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* YouJustToldMe: In "Second Time Around", Jake is interrogating mob enforcer Billy Nickel, who is being uncooperative. Jake mentions the name of previous victim, saying he is out of his cast and getting around pretty well on his crutches. Nickel grunts that he'll break the punk's other squealing.Jake then admits the victim hadn't said anything and it was just a lucky guess.
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* YouJustToldMe: In "Second Time Around", Jake is interrogating mob enforcer Billy Nickel, who is being uncooperative. Jake mentions the name of previous victim, saying he is out of his cast and getting around pretty well on his crutches. Nickel grunts that he'll break the punk's other squealing.leg for squealing. Jake then admits the victim hadn't said anything and it was just a lucky guess.
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* YouJustToldMe: In "Second Time Around", Jake is interrogating mob enforcer Billy Nickel, who is being uncooperative. Jake mentions the name of previous victim, saying he is out of his cast and getting around pretty well on his crutches. Nickel grunts that he'll break the punk's other squealing.Jake then admits the victim hadn't said anything and it was just a lucky guess.
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* DeadlyHug: In "Second Time Round", a famous attorney is being blackmailed. His devoted secretary offers to kill the blackmailer. But instead she fakes the blackmailer's death. Then five years later the blackmailer turns up alive and is now blackmailing the secretary who is now married to the attorney running for governor. Unable to pay him off, the wife lures the blackmailer into a rendezvous, then shoots him while he is embracing her.
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* BlackmailBackfire: In "Second Time Round", a famous attorney is being blackmailed. His devoted secretary offers to kill the blackmailer. But instead she fakes the blackmailer's death. Then five years later the blackmailer turns up alive and is now blackmailing the secretary who is now married to the attorney running for governor. Unable to pay him off, the wife lures the blackmailer into a rendezvous, then shoots him while he is [[DeadlyHug embracing her]].
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* NakedInMink: In "Second Time Round",FemmeFatale Carolyn Bruce returns from blowing up a patsy in order to allow her blackmailer boyfriend to [[FakingTheDead fake his death]] wearing a full length white fur coat.She climbs into-bed with him and then shrugs off the coat to reveal ToplessnessFromTheBack.
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* FakingTheDead: In "Second Time Around", a famous attorney is being blackmailed. His devoted secretary offers to kill the blackmailer. But instead she fakes the blackmailer's death.
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* BackdoorPilot: "It Never Entered My Mind" was the backdoor pilot for''Series/DiagnosisMurder''.
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* SaunaOfDeath: In "You Don't Know Me", Andrew Blaine, a friend of [=McCabe=]'s is ousted from his company by his protege, Charles Hatton. He also learns that his wife aided him. When she catches Hatton with another woman she snaps and threatens him. He is later killed when someone tampers with his sauna.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: In "I Cover the Waterfront", an old friend of Derek's shows up wanting to reconnect, but when he's found dead later that night, Derek insists it [[NeverSuicide wasn't a suicide like all the evidence seems to imply]]. Jake is out of town testifying in another state, so Derek goes off-reservation and acts an investigator.
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* MonsterClown: In "We'll Meet Again", a clown comes after[= McCabe=] with a sawed-off shotgun, leading the Fatman to remember all the suspects he convicted.
* MurderByMistake: In "Rhapsody in Blue", a husband and wife pair of killers break into the company lodge intending the murder the husband's boss. However, in the darkness, the do not realise that someone else is staying in the lodge and shoot him instead. When they discover their mistake, they attempt to frame the boss for the murder.
* MurderByMistake: In "Rhapsody in Blue", a husband and wife pair of killers break into the company lodge intending the murder the husband's boss. However, in the darkness, the do not realise that someone else is staying in the lodge and shoot him instead. When they discover their mistake, they attempt to frame the boss for the murder.
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* MonsterClown: In "We'll Meet Again", a clown comes after[= McCabe=] after [=McCabe=] with a sawed-off shotgun, leading the Fatman to remember all the suspects he convicted.
* MurderByMistake: In "Rhapsody in Blue", a husband and wife pair of killers break into the company lodge intending the murder the husband's boss. However, in the darkness,the they do not realise that someone else is staying in the lodge and shoot him instead. When they discover their mistake, they attempt to frame the boss for the murder.murder.
* NeverSuicide: In "I Cover the Waterfront", an old friend of Derek's shows up wanting to reconnect, but when he's found dead later that night, Derek insists it wasn't a suicide like all the evidence seems to imply.
* MurderByMistake: In "Rhapsody in Blue", a husband and wife pair of killers break into the company lodge intending the murder the husband's boss. However, in the darkness,
* NeverSuicide: In "I Cover the Waterfront", an old friend of Derek's shows up wanting to reconnect, but when he's found dead later that night, Derek insists it wasn't a suicide like all the evidence seems to imply.
