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Jake and the Fatman

 (1987)

Streaming Episode Guide

Season 5
7.5
| Season 4
7.4
| Season 3
7.4
| Season 2
7.3
| Season 1
7.4
| Top 5 Episodes
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Season 5  
7.5
Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona)
Episode 22 - 5-06-1992
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.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Beautiful Dreamer aka Mickey Daytona
Nightmare
Episode 21 - 4-22-1992
Jake teams up with top homicide cop Hank Goldman to catch a serial killer who strangles women from escort services.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Nightmare
Ain't Misbehavin'
Episode 20 - 4-08-1992
Bondswoman Ethel Mae Haven has to track down a client who she posted a $1 million bail for.
 6.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Aint Misbehavin
All Through the Night
Episode 19 - 4-01-1992
A psychiatrist who Neely helped put away 5 years ago stars harassing her after getting out of prison.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
All Through the Night
I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
Episode 18 - 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.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
I Cant Believe Im Losing You
Pennies from Heaven
Episode 17 - 3-18-1992
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.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
Pennies from Heaven
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Episode 16 - 3-11-1992
A singer is planing to make a comeback after a year in drug rehab, when a stalker tries to kill her.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Therell Be Some Changes Made
You'll Never Know
Episode 15 - 2-26-1992
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Youll Never Know
Stormy Weather (2)
Episode 14 - 2-05-1992
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?
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Stormy Weather 2
Stormy Weather (1)
Episode 13 - 1-29-1992
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.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Stormy Weather 1
Just You, Just Me
Episode 12 - 1-22-1992
Jake helps out a shop owner who refuses to obey a local gang's order to close 3 hours early.
 6.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Just You Just Me
Since I Fell for You
Episode 11 - 1-15-1992
Derek is shocked when he finds out that a woman he loved didn't die in a plane crash 6 years ago.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Since I Fell for You
Come Closer to Me
Episode 10 - 1-08-1992
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.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Come Closer to Me
Last Dance
Episode 9 - 1-01-1992
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Last Dance
Come Along with Me
Episode 8 - 12-18-1991
Neely and Jake investigates a case where dead bodies are found with their livers surgically removed.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Come Along with Me
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Episode 7 - 12-11-1991
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.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Two Different Worlds
Episode 6 - 11-20-1991
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.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Two Different Worlds
I Could Write a Book
Episode 5 - 11-13-1991
A writer is just about to publish an incriminating book about his ex-wife, when he is found dead in his bathtub.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
I Could Write a Book
I'll Never Be the Same
Episode 4 - 11-06-1991
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.
 8/10
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Haven't Seen
Ill Never Be the Same
Street of Dreams
Episode 3 - 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.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Street of Dreams
Where or When (2)
Episode 2 - 9-25-1991
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.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Where or When 2
Where or When (1)
Episode 1 - 9-18-1991
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...
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Where or When 1
Season 4  
7.4
Nevertheless
Episode 24 - 5-08-1991
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.
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Haven't Seen
Nevertheless
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Episode 23 - 5-01-1991
A priest is having an affair with a woman half his age, and becomes the prime suspect when she is murdered.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Its a Sin to Tell a Lie
We'll Meet Again
Episode 22 - 4-24-1991
McCabe is showing a school class around the courthouse, when a man dressed as clown tries to kill him with a shotgun. The man misses, but gets away. McCabe goes over past convictions to see witch of them might be the would-be assassin.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
Well Meet Again
I'd Do Anything
Episode 21 - 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.
 6.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Id Do Anything
Second Time Around
Episode 20 - 4-03-1991
McCabe sees a man supposed to have been murdered 5 years ago, and has Jake look into it.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Second Time Around
It Never Entered My Mind
Episode 19 - 3-20-1991
Dr. Sloan is charged with murdering hospital director Havilland, who was investigating him and two other doctors.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
It Never Entered My Mind
You Don't Know Me
Episode 18 - 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.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
You Dont Know Me
I Cover the Waterfront
Episode 17 - 3-06-1991
Derek gets a visit from a childhood friend who is trying to turn his life around. The next day he's found dead, filled with drugs and alcohol. The police believe he killed himself, but Derek refuses to accept it.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
I Cover the Waterfront
Pretty Baby
Episode 16 - 2-27-1991
Cindy O'Malley, a friend of Jake's, is witness to a murder, but is spotted by the killer and he chases her and shoots her. McCabe & Co has to take care of her baby while they try to find her and the killer.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Pretty Baby
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Episode 15 - 2-13-1991
An accountant is witness to a murder, and is very keen on helping Jake out with the investigation. But a few days later he turns up at Jake's apartment wanting to report another murder - the murder of him...
