Season 9 Episode 13:The Target(1995)
After bailing out of a fishing trip because of seasickness, Ben thinks the ensuing explosion that killed a judge friend was intended for him.
Season 9 Episode 6:The Coach(1994)Next on: Friday 17th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America After a college basketball coach clashes with a booster over recruiting techniques, he is accused of murder.
Season 9 Episode 5:The Tabloid(1994)Next on: Thursday 16th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America A senatorial candidate (Tricia O'Neil) is accused of murdering the editor of a tabloid that smeared her.
Season 9 Episode 4:The Dare(1994)Next on: Wednesday 15th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America Murder occurs after a millionaire philanthropist (Terry O'Quinn) tells Ben he is planning one and dares him to solve it.
Season 9 Episode 3:The Scandal(1994)Next on: Friday 10th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America The prime suspect in the murder of a prominent attorney is an employee (Melora Hardin) who accused him of sexual harassment.
Season 9 Episode 2:The Accused(1994)Next on: Tuesday 14th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America Ben hires someone (Carol Huston) to investigate a murder involving plagiarism and self-defense; guests Daniel Roebuck; Warren Frost.
Season 9 Episode 1:The Accused(1994)Next on: Monday 13th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America Ben hires someone (Carol Huston) to investigate a murder involving plagiarism and self-defense; guests Daniel Roebuck; Warren Frost.
Season 8 Episode 22:The Idol(1994)Next on: Thursday 9th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.
Season 8 Episode 21:The Idol(1994)Next on: Wednesday 8th July 7:00am PDT - WGN America A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.
Season 8 Episode 20:The Godfather(1994)Next on: Tomorrow at 7:00am PDT - WGN America Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.
Season 8 Episode 19:P.I.(1994)
Ben's friend (George Peppard), a private investigator, and his estranged daughter (Tracy Nelson) try to re-establish their relationship while probing the murder of a director's (Jonathan Banks) mistress.
Season 8 Episode 18:Brennan(1994)
Ben vies with a formidable D.A. (George Dzundza) while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman.
Season 8 Episode 16:The Crook(1994)
A rare-book collector, a parishioner at Ben's church, is accused of killing a college professor; guest Tammy Lauren.
Season 8 Episode 14:The Kidnapping(1994)
An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague; Ben must prove the agent's innocence.
Season 8 Episode 10:The Conspiracy(1993)
A young attorney is involved in blackmail, jury tampering and murder when a chemical company is accused of carcinogenic pollution.
Season 8 Episode 9:The Haunted(1993)
A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise; guest Arlene Golonka.
Season 8 Episode 8:The Haunted(1993)
A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise; guest Arlene Golonka.
Season 8 Episode 5:The View(1993)
A murder case involves two stars of a local theater production and an argument Ben thought he saw from his hotel window.
Season 8 Episode 4:The Diner(1993)
Ben recalls the '60s, when he resigned as judge to defend a black cook (Stan Shaw) accused of killing a bullying white sheriff.
Season 8 Episode 2:The Fatal Seduction(1993)
At a beach resort to attend a high-school sweetheart's funeral, Ben is drawn into the investigation of two men's deaths; Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.
Season 8 Episode 1:The Play(1993)
The lawyer agrees to represent a director accused of murdering an actress - so long as he is not cut from the man's play
Season 7 Episode 18:The Competition(1993)
Ben does not believe a talented pianist committed suicide, a view shared by the dead woman's father. US crime drama, starring Andy Griffith
Season 7 Episode 17:The Final Affair - Part Two(1993)
Part two of two. The lawyer discovers what part the archbishop's death played in a plot involving the former football player, his wife, her lover and the Mafia
Season 7 Episode 16:The Final Affair - Part One(1993)
Part one of two. The attorney invites a homeless man to live with him while he investigates the case of a deceased archbishop who appeared to have become entangled in a plot involving a former football player, his wife, her lover and the Mafia
Season 7 Episode 15:The Divorce(1993)
What starts out as a simple division of property turns nasty as a couple, who once appeared to have the perfect marriage, engage in a complicated divorce. Leanne and Matlock are pitted against each other as they represent the wife and the husband respectively
Season 7 Episode 14:The Obsession(1993)
Confined to a hospital bed, the attorney struggles to detach himself from his work, and continues to ruminate about the case of a TV celebrity accused of murdering a therapist
Season 7 Episode 13:The Revenge(1993)
