Episode
Jake and the Fatman: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Overview
A priest is having an affair with a woman half his age, and becomes the prime suspect when she is murdered.
Details
- Series
- Jake and the Fatman
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1991-05-01
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie is Episode 23 in Season 4 of Jake and the Fatman. It aired on 1991-05-01. The runtime is 60 min.
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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 convictions to see witch of them might be the would-be assassin.
Episode 24: Nevertheless
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.
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Episode 21: I'd Do Anything
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.
Episode 20: Second Time Around
McCabe sees a man supposed to have been murdered 5 years ago, and has Jake look into it.
Episode 19: It Never Entered My Mind
Dr. Sloan is charged with murdering hospital director Havilland, who was investigating him and two other doctors.
Episode 18: You Don't Know Me
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 his home.
Episode 17: I Cover the Waterfront
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, but Derek refuses to accept it.
Episode 16: Pretty Baby
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 to find her and the killer.
Episode 15: I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
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 murder - the murder of him...
Episode 14: Daddy's Home
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 employer.
Episode 13: I May Be Wrong
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 who immediately goes after Vanessa Kruger, the leader of a group allied with the Order.
Episode 12: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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 court before the judge dismisses the case.