Episode Detail: Jake and the Fatman - Jake and the Fatman
Debut: Jake Styles (Joe Penny), a smooth and fashionable investigator, and his boss, J.L. "Fatman" McCabe (William Conrad), a rough-edged and unkempt DA with a lookalike bulldog, blend their talents to solve tough cases. First up: A politician is framed for the murder of an assistant and blackmailed by a speechwriter. Brent Moore: John Rubinstein. Williams: Robert Reed. Shelly: Jane Badler.