Jake and the Fatman

1Wish You Were Here (1)

60 minMar 15, 1989

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.

2Wish You Were Here (2)

60 minMar 15, 1989

Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder.

3I'll Never Smile Again

60 minMar 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.

4Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

60 minApr 5, 1989

Jake investigates a robbery of a transportation company, and gets involved with its owner.

5Why Can't You Behave?

60 minApr 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.

6Poor Butterfly

60 minApr 19, 1989

Jake goes after a pimp, who killed a prostitute who was to testify against him.

7It Ain't Necessarily So

60 minApr 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.

8Someone to Watch Over Me

60 minMay 3, 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.

9They Can't Take That Away from Me

60 minMay 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.

10Side by Side

60 minMay 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.

11Snowfall

60 minMay 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.