After witnessing a robbery at a convenience store, Matlock starts to have strange things happen which make it appear he is losing his mind, and must work out who is setting him up
Season 7 Episode 12:The Debt(1993)
Leanne's ex-husband Peter is charged with murdering his friend and boss. With a clear motive and opportunity, Matlock despises his former son-in-law more than ever
Season 7 Episode 11:The Fortune - Part Two(1993)
Part two of two. Billy persuades Matlock to defend him in court, and Cliff continues searching the zoo for evidence that will exonerate the man accused of murdering his uncle
Season 7 Episode 10:The Fortune - Part One(1993)
Part one of two. A man is accused of murdering his millionaire uncle, and Cliff is sent to work in the late man's zoo to gather information to exonerate him
Season 7 Episode 9:The Juror(1993)
The attorney is called up for jury duty but causes havoc among his fellow jurors by disagreeing with the majority. Andy Griffith stars
Season 7 Episode 8:The Mark(1993)
The lawyer defends a lottery winner accused of killing a woman who stole from him. Andy Griffith stars
Season 7 Episode 7:The Singer(1993)
The attorney defends a record producer accused of the murder of a singer. US crime drama, starring Andy Griffith
Season 7 Episode 6:The Class(1993)
The attorney discusses the subject of 'the perfect murder' with a university law class, and when a student mysteriously disappears, officials fear that Matlock's speech may have incited someone to commit a perfect crime
Season 7 Episode 5:The Ghost(1993)
Ben is approached by a man who asks him to appeal on behalf of his wife, who has been accused of a crime. However, the attorney soon smells a rat when he approaches the woman's lawyer, and discovers she is actually on trial for the murder of her husband
Season 7 Episode 4:The Legacy - Part Two(1992)
Part two of two. Josh Winfield confesses to the murder of Arthur Kendall, but the police find a few holes in his story. Ben asks Conrad to take a closer look at Yolanda Bergstrom, the woman Kendall had been with not long before he died
Season 7 Episode 3:The Legacy - Part One(1992)
Part one of two. The lawyer defends a man with a connection to his father, who is accused of murder. Drama, starring Andy Griffith, Brynn Thayer and Clarence Gilyard Jr
Season 6 Episode 20:The Evening News(1992)
After being tricked into reading a false report on the air, an honest newscaster (Bill Winkler) is accused of murdering his producer.
Season 6 Episode 18:Mr. Awesome(1992)
A woman is accused of murdering her estranged boyfriend; her imaginative son creates a comic book with parallels to the crime.
Season 6 Episode 16:The Big Payoff(1992)
Frugal Ben hires a hitchhiker (Randy Travis) to paint his home; Michelle and an insurance adjuster pursue an ad producer's murderer.
Season 6 Episode 15:The Outcast(1992)
'Retired' Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.
Season 6 Episode 14:The Outcast(1992)
'Retired' Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.
Season 6 Episode 13:The Picture(1992)
Ben uses evidence in an altered photo to uncover a murder plot designed to conceal a counterfeiting operation.
Season 6 Episode 12:The Picture(1992)
Ben finds a photo that may solve a murder while looking for his cousin's (Christina Pickles) philandering husband.
Season 6 Episode 8:The Suspect(1991)
Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.
Season 6 Episode 7:The Suspect(1991)
Evidence uncovered in Michelle's case may incriminate Ben's murder client (Brynn Thayer), but attorney/client privilege bars action.
Season 6 Episode 6:The Dame(1991)
Ben employs his dad's investigative techniques to question a tycoon's young widow (Sheree J. Wilson).
Season 6 Episode 3:The Strangler(1991)
A serial killer (Richard Gilliland) whose eventual target is Ben embarrasses him in court by leaving false clues.
Season 4 Episode 16:The Talk Show(1990)
Ben and Michelle defend a TV producer (Teri Austin) accused of murdering an obnoxious talk-show host; guests Leann Hunley, Samantha Eggar.
Season 4 Episode 14:The Witness(1990)
Michelle agrees to defend Ben's pal, framed for murder, until she learns her old law-school friend is also suspect.
Season 4 Episode 12:The Buddies(1989)
Ben's best friends are prime suspects in a 35-year-old murder case he reopened; guests Fritz Weaver, George Coe, Hugh Gillin.
Season 4 Episode 9:The Prisoner(1989)
The attorney general asks Ben to vindicate a prison guard of murder charges in a mock trial held by mutinous inmates; guest David Carradine.
Season 4 Episode 8:The Con Man(1989)
Ben defends an old friend accused of murdering a stock-market swindler (David Birney); guest Patricia Charbonneau.
Season 4 Episode 7:The Star(1989)
Ben defends a director accused of killing an aging actress (Anita Morris) during her horror-film death scene.
Season 4 Episode 3:The Good Boy(1989)
Defending a widow accused of murdering her second husband, Ben suspects her jealous son (Brian Bloom) of the crime.
