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Jake and the Fatman Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Happy Days Are Here Again
Sat, Sep 26, 1987 60 mins
A politician is framed for the murder of an assistant and blackmailed by a speechwriter. Brent Moore: John Rubinstein. Kyle Williams: Robert Reed. Jake: Joe Penny. McCabe: William Conrad. Shelley: Jane Badler.
Episode 2
Fatal Attraction
Tue, Sep 29, 1987 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. McCabe (William Conrad) must figure a way to prove that a wealthy businessman was murdered by conspiratorial lovers---his widow and his son (Karen Austin, Bruce Greenwood).
Episode 3
Fatal Attraction
Tue, Sep 29, 1987 60 mins
Conclusion. McCabe (William Conrad) must figure a way to prove that a wealthy businessman was murdered by conspiratorial lovers---his widow and his son (Karen Austin, Bruce Greenwood).
Episode 4
Laura
Tue, Oct 6, 1987 60 mins
Jake's ex-partner is killed while chasing a burglary suspect, but the evidence starts pointing away from the suspect and toward the dead man's fiancee. Jake: Joe Penny. McCabe: William Conrad. Laura: Brynn Thayer. Lawrence Summers: Jay Ingram.
Episode 5
The Man That Got Away
Tue, Oct 13, 1987 60 mins
Jake and the Fatman (Joe Penny, William Conrad) question their own evidence in the case of a woman (Julie Cobb) charged with murder whose lawyer is her ex-husband. Harrison Greg: Robert Culp. Bonnie: Mitzi Hoag. Philip Hunter: Edward Phipps.
Episode 6
Love For Sale
Tue, Oct 20, 1987 60 mins
While Jake (Joe Penny) investigates the murder of one of McCabe's informants, he is attracted to a woman involved in a drug-smuggling operation. Dierdre: Claudia Cron. Peter Broch: Mitchell Anderson. Sally Rogers: Dianne Kay.
Episode 7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Tue, Oct 27, 1987 60 mins
A skid-row serial killer murders a surprising victim and then delights in trying to outwit McCabe (William Conrad). Jake: Joe Penny. David Thompson: Dwight Schultz. Sean Thompson: Russell Todd. Pete: Tim Russ.
Episode 8
Body and Soul
Tue, Nov 3, 1987 60 mins
Jake (Joe Penny) backs up a determined cop (Doran Clark)---and former lover---in her effort to nail the criminal who killed her father, a man McCabe suspects of another murder. Bradford Long: Don Stroud. Arthur: Robert O'Reilly.
Episode 9
The Man I Love
Tue, Nov 10, 1987 60 mins
After a murder attempt on a young bride, McCabe (William Conrad) sends Jake (Joe Penny) out to dig up dirt on her deceitful husband (Leigh McCloskey). Connie: Terri Treas. Nancy Parsons: Marilyn E. Jones.
Episode 10
Love Me Or Leave Me
Tue, Nov 17, 1987 60 mins
Jake gets close to an aspiring rock singer (Bobbie Eakes) to nail a dirty cop who's in on a million-dollar robbery. Joe Penny, William Conrad. Det. Andy Harmon: Joe Regalbuto. B.J. Cooper: Joe Mays.
Episode 11
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Tue, Dec 1, 1987 60 mins
A blind woman's attacker is found dead---supposedly shot by the woman's philandering husband (Mark Goddard). Samantha: Amy Steel. Joe: Joe Penny. Kyle Rankin: Jeremy Roberts. McCabe: William Conrad.
Episode 12
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Tue, Dec 8, 1987 60 mins
McCabe (William Conrad) bahs and humbugs as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake track down a murderous Santa in a sea of St. Nicholases. Joan Kugell: Joan Darling. Wanda Brazil: Pat Anderson. Frank Brazil: Steve Liska. Terry Brazil: Charles Parks.
Episode 13
After You've Gone
Tue, Jan 5, 1988 60 mins
In order to unravel a murder plot he's stumbled upon, Jake (Joe Penny) takes the place of a dead hit man---whose target turns out to be the Fatman himself. McCabe: William Conrad. Steven Mathias: Alan Feinstein. Andrea Skinner: Barbra Horan.
Episode 14
It Had to Be You
Tue, Jan 12, 1988 60 mins
When Jake (Joe Penny) discovers a serial rapist's aversion to felines, one of the man's victims gamely agrees to set a trap. McCabe: William Conrad. Leslie: Ann Dusenberry. Dr. Robert Byers: James Olson. Duane Tucker: Richard Marcus.
Episode 15
But Not for Me
Tue, Jan 19, 1988 60 mins
Jake suspects that a newswoman (Barbara Perkins) knows more about a mobster's murder than she's telling, so McCabe tries to get the story from a reluctant witness---her daughter (Kelly Meadows). William Conrad, Joe Penny. Eric: Nicholas Walker.
Episode 16
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Tue, Jan 26, 1988 60 mins
McCabe and Derek (William Conrad, Alan Campbell) are held hostage by a grenade-laden gunman who says he's out for revenge, but Jake (Joe Penny) uncovers a different motive. Arthur Felix: Asher Brauner. Jalene Felix: Susan Cash. Allan Shuba: Jeffrey Combs.
Episode 17
Lady Be Good
Tue, Feb 2, 1988 60 mins
McCabe (William Conrad) doesn't believe his own eyes when he sees a drunken-driving accident, and his sixth sense for murder leads him to put Jake (Joe Penny) on the case. E.J. Donovan: Nana Visitor. Pamela Parker: Lee Purcell. Harrison Dole: Ed Nelson.
Episode 18
I'll Be Seeing You
Tue, Feb 16, 1988 60 mins
A murder witness returns after 10 years on the run to play McCabe (William Conrad) against a powerful defendant for a big payoff, and it's up to Jake (Joe Penny) to get the witness to court in one piece. O'Rourke: Allan Miller. Kimberly Bauer: Stacy Edwards.
Episode 19
Babyface
Tue, Feb 23, 1988 60 mins
Jake (Joe Penny) works to uncover the double life an heiress (Suzanne Snyder), an alleged kidnap victim who's determined to form a romantic attachment to the investigator. McCabe: William Conrad. Banning: Bert Remsen. Fleming: Merritt Butrick.
Episode 20
Blues in the Night
Wed, Mar 16, 1988 60 mins
Jewel-stealing twins (Susan Blakely in a dual role) are twice the challenge for McCabe, who unwittingly supplies an alibi for one sister while the other is committing murder. Armond: Frank M. Benard. Jake: Joe Penny. Reid: Stephen Burleigh. McCabe: William Conrad.
Episode 21
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Wed, Mar 23, 1988 60 mins
Jake (Joe Penny) struggles to prove that his friend, a philandering priest, did not murder his married lover. Boardman: David Soul. Monsignor Hammond: George Deloy. Adrienne: Dorothy Parke. McCabe: William Conrad.
Episode 22
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
Wed, Mar 30, 1988 60 mins
An ex-cop turned author (Anthony Franciosa) would kill for a best seller and does, setting up a plot that keeps Jake and McCabe guessing. Holly Poole: Kathryn Leigh Scott. Jake: Joe Penny. McCabe: William Conrad.
Episode 23
Rhapsody in Blue
Wed, Apr 6, 1988 60 mins
An ambitious exec and his devious wife (Ed Winter, Kim Lankford) would kill for success and must be put out of business. Joe Penny, William Conrad. Phil Duncan: Reid Shelton.