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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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Season 3
Episode 1: I Only Have Eyes for You
Air Date: September 20th, 1989
Summary: A newly released convict starts terrorizing the woman who witnessed against him. She goes to McCabe for help, who was prosecutor who put him in jail.
Episode 2: The Lady in Red
Air Date: September 27th, 1989
Summary: 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.
Episode 3: Easy to Love
Air Date: October 4th, 1989
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: The Way You Look Tonight
Air Date: October 11st, 1989
Summary: A young lady is acquitted for killing her mother, and wants to hire Jake privately to find the killer. Jake turns it down because he's on his way to a vacation, but then McCabe refuses to let him take any days off. So Jake quits his job and takes the assignment.
Episode 5: Dancing in the Dark
Air Date: October 25th, 1989
Summary: A cat burglar robs a hotel while McCabe is hosting a district attorney convention there. The immediate suspect is Harry McGuinn, a recently released cat burglar. He insists that he is innocent, and tries to help Jake solve the robbery.
Episode 6: It All Depends on You
Air Date: November 1st, 1989
Summary: Derek gets his first case - a drunk driver who assaulted a police officer. But the driver is a powerful man, and suddenly Derek's main witness lies and the judge dismisses the case.
Episode 7: Out of Nowhere
Air Date: November 8th, 1989
Summary: 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.
Episode 8: Sweet Leilani
Air Date: November 15th, 1989
Summary: 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.
Episode 9: My Shining Hour
Air Date: November 29th, 1989
Summary: 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.
Episode 10: Long Ago and Far Away
Air Date: December 6th, 1989
Summary: Judge Smithwood starts receiving death threats after sentencing a young man to 20 years for rape. And a mysterious man in an army captain uniform steals a high precision sniper rifle from a local military base.
Episode 11: What Child is This?
Air Date: December 13rd, 1989
Summary: It's Christmas, and pregnant young lady is on the run from two mobsters. Gertrude makes a surprise visit to McCabe, and helps with the Christmas celebration.
Episode 12: In the Still of the Night
Air Date: January 3rd, 1990
Summary: 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.
Episode 13: You Turned the Tables on Me
Air Date: January 10th, 1990
Summary: 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.
Episode 14: One More for the Road
Air Date: January 17th, 1990
Summary: Derek collides with a pedestrian on his way home from a beach party. When the man dies, Derek is charged with manslaughter.
Episode 15: Who's Sorry Now?
Air Date: January 31st, 1990
Summary: 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.
Episode 16: I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Air Date: February 7th, 1990
Summary: 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?
Episode 17: My Buddy
Air Date: February 14th, 1990
Summary: Jake catches a young girl picking his pocket. He tries to help her home, but she is very uncooperative. Meanwhile McCabe has problems with a murdered money counterfeiter.
Episode 18: By Myself
Air Date: February 28th, 1990
Summary: A rapist is loose, attacking single women in their homes. Meanwhile McCabe takes Max to the ""Happy Dogs"" class.
Episode 19: I Ain't Got No Body
Air Date: March 7th, 1990
Summary: A woman disappears when looking into her mother's death at a health resort. Jake and LA cop Karen Stetson go undercover at the resort, posing as a married couple.
Episode 20: Put Your Dreams Away
Air Date: March 14th, 1990
Summary: Jake is undercover on a plane transporting drugs, when his real identity is discovered. The pilot fatally wounds him, and jump out with the only parachute. From the control tower McCabe tries to keep Jake conscious by talking about their previous adventures while the plane flies toward the airport.
Episode 21: If I Didn't Care
Air Date: March 28th, 1990
Summary: Jake gets a visit from an old classmate with a heavy obligation - he must kill Jake Styles.
Episode 22: You're Driving Me Crazy
Air Date: April 4th, 1990
Summary: McCabe prosecutes a man for murdering his wife, when the man's story about them being assaulted by gang members doesn't check out.
Episode 23: You Took Advantage of Me
Air Date: April 25th, 1990
Summary: Dr. Carmichael is charged with murdering his wife, but is given an alibi by her secretary. McCabe smells a rat and sends Jake undercover - getting a job as Carmichael's chauffeur.
Episode 24: My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Air Date: May 2nd, 1990
Summary: Jake and Derek negotiates with a slightly paranoid man who has evidence against a crocked oil company, while McCabe gets a visit from a young woman claiming to be his daughter.
Episode 25: Danny Boy
Air Date: May 9th, 1990
Summary: When a gang marks him for death, Daniel joins a group about to escape from the prison. To insure his cooperation the escapees frame him for murder.
Episode 26: Chinatown, My Chinatown
Air Date: May 16th, 1990
Summary: Jake investigates the murder of a journalist working in Chinatown. He gets help from Chinatown cop Tommy Min Tang, the son of the local godfather.
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