Season 3 Episode 12:The Starlet(1989)
Ben defends an ex-girlfriend's (Anne Francis) daughter (Nia Peeples), a pageant winner accused of murdering a contestant; guest Roddy McDowall.
Season 3 Episode 8:The Mayor(1989)
Ben's defense of a '60s activist accused of assassination uncovers a mayor's unsavory past; guest Dennis Franz.
Season 3 Episode 7:The Vendetta(1989)
Convinced his brother was framed for murder, a psychopath takes Matlock's associates hostage; guest Mitchell Laurance.
Season 3 Episode 6:The Captain(1989)
Ben defends a patrolman framed for murder but is upset when the prime suspect appears to be the chief of police, an old friend.
Season 3 Episode 5:The DJ(1989)
Ben dislikes his client, an obnoxious radio personality accused of killing a rival disc jockey; guest Don Knotts.
Season 3 Episode 3:The Ambassador(1988)
An attempt on his life convinces Ben that finding Shelby (Lisa Hartman) is the key to the real murderer; guest David Ogden Stiers.
Season 3 Episode 2:The Ambassador(1988)
An ambassador refuses diplomatic immunity when his lover (Lisa Hartman) accuses him of killing her husband; guest David Ogden Stiers.
Season 2 Episode 24:The Heiress(1988)
Upon her release from a mental sanitarium, an heiress faces charges of murdering the accountant handling her trust fund; guest Brian Benben.
Season 2 Episode 22:The Magician(1988)
Ben unearths more than one suspect while defending a magician (Michael E. Knight) accused of murdering a devious assistant.
Season 2 Episode 21:The Genius(1988)
When his genius nephew (Bill Mumy) is accused of murder, Ben's only hope for acquittal lies in his client's ability to outwit a computer.
Season 2 Episode 18:The Investigation
Ben must prevent a mob war when the crime-boss father of his client discovers the evidence against his son was manufactured.
Season 2 Episode 17:The Investigation(1988)
Ben takes up the defense of a longtime client (Shaun Cassidy) accused of murdering a Senate grandstander investigating organized crime.
Season 2 Episode 16:The Umpire(1988)
Ben defends his boss (Richard Kline), accused of killing an umpire during his softball team's playoff game.
Season 2 Episode 13:The Body(1988)
Matlock defends a woman accused of killing the exercise instructor she believed was having an affair with her husband.
Season 2 Episode 12:The Gambler(1987)
Matlock goes to Las Vegas to defend a friend (Bruce Weitz) charged with murdering his girlfriend; guests Ken Kercheval, Dick Gautier.
Season 2 Episode 8:The Network(1987)
Ben defends a TV producer accused of killing a network's chief of programming; guests Corbin Bernsen, Rhea Perlman, Betty White, ALF.
Season 2 Episode 3:Blind Justice(1987)
A sculptor (David Ogden Stiers) frames Michelle's friend for the murder of the man responsible for his blindness.
Season 1 Episode 25:The Doctors(1987)
A young resident seeks Ben's defense when he is framed for the murder of his formidable chief surgeon; guest Norman Fell.
Season 1 Episode 18:The Convict(1987)
Matlock gets a second chance at justice when a former client, convicted of murder, kills an inmate in self-defense.
Season 1 Episode 15:The Author(1987)
A man (Parker Stevenson) is wrongfully accused of trying to kill the author (Audra Lindley) of an expose on a Georgia town.
Season 1 Episode 14:The Chef(1987)
A TV chef's (Cathryn Damon) ex-husband (Craig Claiborne), a noted culinary author, dies from sampling food on her show.
Season 1 Episode 10:The Cop(1986)
A no-nonsense police officer (Hector Elizondo) turns to Matlock when he becomes a prime suspect in the murder of a local hood.
Season 1 Episode 8:The Don(1986)
Ben fends off the children of crime boss Baron (Jose Ferrer), who appear to want their father convicted.
Season 1 Episode 7:The Don(1986)
J.L. Brackett (William Conrad) prosecutes Matlock's client, crime-boss Nicholas Baron (Jose Ferrer), for murder.
Season 1 Episode 6:The Seduction(1986)
Ben defends an over-the-hill quarterback (John Beck) accused of killing his team-owner girlfriend; guest Nancy Stafford.
Season 1 Episode 5:The Affair(1986)
A socialite retains Matlock to defend her husband's accused killer, a maid (Theresa Saldana) who won't help her own defense.
Season 1 Episode 4:The Stripper(1986)
Ben defends an exotic dancer accused of murdering her ex-husband, a man determined to have her declared an unfit mother.
Season 1 Episode 3:The Judge(1986)
Judge Carter Addison (Dick Van Dyke) kills his mistress then presides over the murder trial as Matlock tries to defend a framed man.
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