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Im Gonna Live Till I Die
Daddy's Home
Episode 14 - 2-06-1991
Jake is at his niece's christening, when his long lost father suddenly appears - after being gone for 27 years. It turns out he's in trouble after stealing $50,000 from his former employer.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Daddys Home
I May Be Wrong
Episode 13 - 1-09-1991
A South African diplomat is killed by a car bomb with the mark of an extreme South African racist group know as ""the Order of Blood"" near by. South Africa sends a black cop to LA who immediately goes after Vanessa Kruger, the leader of a group allied with the Order.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
I May Be Wrong
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Episode 12 - 1-02-1991
McCabe is prosecuting Robert Burgess - a big crime boss, when his main witness is murdered on his way to court. Jake tracks down Burgess' ex-girlfriend, and has to bring her to court before the judge dismisses the case.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Lets Call the Whole Thing Off
I Know That You Know
Episode 11 - 12-12-1990
A woman is found murdered in her home after she surprised a burglar and triggered the alarm. The burglar is found and convicted for the murder, but McCabe thinks something is wrong and gets Jake to snoop around.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
I Know That You Know
Goodbye (2)
Episode 10 - 11-28-1990
Jake is in LA and has to clear himself of murder charges.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Goodbye 2
Goodbye (1)
Episode 9 - 11-28-1990
2h 0m
Jake gets in trouble with a group of crooked LA cops when he discovers a body in the water while fishing on Maui. They intercept Jake's call about the body, and hide it before dispatching someone to pick it up. Frustrated, Jake starts investigating the man who received his call about the body.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Goodbye 1
Night and Day
Episode 8 - 11-14-1990
Jake and private investigator Casey Quinn go after her husband's murderer - suspected smuggler Peter LaMotta.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Night and Day
More Than You Know
Episode 7 - 11-07-1990
Jake investigates a serial killer that leaves an orchid on all his victims, while McCabe gets his biography written.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
More Than You Know
My Boy Bill
Episode 6 - 10-31-1990
A deputy PA is blackmailed into losing a case by kidnappers that have her son.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
My Boy Bill
Only You
Episode 5 - 10-24-1990
Jake goes under cover investigating industrial espionage, trying to find the top man. Things get complicated when an acquaintance for LA comes to visit.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Only You
'Round Midnight
Episode 4 - 10-03-1990
Jake isn't very happy when his friend's Porsche is taken at gunpoint. He tracks down the robber, but holds off when he finds the carjacker associating with an infamous jewel thief. So posing as an alarm cracker, Jake goes undercover to find what their target is.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Round Midnight
Exactly Like You
Episode 3 - 9-26-1990
A friend of McCabe is killed execution style. A witness identifies Lyle Wicks as the murderer, and Wicks confesses. But several parts of his confession don't add up, so Jake continues the investigation.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Exactly Like You
The Tender Trap
Episode 2 - 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.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Tender Trap
God Bless the Child
Episode 1 - 9-12-1990
Two siblings kill their parents when their father threatens to remove them from the will.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
God Bless the Child
Season 3  
7.4
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Episode 26 - 5-16-1990
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Chinatown My Chinatown
Danny Boy
Episode 25 - 5-09-1990
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.
 8.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Danny Boy
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Episode 24 - 5-02-1990
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
You Took Advantage of Me
Episode 23 - 4-25-1990
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
You Took Advantage of Me
You're Driving Me Crazy
Episode 22 - 4-04-1990
McCabe prosecutes a man for murdering his wife, when the man's story about them being assaulted by gang members doesn't check out.
