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First Aired: September 26th, 1987
Status: Ended
Network: CBS
Summary: 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 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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# of Episodes: 106
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Season 5
Episode 1: Where or When (1)
Air Date: September 18th, 1991
Summary: 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...
Episode 2: Where or When (2)
Air Date: September 25th, 1991
Summary: 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.
Episode 3: Street of Dreams
Air Date: October 30th, 1991
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: I'll Never Be the Same
Air Date: November 6th, 1991
Summary: 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.
Episode 5: I Could Write a Book
Air Date: November 13rd, 1991
Summary: A writer is just about to publish an incriminating book about his ex-wife, when he is found dead in his bathtub.
Episode 6: Two Different Worlds
Air Date: November 20th, 1991
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: Every Time We Say Goodbye
Air Date: December 11st, 1991
Summary: 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.
Episode 8: Come Along with Me
Air Date: December 18th, 1991
Summary: Neely and Jake investigates a case where dead bodies are found with their livers surgically removed.
Episode 9: Last Dance
Air Date: January 1st, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 10: Come Closer to Me
Air Date: January 8th, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 11: Since I Fell for You
Air Date: January 15th, 1992
Summary: Derek is shocked when he finds out that a woman he loved didn't die in a plane crash 6 years ago.
Episode 12: Just You, Just Me
Air Date: January 22nd, 1992
Summary: Jake helps out a shop owner who refuses to obey a local gang's order to close 3 hours early.
Episode 13: Stormy Weather (1)
Air Date: January 29th, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 14: Stormy Weather (2)
Air Date: February 5th, 1992
Summary: 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?
Episode 15: You'll Never Know
Air Date: February 26th, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 16: There'll Be Some Changes Made
Air Date: March 11st, 1992
Summary: A singer is planing to make a comeback after a year in drug rehab, when a stalker tries to kill her.
Episode 17: Pennies from Heaven
Air Date: March 18th, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 18: I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
Air Date: March 25th, 1992
Summary: 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.
Episode 19: All Through the Night
Air Date: April 1st, 1992
Summary: A psychiatrist who Neely helped put away 5 years ago stars harassing her after getting out of prison.
Episode 20: Ain't Misbehavin'
Air Date: April 8th, 1992
Summary: Bondswoman Ethel Mae Haven has to track down a client who she posted a $1 million bail for.
Episode 21: Nightmare
Air Date: April 22nd, 1992
Summary: Jake teams up with top homicide cop Hank Goldman to catch a serial killer who strangles women from escort services.
Episode 22: Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona)
Air Date: May 6th, 1992
Summary: 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.
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