The WORST episodes of Jake and the Fatman
Every episode of Jake and the Fatman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Jake and the Fatman!
District attorney J.L. McCabe strikes down on the crime in Los Angeles together with his special investigator Jake Styles and assistant D.A. Derek Mitchell.
#1 - Goodbye (2)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1990
Jake is in LA and has to clear himself of murder charges.
#2 - Where or When (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
Jake helps out a boozy PI who swears he wasn't drunk when a murder victim fell into his arms, even though the body disappears.
#3 - Put Your Dreams Away
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990
Jake gets wounded during a fight in which the pilot of a small plane falls out, so he attempts to stay aloft and alert as McCabe tries to talk them down, while the two remember past experiences.
#4 - After You've Gone
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1988
Jake discovers a murder plot and takes the place of a dead hit man whose target happens to be McCabe.
#5 - Fatal Attraction (1)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1987
McCabe sets out to prove that a wealthy businessman was murdered by his widow and son – two lovers conspiring to get his money.
#6 - Body and Soul
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1987
Jake helps a determined cop (who is also a former lover) try to convict the man who killed her father, a criminal whom McCabe suspects of committing another murder.
#7 - Ain't Misbehavin'
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1992
A bondswoman named Ethel Mae Haven uses disguise to bail her client out of a murder charge when his life is threatened.
#8 - Two Different Worlds
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1991
Jake deals with a case of serious sibling rivalry when a mentally disturbed woman hires an equally disturbed man to murder her twin sister.
#9 - Wish You Were Here (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/1989
Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.
#10 - Wish You Were Here (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/1989
Jake goes to Oahu to visit his former partner, only to find him murdered, so McCabe arrives from the mainland to help out.
#11 - It Ain't Necessarily So
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/1989
With the help of a key witness whose testimony intrigues him, McCabe pursues a publisher he suspects of putting a hit on his wife.
#12 - Why Can't You Behave?
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/1989
McCabe has a difficult reunion with his son while investigating a plane crash that killed a senator.
#13 - Poor Butterfly
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/1989
When a dangerous pimp assaults McCabe's sole witness against him, Jake talks a scared prostitute into helping him set the pimp up.
#14 - I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1990
Jake returns home for his sister's wedding, only to learn that her fiance has connections to the mob.
#15 - Happy Days Are Here Again
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1987
A speechwriter frames a politician for murdering his assistant, then tries to blackmail him.
#16 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1987
It's Christmastime, but McCabe isn't feeling so jolly as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake find a murderous Santa Claus.
#17 - I'll Never Smile Again
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/1989
McCabe investigates the death of a mugger who assaulted a tourist and uncovers dark secrets that the mainlander and his family have been keeping.
#18 - Love for Sale
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1987
Jake becomes attracted to a woman involved in a drug-smuggling operation while investigating the murder of one of McCabe's informants.
#19 - Someone to Watch Over Me
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/1989
Jake discovers an old man's connection to a young woman as he races the geezer to find her killer.
#20 - Since I Fell for You
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1992
An old girlfriend Derek thought was dead comes back into his life, hoping he can protect her from the gangsters who are after her.
#21 - Last Dance
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1992
A last-minute confession casts doubt on the guilt of the man McCabe is trying for murder.
#22 - Goodbye (1)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1990
Jake follows a trail of dirty cops and dead drug dealers to the Mainland where he encounters old friends and new foes, so McCabe follows him to help out.
#23 - Night and Day
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1990
A hard-boiled PI is determined to make a case against the smuggler who shot her husband, whether Jake helps her or not.
#24 - Long Ago and Far Away
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1989
Judge Smithwood receives a death threat when a military man with a mysterious mission arrives in Hawaii.
#25 - Easy to Love
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1989
Jake seems unable to break the facade of a tough Los Angeles cop whose partner vanished after coming to Hawaii to pick up a convict.