As of July 2026, Jake and the Fatman Season 1 aired in 1987 with 23 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Jake and the Fatman Season 1

1987 23 Episodes Drama · Crime ⭐ 6/10

Right now you can watch Jake and the Fatman Season 1 on streaming — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 54 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. William Conrad leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Jake and the Fatman Season 1 earns its spot. Jake and the Fatman Season 1 treats its mystery as a means, not an end in itself. Season 1 of Jake and the Fatman includes 23 episodes. It aired from September 1987 to April 1988. This season stars William Conrad, Joe Penny and Alan Campbell. William Conrad and Joe Penny lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. The plot mechanics of Jake and the Fatman Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers who think they have seen every crime drama tend to find Jake and the Fatman Season 1 proves them wrong. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. William Conrad anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.

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🎬 Jake and the Fatman Season 1 — Episode Guide

Happy Days Are Here Again

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.

Fatal Attraction (1)

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.

Fatal Attraction (2)

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.

Jake's former partner is killed by his fiancÃ©e in an alley. She blames the murder on a Latin kid she saw stealing a VCR just before she pulled the trigger.

The Man That Got Away

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.

A call girl discovers that her pimp uses her to smuggle drugs. She contacts McCabe, but is killed just as they meet.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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.

""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.

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.

Love Me Or Leave Me

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.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

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.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.

After You've Gone

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.

It Had to Be You

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.

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.

What Is This Thing Called Love?

A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.

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.

I'll Be Seeing You

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.

The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.

Blues in the Night

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.

🎭 Cast of Jake and the Fatman Season 1

William Conrad

Joe Penny

Alan Campbell

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