Jake & The Fatman: Second Season

"Jake, I wished you'd have been my son": JL McCabe to Jake in the closing scenes of Season 2, Episode 5 after Daniel McCabe was being led away by 2 FBI Agents.To me, Season 2 is what should have been Season 1 for Jake and the Fatman. While Season 1 was good, it was too predictable with Jake knowing who did the crime in the first 5 minutes. With the writers strike in 1988 all the fall episodes got a very late start. Season 2 of Jake and the Fatman had 11 episodes that all aired in the spring of 1989. The season opener was very powerful and in my opinion the kind of opening that should have been on Season 1. I am just glad that the writing got better. Clearly with Magnum's departure there was an opening to film in Hawaii. Both Joe (Jake) and William (JL McCabe) play off each other very well. Season 2 develops the characters better and we begin to see them as real people with real problems.I am glad that the producers/writers found their footing and look forward to Season 3, and from the looks of it I'll have to buy the box set as it does not appear to be available as a complete season, that or wait for the show to air on one of the Classic TV channels.

Just love these two actors together.... When it was on TV years ago I never missed a show, I was disappointed that season 3, 4 and 5 are not available separately, you can only get them in boxed set and I had already purchased the first 2 series

I love this show. I used to watch it on the small screen as a kid and found myself enjoying it just as much now. It's weird to call it a classic - since I usually reserve that for Cannon, Barnaby Jones and the like, but I'm not sure how else to classify this fun detective series.This was an abbreviated season, which took place in Hawaii. While it wasn't as good as the first season, it was still fun to watch.

I was pleased with the prompt and courteous way my order was dispatched to me. I really appreciated how they shrink wrapped it so it would not be damaged in the mail. i put the tracking on it so i could view it as it was being shipped. i live in an apartment and all of our packages that won't fit in the mail box are taken to the office. i tracked it and asked for it the 19 th and was told it was not there. well it was indeed there, she just had a lot of packages to sort through and didn't find it.

I loved the fact the show moved to Hawaii from Los Angeles!

If you love a great drama filled with lots of action, mingled with some wonderful light-hearted moments, set against the backdrop that is Hawaiian Paradise then you will love Jake and The Fatman, Series 2. Some haunting music, great guest stars and storylines that are engaging and often poignant, will lead you down a magical path that pays tribute to the skill of the police and law enforcement offices in Honolulu, the breathtaking beauty of the islands and their people and the charismatic performances of the stars. Highly recommended, highly valued and often watched. Love it.

Entertaining if you are a fan of 80s and 90s action TV shows. Scenery is great plot lines decent, it can be a bit campy/dated if you do not buy into its style. This is a short season though with only ten episodes, too bad the rest of the series has yet to be released on DVD. This season is filmed on location in Hawaii.

Liked season 1 and figured season 2 would be good too but it was moved to Hawaii and the characters changed dramatically so IMO it lost what I liked best about season 1 As season 2 progressed I disliked the subject content of some of the episodes

Wonderful! Now I would like season 3 & 4 please.

Real nostalgic.

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