Jake and the Fatman: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Jake and the Fatman Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
God Bless the Child
Sep 12, 1990
Two siblings kill their parents when their father threatens to remove them from the will.
The Tender Trap
Sep 19, 1990
Derek's uncle reveals he's about to get married. But Derek becomes suspicious because the bride is nearly half his uncle's age, and starts digging into her past.
Exactly Like You
Sep 26, 1990
A friend of McCabe is killed execution style. A witness identifies Lyle Wicks as the murderer, and Wicks confesses. But several parts of his confession don't add up, so Jake contin
'Round Midnight
Oct 3, 1990
Jake isn't very happy when his friend's Porsche is taken at gunpoint. He tracks down the robber, but holds off when he finds the carjacker associating with an infamous jewel thief.
Only You
Oct 24, 1990
Jake goes under cover investigating industrial espionage, trying to find the top man. Things get complicated when an acquaintance for LA comes to visit.
My Boy Bill
Oct 31, 1990
A deputy PA is blackmailed into losing a case by kidnappers that have her son.
More Than You Know
Nov 7, 1990
Jake investigates a serial killer that leaves an orchid on all his victims, while McCabe gets his biography written.
Night and Day
Nov 14, 1990
Jake and private investigator Casey Quinn go after her husband's murderer - suspected smuggler Peter LaMotta.
Goodbye (1)
Nov 28, 1990
Jake gets in trouble with a group of crooked LA cops when he discovers a body in the water while fishing on Maui. They intercept Jake's call about the body, and hide it before disp
I Know That You Know
Dec 12, 1990
A woman is found murdered in her home after she surprised a burglar and triggered the alarm. The burglar is found and convicted for the murder, but McCabe thinks something is wrong
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Jan 2, 1991
McCabe is prosecuting Robert Burgess - a big crime boss, when his main witness is murdered on his way to court. Jake tracks down Burgess' ex-girlfriend, and has to bring her to cou
I May Be Wrong
Jan 9, 1991
A South African diplomat is killed by a car bomb with the mark of an extreme South African racist group know as ""the Order of Blood"" near by. South Africa sends a black cop to LA
Daddy's Home
Feb 6, 1991
Jake is at his niece's christening, when his long lost father suddenly appears - after being gone for 27 years. It turns out he's in trouble after stealing $50,000 from his former
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Feb 13, 1991
An accountant is witness to a murder, and is very keen on helping Jake out with the investigation. But a few days later he turns up at Jake's apartment wanting to report another mu
Pretty Baby
Feb 27, 1991
Cindy O'Malley, a friend of Jake's, is witness to a murder, but is spotted by the killer and he chases her and shoots her. McCabe & Co has to take care of her baby while they try t
I Cover the Waterfront
Mar 6, 1991
Derek gets a visit from a childhood friend who is trying to turn his life around. The next day he's found dead, filled with drugs and alcohol. The police believe he killed himself,
You Don't Know Me
Mar 13, 1991
His wife and her lover Gregg Hatton remove Andrew Blane, a good friend of McCabe and head of Blane Electronics, from his position. The next day Hatton is killed in an explosion in
It Never Entered My Mind
Mar 20, 1991
Dr. Sloan is charged with murdering hospital director Havilland, who was investigating him and two other doctors.
Second Time Around
Apr 3, 1991
McCabe sees a man supposed to have been murdered 5 years ago, and has Jake look into it.
I'd Do Anything
Apr 10, 1991
A psychiatrist is having an affair with a patient and her husband finds out and wants a divorce. So she manipulates her lover into killing him.
We'll Meet Again
Apr 24, 1991
McCabe is showing a school class around the courthouse, when a man dressed as clown tries to kill him with a shotgun. The man misses, but gets away. McCabe goes over past convictio
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
May 1, 1991
A priest is having an affair with a woman half his age, and becomes the prime suspect when she is murdered.
Nevertheless
May 8, 1991
Todd Kurtin kills his wife in an alley, and makes it look like a mugger assaulted her. But the story doesn't convince McCabe, who prosecutes Kurtin - even though the case is weak.