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William
Conrad is the blustery behemoth L.A. District Attorney J.L. McCabe.
A lean Joe Penny, supplying the sex appeal, is fast-living
investigator Jake. Sure, Jake might get annoyed with McCabe for
interrupting his late-night trysts with unannounced visits and
refrigerator raids, but they genuinely like and respect each other.
McCabe's wall-shaking bark is worse than his bite. In the episode,
"Laura," in which Jake is on the case of his former partner's
killer, he tells McCabe not to worry. "I always worry," McCabe
gruffly replies, before adding, "about you, kid." And we don't need
a Christmas episode to show us that deep down McCabe isn't really a
Scrooge. We see that in his devotion to his ever-present bulldog,
Max ("I never leave home without him"). |