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* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a SerialKiller in "More Than You Know".
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** In "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", a serial killer who's targeting winos taunts [=McCabe=] with phone calls before each killing. However, his real target is his brother who is living on the streets, and the other murders and the calls to [=McCabe=] are theatrics designed to hide this fact.
** After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a SerialKiller in "More Than You Know".
** In "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", a serial killer who's targeting winos taunts [=McCabe=] with phone calls before each killing. However, his real target is his brother who is living on the streets, and the other murders and the calls to [=McCabe=] are theatrics designed to hide this fact.
** After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a SerialKiller in "More Than You Know".
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* WrenchWhack: In "Last Dance", the VictimOfTheWeek is the blackmailing owner of an auto repair shop who is beaten to death with a large wrench.
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* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: In "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", Henry--a mousy bookkeeper who's been poisoned and has now decided to live for the first time--confronts a macho type who is hassling the girl he likes on the dance floor. The bully is contemptuous until he looks over shoulder and sees Jake who flashes his police badge at him, and then immediately backs down; making Henry look like a hero.
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J. L.[[note]]Jason Lochinvar[[/note]] "Fatman" [=McCabe=] (Conrad) is a tough, Hawaii-born former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with Jake Styles (Penny), a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator. The two men often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog. The series moved to Hawaii at the start of the third season before returning to Los Angeles midway through season 4.
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J. L.[[note]]Jason Lochinvar[[/note]] "Fatman" [=McCabe=] (Conrad) is a tough, Hawaii-born former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with Jake Styles (Penny), a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator. The two men often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog. The series moved to Hawaii at the start of the third season before returning to Los Angeles midway through season 4.\n
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''Jake and the Fatman'' is a crime drama series starring Creator/WilliamConrad as Los Angeles prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" [=McCabe=] and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [=McCabe=] is a Hawaii-born, tough former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog.
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''Jake and the Fatman'' is a crime drama series starring Creator/WilliamConrad as Los Angeles prosecutor and Joe Penny.
J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) [[note]]Jason Lochinvar[[/note]] "Fatman" [=McCabe=] and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [=McCabe=] (Conrad) is a Hawaii-born, tough tough, Hawaii-born former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with Jake Styles (Penny), a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They investigator. The two men often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog.
bulldog. The series moved to Hawaii at the start of the third season before returning to Los Angeles midway through season 4.
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''Jake and the Fatman'' is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" [=McCabe=] and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [=McCabe=] is a Hawaii-born, tough former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog.
The series ran for five seasons (1987–92) on Creator/{{CBS}}. ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' was a SpinOff of this series.
The series ran for five seasons (1987–92) on Creator/{{CBS}}. ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' was a SpinOff of this series.
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''Jake and the Fatman'' is a television crime drama series starring William Conrad Creator/WilliamConrad as Los Angeles prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" [=McCabe=] and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [=McCabe=] is a Hawaii-born, tough former Honolulu Police Department officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog.
Theseries show ran for five seasons (1987–92) on Creator/{{CBS}}. ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' was a SpinOff of this series.
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The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' was a SpinOff of this series.
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* ParentsForADay: In "Pretty Baby", Jake, [=McCabe=] and Derek take turns looking after a baby while they search for the infant's mother who witnessed a murder.
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* WhodunnitToMe: In "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", a mousy bookkeeper who's been poisoned spends his last days helping Jake find the rat who did it.
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* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a SerialKiller in "More Than You Know".
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* BlackWidow: In "The Tender Trap", Derek suspects his uncle's fiancee is a black widow, and she may have already spun her web.
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* PrisonEpisode: In "Danny Boy", [=McCabe=]'s bottled-up feelings are unleashed when he's called to the state prison where his inmate son witnessed a murder.
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* TwinSwitch: In "Blues in the Night", a pair of twin jewel thieves proves to be a challenge for [=McCabe=] as he unknowingly provides an alibi for one sister while the other commits a murder.
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* MoneyFetish: In "Rhapsody in Blue", a husband and wife pair of murderers/blackmailers are shown lying in post-coital bliss atop the $250,000 in small bills they had extorted from their victim; evidently just having had sex on top of it.
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* BadSanta: In "[[ChristmasEpisode Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]", it's Christmastime, but [=McCabe=] isn't feeling so jolly as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake find a murderous Santa Claus.
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* TwistedChristmas: In "[[ChristmasEpisode Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]", it's Christmastime, but [=McCabe=] isn't feeling so jolly as an ambitious assistant DA helps Jake find a [[BadSanta murderous Santa Claus]].
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* CounterfeitCash: In "Snowfall", 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.