 8.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Youre Driving Me Crazy
If I Didn't Care
Episode 21 - 3-28-1990
Jake gets a visit from an old classmate with a heavy obligation - he must kill Jake Styles.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
If I Didnt Care
Put Your Dreams Away
Episode 20 - 3-14-1990
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.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Put Your Dreams Away
I Ain't Got No Body
Episode 19 - 3-07-1990
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.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
I Aint Got No Body
By Myself
Episode 18 - 2-28-1990
A rapist is loose, attacking single women in their homes. Meanwhile McCabe takes Max to the ""Happy Dogs"" class.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
By Myself
My Buddy
Episode 17 - 2-14-1990
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.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
My Buddy
I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Episode 16 - 2-07-1990
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?
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Ill Dance at Your Wedding
Who's Sorry Now?
Episode 15 - 1-31-1990
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.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Whos Sorry Now
One More for the Road
Episode 14 - 1-17-1990
Derek collides with a pedestrian on his way home from a beach party. When the man dies, Derek is charged with manslaughter.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
One More for the Road
You Turned the Tables on Me
Episode 13 - 1-10-1990
1h 0m
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
You Turned the Tables on Me
In the Still of the Night
Episode 12 - 1-03-1990
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.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
In the Still of the Night
What Child is This?
Episode 11 - 12-13-1989
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.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
What Child is This
Long Ago and Far Away
Episode 10 - 12-06-1989
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.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
Long Ago and Far Away
My Shining Hour
Episode 9 - 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.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
My Shining Hour
Sweet Leilani
Episode 8 - 11-15-1989
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Sweet Leilani
Out of Nowhere
Episode 7 - 11-08-1989
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.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Out of Nowhere
It All Depends on You
Episode 6 - 11-01-1989
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
It All Depends on You
Dancing in the Dark
Episode 5 - 10-25-1989
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Dancing in the Dark
The Way You Look Tonight
Episode 4 - 10-11-1989
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.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The Way You Look Tonight
Easy to Love
Episode 3 - 10-04-1989
46m
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.
 6.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Easy to Love
The Lady in Red
Episode 2 - 9-27-1989
46m
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.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
The Lady in Red
I Only Have Eyes for You
Episode 1 - 9-20-1989
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.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
I Only Have Eyes for You
Season 2  
7.3
Snowfall
Episode 11 - 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.
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Haven't Seen
Snowfall
Side by Side
Episode 10 - 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.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Side by Side
They Can't Take That Away from Me
Episode 9 - 5-10-1989
Jake and two friends participate in a drug bust that goes sour. The next day those friends are found dead - killed by a shotgun blast while they were in their car at the docks.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
They Cant Take That Away from Me
Someone to Watch Over Me
Episode 8 - 5-03-1989
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.
 6.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Someone to Watch Over Me
It Ain't Necessarily So
Episode 7 - 4-26-1989
A burglar surprises Wallace Cogan, a publisher of adult magazines, and his wife Marina when they are returning home from a holiday. He kills Marina, but is wounded by Cogan before he gets away.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
It Aint Necessarily So
Poor Butterfly
Episode 6 - 4-19-1989
Jake goes after a pimp, who killed a prostitute who was to testify against him.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Poor Butterfly
Why Can't You Behave?
Episode 5 - 4-12-1989
A friend of McCabe, senator Brandauer, is killed in a plane crash, and investigation reveals it was no accident. The plane had substandard parts bought in a deal brokered by McCabe's son, Daniel.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Why Cant You Behave
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Episode 4 - 4-05-1989
Jake investigates a robbery of a transportation company, and gets involved with its owner.
 7.4/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered
I'll Never Smile Again
Episode 3 - 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.
 7.1/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Ill Never Smile Again
Wish You Were Here (2)
Episode 2 - 3-15-1989
Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Wish You Were Here 2
Wish You Were Here (1)
Episode 1 - 3-15-1989
2h 0m
Jake goes to Hawaii to visit a longtime friend, John Graney, but finds him dead when he arrives. Meanwhile McCabe resigns his position as district attorney and decides to move to Hawaii.
 7.9/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Wish You Were Here 1
Season 1  
7.4
Rhapsody in Blue
Episode 23 - 4-06-1988
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.
