Episode
Jake and the Fatman: Long Ago and Far Away
Overview
Judge Smithwood starts receiving death threats after sentencing a young man to 20 years for rape. And a mysterious man in an army captain uniform steals a high precision sniper rifle from a local military base.
Details
- Series
- Jake and the Fatman
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1989-12-06
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Long Ago and Far Away is Episode 10 in Season 3 of Jake and the Fatman. It aired on 1989-12-06. The runtime is 60 min.
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Jake helps out the actor, Tom Cody, who played his childhood idol - the Skyhawk. Tom has been reduced to an alcoholized, broke veteran plane pilot, and no one believes him when he witnesses a murder.
Episode 11: What Child is This?
It's Christmas, and pregnant young lady is on the run from two mobsters. Gertrude makes a surprise visit to McCabe, and helps with the Christmas celebration.
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Episode 8: Sweet Leilani
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Episode 12: In the Still of the Night
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Episode 7: Out of Nowhere
Jake and the FBI go after Victor Potemkin, a suspected drug smuggler. But when they raid his house they find no drugs, but Jake finds someone he knows - a woman who disappeared overnight just as he was about to propose to her.
Episode 13: You Turned the Tables on Me
After several failed raids on mafia boss Everett Ashford, it appears the PA's office has a leak. Evidence starts to point to Leigh Perry, a rising star in the PA's office and the head of the organized crime division.
Episode 6: It All Depends on You
Derek gets his first case - a drunk driver who assaulted a police officer. But the driver is a powerful man, and suddenly Derek's main witness lies and the judge dismisses the case.
Episode 14: One More for the Road
Derek collides with a pedestrian on his way home from a beach party. When the man dies, Derek is charged with manslaughter.
Episode 5: Dancing in the Dark
A cat burglar robs a hotel while McCabe is hosting a district attorney convention there. The immediate suspect is Harry McGuinn, a recently released cat burglar. He insists that he is innocent, and tries to help Jake solve the robbery.
Episode 15: Who's Sorry Now?
Nick Voss, a wanted criminal whose brother is about to be executed, kidnaps McCabe. Voss demands that his brother is released, or McCabe will share the same fate.
Episode 4: The Way You Look Tonight
A young lady is acquitted for killing her mother, and wants to hire Jake privately to find the killer. Jake turns it down because he's on his way to a vacation, but then McCabe refuses to let him take any days off. So Jake quits his job and takes the assignment.
Episode 16: I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Jake travels to Los Angeles to attend his sister's wedding. The groom has a shady past, but he swears it's all behind him. But then, why is he working for a local gangster?