Rose, who as it turns out, is still alive...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1027 votes
#2 - Where or When (2)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1991
Jake goes undercover as a middle man between Rose and a rebel army wanting to buy Rose's hi-tech rifles, while Delaney finds proof that Rose isn't who he claims to be.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1029 votes
#3 - Street of Dreams
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/1991
A young graffiti painter witnesses a murder and takes the victim's wallet. Jake finds him, but he refuses to talk, figuring that if he could solve the case himself he'd get a reward.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1029 votes
#4 - I'll Never Be the Same
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1991
Jake kills a 14-year-old boy. He claims the boy had a gun and fired upon him, but no gun is found and the neighbors didn't hear anything.
Director: Peter Ellis
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1026 votes
#5 - I Could Write a Book
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1991
A writer is just about to publish an incriminating book about his ex-wife, when he is found dead in his bathtub.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1026 votes
#6 - Two Different Worlds
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1991
A woman follows a client of her sister's law firm, and sees him rob a store and kill the attendants. She confronts the man, and threatens to tell the police unless he kills her sister.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: E. Nick Alexander
- 7.6/1025 votes
#7 - Every Time We Say Goodbye
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/1991
A friend of Neely's is killed by a heroin overdose, just as she was about to quit modeling. Neely goes undercover as a model to find out why.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#8 - Come Along with Me
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1991
Neely and Jake investigates a case where dead bodies are found with their livers surgically removed.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1024 votes
#9 - Last Dance
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1992
McCabe is prosecuting Mitchell Lazarus for murder and has just placed him at the scene, when another man steps forward claiming to be the murderer.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: James Kearns
- 7.7/1025 votes
#10 - Come Closer to Me
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1992
A trio of high-class pickpockets gets in trouble when they pick a mafia hitman's pocket and get a piece of paper with his next target on it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1024 votes
#11 - Since I Fell for You
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1992
Derek is shocked when he finds out that a woman he loved didn't die in a plane crash 6 years ago.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Morgan Gendel
- 6.5/1030 votes
#12 - Just You, Just Me
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/1992
Jake helps out a shop owner who refuses to obey a local gang's order to close 3 hours early.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1025 votes
#13 - Stormy Weather (1)
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1992
A porn producer is killed in a way quite similar to a murder 5 years ago for witch McCabe got a young boxer convicted. Jake investigates, and gets involved with a reporter who seems to know things before the police do.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Gerry Conway
- 7.8/1025 votes
#14 - Stormy Weather (2)
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1992
Jake continues investigating the murders of Strobach and Blore, and evidence starts to point at Warren's old corner man Doug McKeown. But whom is he working for?
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Gerry Conway
- 7.5/1023 votes
#15 - You'll Never Know
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1992
A doctor is murdered, and is discovered to have been making child pornography. The prime suspect is Elliot Edwards, a city council member with a spotless record.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1040 votes
#16 - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1992
A singer is planing to make a comeback after a year in drug rehab, when a stalker tries to kill her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1031 votes
#17 - Pennies from Heaven
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1992
Someone is giving out money to poor people or those who have done good deeds, using the name ""the good fairy"". But it turns out the faire's money is from a bank robbery.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1026 votes
#18 - I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1992
Jake's girlfriend Sherry is badly hurt by a car bomb, after Jake received a letter threatening to kill her for revenge against him. Devastated, he looks trough previous cases to see who the bomber could be.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gerry Conway
- 7.2/1024 votes
#19 - All Through the Night
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1992
A psychiatrist who Neely helped put away 5 years ago stars harassing her after getting out of prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1032 votes
#20 - Ain't Misbehavin'
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1992
Bondswoman Ethel Mae Haven has to track down a client who she posted a $1 million bail for.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1026 votes
#21 - Nightmare
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/1992
Jake teams up with top homicide cop Hank Goldman to catch a serial killer who strangles women from escort services.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1030 votes
#22 - Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1992
Notorious New York cop Mickey Daytona pursues the legal counsel Thomas Chetwin suspecting him of rape. Jake, who is a friend of Mickey and his old father, reluctantly teams up with Mickey. Chetwin is trapped and commits suicide.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: David J. Burke
The Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 5
Every episode of Jake and the Fatman Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jake and the Fatman Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Where or When (1)" is the best rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Where or When (2)".