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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#6 - Pretty Baby
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1991
Jake, McCabe and Derek take turns looking after a baby while they search for the infant's mother who witnessed a murder.
#7 - My Buddy
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1990
An urchin steals Jake's wallet—and his heart—before she and her friends steal a counterfeiter's plates.
#8 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#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 - You Don't Know Me
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/1991
An old friend of McCabe's is suspected of murdering the man who took away his business and had an affair with his wife, but he's got the Fatman as an airtight alibi.
#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 - 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.
#19 - I'll Never Be the Same
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1991
Jake feels distraught over accidentally shooting a 14-year-old boy, but an Internal Affairs cop tells him to cool it when her own investigation heats up.
#20 - I Cover the Waterfront
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1991
Derek goes down to the docks to investigate the death of his longshoreman friend, certain that the man has been murdered.
#21 - But Not for Me
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1988
Jake suspects that a newswoman knows more about a gangster's murder than she's letting on, so McCabe attempts to get the truth from an unwilling witness: the newswoman's daughter.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1991
McCabe tries to clear his pastor of murdering his mistress.
#25 - 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.