Episode

Jake and the Fatman: Lady, Be Good

Name: Jake and the Fatman: Lady, Be Good
Released: 1988-02-02
Duration: 60 min
Cast: William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell, Olga Russell, George O'Hanlon, Jr.

Jake and the FatmanSeason 11988-02-02

Overview

A friend of McCabe is murdered just as he is about to fake his own death so his wife can collect a 4.5 million-dollar life insurance.

Details

Series: Jake and the Fatman
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 1988-02-02
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Lady, Be Good is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Jake and the Fatman. It aired on 1988-02-02. The runtime is 60 min.

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Episode 16: What Is This Thing Called Love? 1988-01-26 | 60 min A man takes a courtroom hostage - with Derek and McCabe in it.

Episode 18: I'll Be Seeing You 1988-02-16 | 60 min A small time crook comes to McCabe offering to testify against the crime boss O'Rourke, after laying low for ten years. McCabe is suspicious, but is more than willing to go along with anything that can get O'Rourke behind bars.

More episodes from this season

Episode 15: But Not for Me 1988-01-19 | 60 min A known mob man is killed in the home of star reporter Candace Morgan. She says he was shot through the window while she was interviewing him, but McCabe gets suspicious when there is one too many bullets.

Episode 19: Babyface 1988-02-23 | 60 min The daughter of the wealthy Amos Banning arranges her own kidnapping, and murders her accomplice once she has the ransom.

Episode 14: It Had to Be You 1988-01-12 | 60 min Leslie Randall, a former PR manager for McCabe is raped. The rapist, a psychiatrist, frames one of his patients with an anonymous tip to the police.

Episode 20: Blues in the Night 1988-03-16 | 60 min Jennifer Wilding gets a surprise when her identical twin sister turns up wanting to resume their previous partnership - one steals jewelry and the other provides an alibi.

Episode 13: After You've Gone 1988-01-05 | 60 min Jake spots the hit man Sagittarius at the airport and follows him, but he spots Jake and is fatally wounded in the following gunfight. Jake takes his place to try to find out who the target was.

Episode 21: How Long Has This Thing Been Going On? 1988-03-23 | 60 min A friend of Jake, Matthew Hammond, is having an affair with a rich lady. They decide to marry, but when she asks her husband for a divorce, he kills her and frames Hammond.

Episode 12: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 1987-12-08 | 60 min One of the deputy DAs finally gets her first murder case when a man she was investigating for skipping alimony payments turns up dead.

Episode 22: I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans 1988-03-30 | 60 min A former cop who is now a crime writer commits a clever murder so that he can write a book about it that is likely to become a best seller.

Episode 11: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1987-12-01 | 60 min A burglar kills a woman and blinds her nurse before fleeing. The police catch him, but have to let him go because the nurse can't identify him. When she is scheduled for an operation that could restore her eyesight, they fear he'll try to kill her.

Episode 23: Rhapsody in Blue 1988-04-06 | 60 min Ned Covington and his wife plan to kill his boss, Phil Duncan, when he is passed over for promotion, but they kill another employee by mistake. Realizing this they try to frame Duncan for the murder.