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The Worst Episodes of Jake and the Fatman

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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 series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 1 - Happy Days Are Here Again
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    #1 - Happy Days Are Here Again

    S1:E1

    Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the murderer, but threatens to frame him unless he cooperates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 2 - Fatal Attraction (1)
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    #2 - Fatal Attraction (1)

    S1:E2

    Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 3 - Fatal Attraction (2)
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    #3 - Fatal Attraction (2)

    S1:E3

    Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 4 - Laura
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    #4 - Laura

    S1:E4

    Jake's former partner is killed by his fiancée in an alley. She blames the murder on a Latin kid she saw stealing a VCR just before she pulled the trigger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 5 - The Man That Got Away
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    #5 - The Man That Got Away

    S1:E5

    A wealthy lawyer kills his ex-wife's new man and frames her for the murder. She is arrested, and he takes the job of being her lawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 6 - Love for Sale
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    #6 - Love for Sale

    S1:E6

    A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 7 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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    #7 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    S1:E7

    For some time David Thompson has gone out and killed bums, so that the police believe a serial killer is loose. Then when he lures his brother to an alley and kills him the same way, he won't be a suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 8 - Body and Soul
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    #8 - Body and Soul

    S1:E8

    ""Mad"" Marvin Michaels, the owner of an electronics store, is killed, and ex-con Bradford Long is the main suspect. McCabe assigns the case to the cop Karen Stetson, whose father was killed by Long.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 9 - The Man I Love
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    #9 - The Man I Love

    S1:E9

    Glen Latimer pushes his newly married rich wife Nancy of their boat, but she survives and is brought to a hospital. She is unsure if it was just an accident, so Jake goes befriends Glen posing as Nancy's brother.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 10 - Love Me Or Leave Me
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    #10 - Love Me Or Leave Me

    S1:E10

    Ed Galvin escapes while he is being transported to prison, after threatening the life of McCabe and Andy Harmon (the cop who arrested him) during his trial.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  11. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 11 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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    #11 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    S1:E11

    A burglar kills a woman and blinds her nurse before fleeing. The police catch him, but have to let him go because the nurse can't identify him. When she is scheduled for an operation that could restore her eyesight, they fear he'll try to kill her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  12. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 12 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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    #12 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    S1:E12

    One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 20 - Blues in the Night
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    #13 - Blues in the Night

    S1:E20

    Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry and the other provides an alibi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 21 - How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?
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    #14 - How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?

    S1:E21

    A friend of Jake, Matthew Hammond, is having an affair with a rich lady. They decide to marry, but when she asks her husband for a divorce, he kills her and frames Hammond.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episode 22 - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
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    #15 - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

    S1:E22

    A former cop who is now a crime writer commits a clever murder so that he can write a book about it that is likely to become a best seller.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  16. Jake and the Fatman Season 2 Episode 2 - Wish You Were Here (2)
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    #16 - Wish You Were Here (2)

    S2:E2

    Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Jake and the Fatman Season 2 Episode 3 - I'll Never Smile Again
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    #17 - I'll Never Smile Again

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown

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  18. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 2 - The Lady in Red
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    #18 - The Lady in Red

    S3:E2

    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

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  19. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 7 - Out of Nowhere
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    #19 - Out of Nowhere

    S3:E7

    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

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  20. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 8 - Sweet Leilani
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    #20 - Sweet Leilani

    S3:E8

    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

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  21. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 12 - In the Still of the Night
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    #21 - In the Still of the Night

    S3:E12

    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

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  22. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 13 - You Turned the Tables on Me
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    #22 - You Turned the Tables on Me

    S3:E13

    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:Unknown

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  23. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 14 - One More for the Road
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    #23 - One More for the Road

    S3:E14

    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

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  24. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 15 - Who's Sorry Now?
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    #24 - Who's Sorry Now?

    S3:E15

    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

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  25. Jake and the Fatman Season 3 Episode 16 - I'll Dance at Your Wedding
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    #25 - I'll Dance at Your Wedding

    S3:E16

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Happy Days Are Here Again" is the worst rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Fatal Attraction (1)".