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Rhapsody in Blue
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
Episode 22 - 3-30-1988
A former cop who is now a crime writer commits a clever murder so that he can write a book about it that is likely to become a best seller.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
I Guess Ill Have to Change My Plans
How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?
Episode 21 - 3-23-1988
A friend of Jake, Matthew Hammond, is having an affair with a rich lady. They decide to marry, but when she asks her husband for a divorce, he kills her and frames Hammond.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
How Long Has This Thing Been Going On
Blues in the Night
Episode 20 - 3-16-1988
Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry and the other provides an alibi.
 7.8/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Blues in the Night
Babyface
Episode 19 - 2-23-1988
The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.
 7.2/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Babyface
I'll Be Seeing You
Episode 18 - 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.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Ill Be Seeing You
Lady, Be Good
Episode 17 - 2-02-1988
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.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Lady Be Good
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Episode 16 - 1-26-1988
A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.
 7.3/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
What Is This Thing Called Love
But Not for Me
Episode 15 - 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.
 7.1/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
But Not for Me
It Had to Be You
Episode 14 - 1-12-1988
Leslie Randall, a former PR manager for McCabe is raped. The rapist, a psychiatrist, frames one of his patients with an anonymous tip to the police.
 7.3/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
It Had to Be You
After You've Gone
Episode 13 - 1-05-1988
Jake spots the hit man Sagittarius at the airport and follows him, but he spots Jake and is fatally wounded in the following gunfight. Jake takes his place to try to find out who the target was.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
After Youve Gone
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Episode 12 - 12-08-1987
One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.
 7.1/10
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Episode 11 - 12-01-1987
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.
 7/10
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Love Me Or Leave Me
Episode 10 - 11-17-1987
Ed Galvin escapes while he is being transported to prison, after threatening the life of McCabe and Andy Harmon (the cop who arrested him) during his trial.
 7.7/10
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Love Me Or Leave Me
The Man I Love
Episode 9 - 11-10-1987
Glen Latimer pushes his newly married rich wife Nancy of their boat, but she survives and is brought to a hospital. She is unsure if it was just an accident, so Jake goes befriends Glen posing as Nancy's brother.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
The Man I Love
Body and Soul
Episode 8 - 11-03-1987
""Mad"" Marvin Michaels, the owner of an electronics store, is killed, and ex-con Bradford Long is the main suspect. McCabe assigns the case to the cop Karen Stetson, whose father was killed by Long.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Body and Soul
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Episode 7 - 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.
 7/10
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime
Love for Sale
Episode 6 - 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.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Love for Sale
The Man That Got Away
Episode 5 - 10-13-1987
50m
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.
 7/10
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The Man That Got Away
Laura
Episode 4 - 10-06-1987
Jake's former partner is killed by his fiancée in an alley. She blames the murder on a Latin kid she saw stealing a VCR just before she pulled the trigger.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Laura
Fatal Attraction (2)
Episode 3 - 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.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Fatal Attraction 2
Fatal Attraction (1)
Episode 2 - 9-29-1987
2h 0m
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.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Fatal Attraction 1
Happy Days Are Here Again
Episode 1 - 9-26-1987
Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the murderer, but threatens to frame him unless he cooperates.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Happy Days Are Here Again
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Danny Boy
Episode 25 - 5-09-1990
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.
 8.4/10
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Danny Boy
You're Driving Me Crazy
Episode 22 - 4-04-1990
McCabe prosecutes a man for murdering his wife, when the man's story about them being assaulted by gang members doesn't check out.
 8.1/10
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Youre Driving Me Crazy
I'll Never Be the Same
Episode 4 - 11-06-1991
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.
 8/10
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Ill Never Be the Same
Laura
Episode 4 - 10-06-1987
Jake's former partner is killed by his fiancée in an alley. She blames the murder on a Latin kid she saw stealing a VCR just before she pulled the trigger.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Laura
Wish You Were Here (1)
Episode 1 - 3-15-1989
2h 0m
Jake goes to Hawaii to visit a longtime friend, John Graney, but finds him dead when he arrives. Meanwhile McCabe resigns his position as district attorney and decides to move to Hawaii.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Wish You Were Here 1
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