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The Worst Episodes of Jake and the Fatman

Every episode of Jake and the Fatman ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Jake and the Fatman!

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...
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Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Rhapsody in Blue" is the worst rated episode of "Jake and the Fatman". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Michael Lange and written by N/A, it aired on 4/6/1988. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Snowfall".

  • Rhapsody in Blue
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    #1 - Rhapsody in Blue

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/6/1988

    Ned Covington and his wife plan to kill his boss, Phil Duncan, when he is passed over for promotion, but they kill another employee by mistake. Realizing this they try to frame Duncan for the murder.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • Snowfall
    NaN/100 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • Nevertheless
    NaN/100 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Just You, Just Me
    6.5/1030 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • I'd Do Anything
    6.7/1028 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Ain't Misbehavin'
    6.7/1032 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Someone to Watch Over Me
    6.8/1029 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • Side by Side
    6.8/1032 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • Easy to Love
    6.9/1031 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Love for Sale
    7.0/1041 votes
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    #10 - Love for Sale

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1987

    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: N/A

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
    7.0/1041 votes
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    #11 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • You Don't Know Me
    7.0/1062 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Street of Dreams
    7.0/1029 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • The Man That Got Away
    7.1/1042 votes
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    #14 - The Man That Got Away

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
    7.1/1036 votes
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    #15 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: Paul Robert Coyle

  • I'll Be Seeing You
    7.1/1036 votes
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    #16 - I'll Be Seeing You

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1988

    A small time crook comes to McCabe offering to testify against the crime boss O'Rourke, after laying low for ten years. McCabe is suspicious, but is more than willing to go along with anything that can get O'Rourke behind bars.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I'll Never Smile Again
    7.1/1029 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • My Shining Hour
    7.1/1030 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • I'll Dance at Your Wedding
    7.1/1027 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • The Tender Trap
    7.1/1031 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
    7.1/1026 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Fatal Attraction (1)
    7.2/10178 votes
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    #22 - Fatal Attraction (1)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    7.2/1038 votes
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    #23 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • But Not for Me
    7.2/1035 votes
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    #24 - But Not for Me

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1988

    A known mob man is killed in the home of star reporter Candace Morgan. She says he was shot through the window while she was interviewing him, but McCabe gets suspicious when there is one too many bullets.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • Lady, Be Good
    7.2/1033 votes
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    #25 - Lady, Be Good

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1988

    A friend of McCabe is murdered just as he is about to fake his own death so his wife can collect a 4.5 million-dollar life insurance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A