Matlock Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Matlock: Season 9 (1994 - 1995)

• Season 9 Episode 18: The Scam

  Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.

• Season 9 Episode 17: The Scam

  Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.

• Season 9 Episode 16: The Heist

  When Ben's old friend tracks bank robbers, the former FBI agent's rusty skills get him arrested for murder.

• Season 9 Episode 15: The Heist

  When Ben's old friend tracks bank robbers, the former FBI agent's rusty skills get him arrested for murder.

• Season 9 Episode 14: The Assault

  Ben's client is accused of assaulting the landlord he is suing.

• Season 9 Episode 13: The Target

  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 12: The Deadly Dose

  Jerri's sister is accused of murdering a surgeon who had her fired after he was sued for malpractice.

• Season 9 Episode 11: The Verdict

  A district attorney (Jane Sibbett) prosecutes her ex-lover (Josh Taylor), Ben's client, for murder.

• Season 9 Episode 10: The Getaway

  Only a 12-year-old delinquent can exonerate Ben's client, framed for two bank heists.

• Season 9 Episode 9: Dead Air

  A radio personality is accused of killing his partner, but Ben suspects the victim's girlfriend.

• Season 9 Episode 8: The Confession

  Julie March comes to town, asking Ben to help her free an innocent man she convicted; guest Art Hindle.

• Season 9 Episode 7: The Dating Game

  Ben's friend claims he is being framed for the murder of a dating-service client.

• Season 9 Episode 6: The Coach

  After a college basketball coach clashes with a booster over recruiting techniques, he is accused of murder.

• Season 9 Episode 5: The Tabloid

  A senatorial candidate (Tricia O'Neil) is accused of murdering the editor of a tabloid that smeared her.

• Season 9 Episode 4: The Dare

  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

  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

  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

  Ben hires someone (Carol Huston) to investigate a murder involving plagiarism and self-defense; guests Daniel Roebuck; Warren Frost.

Matlock: Season 8 (1993 - 1994)

• Season 8 Episode 22: The Idol

  A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.

• Season 8 Episode 21: The Idol

  A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.

• Season 8 Episode 20: The Godfather

  Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.

• Season 8 Episode 19: P.I.

  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

  Ben vies with a formidable D.A. (George Dzundza) while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman.

• Season 8 Episode 17: The Murder Game

  The host of a charity murder-mystery weekend is found dead.

• Season 8 Episode 16: The Crook

  A rare-book collector, a parishioner at Ben's church, is accused of killing a college professor; guest Tammy Lauren.

• Season 8 Episode 15: The Temptation

  Leanne falls for a guy who robbed her house and stole her diary.

• Season 8 Episode 14: The Kidnapping

  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 13: The Kidnapping

  An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague.

• Season 8 Episode 12: The Defendant

  Leanne falls for a client, a philanthropist (Richard Gilliland) accused of murdering his partner.

• Season 8 Episode 11: Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream

  In a dream, Ben defends a '30s club owner accused of shooting a saxophonist who was romancing his wife.

• Season 8 Episode 10: The Conspiracy

  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

  A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise; guest Arlene Golonka.

• Season 8 Episode 8: The Haunted

  A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise; guest Arlene Golonka.

• Season 8 Episode 7: The Capital Offense

  A con artist facing execution for murder exasperates Ben while having his case appealed.

• Season 8 Episode 6: The Last Laugh

  An old-time comedian (Milton Berle) is accused of killing his young replacement at a comedy club.

• Season 8 Episode 5: The View

  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

  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 3: The Fatal Seduction

  Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.

• Season 8 Episode 2: The Fatal Seduction

  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 2: The Fatal Seduction - Part 1

  Cliff is used as bait to catch two women suspected of murder, when he Ben and Leanne go to North Carolina for a funeral

• Season 8 Episode 1: The Play

  The lawyer agrees to represent a director accused of murdering an actress - so long as he is not cut from the man's play

Matlock: Season 7 (1992 - 1993)

• Season 7 Episode 18: The Competition

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  The lawyer defends a lottery winner accused of killing a woman who stole from him. Andy Griffith stars

• Season 7 Episode 7: The Singer

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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 7 Episode 2: The Vacation - Part Two

  Part two of two. Billy Lewis is determined to get revenge on the lawyer, and Leanne suspects one of her friends of murder

• Season 7 Episode 1: The Vacation - Part One

  Part one of two. Lawyer Ben Matlock meets a face from his past - the brother of the woman he left heartbroken years previously

Matlock: Season 6 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 6 Episode 22: The Assassination

  Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.

• Season 6 Episode 21: The Assassination

  Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.

• Season 6 Episode 20: The Evening News

  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 19: The Evening News

  A TV reporter is framed for his producer's murder, a smoke screen for a real estate scam and fictitious news story.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Mr. Awesome

  A woman is accused of murdering her estranged boyfriend; her imaginative son creates a comic book with parallels to the crime.

• Season 6 Episode 17: The Abduction

  Michelle is held for ransom for information Ben was given by a slain mob attorney.

• Season 6 Episode 16: The Big Payoff

  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

  'Retired' Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

• Season 6 Episode 14: The Outcast

  'Retired' Ben returns from fishing to find a young immigrant farmhand dead and a town unfriendly to questions.

• Season 6 Episode 13: The Picture

  Ben uses evidence in an altered photo to uncover a murder plot designed to conceal a counterfeiting operation.

• Season 6 Episode 12: The Picture

  Ben finds a photo that may solve a murder while looking for his cousin's (Christina Pickles) philandering husband.

• Season 6 Episode 11: The Foursome

  Defending a client framed for murder, Ben accuses the prosecuting counsel of misconduct.

• Season 6 Episode 10: The Game Show

  Defending a game-show host (Peter Haskell) accused of killing his producer, Ben learns others had motives.

• Season 6 Episode 9: The Defense

  A boy kills his father to keep him from abusing his mother.

• Season 6 Episode 8: The Suspect

  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

  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

  Ben employs his dad's investigative techniques to question a tycoon's young widow (Sheree J. Wilson).

• Season 6 Episode 5: The Marriage Counselor

  An insurance salesman is accused of killing the marriage counselor who was having an affair with his wife.

• Season 6 Episode 4: The Nightmare

  Knocked unconscious, Ben dreams he is an Old West lawyer defending Conrad, charged with shooting the sheriff.

• Season 6 Episode 3: The Strangler

  A serial killer (Richard Gilliland) whose eventual target is Ben embarrasses him in court by leaving false clues.

• Season 6 Episode 2: The Witness Killings

  Ben attends his hometown's bicentennial and defends a local man for two murders.

• Season 6 Episode 1: The Witness Killings

  Ben attends his hometown's bicentennial and defends a local man for two murders.

Matlock: Season 5 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 5 Episode 22: The Celebrity

  Ben defends an actress accused of killing her ex-lover to keep racy photos from getting into print.

• Season 5 Episode 21: The Accident

  A man is accused of killing a shyster who specialized in accident victims at a water-slide park.

• Season 5 Episode 20: The Trial

  Ben's investigation pits him against one of the nation's top defense attorneys.

• Season 5 Episode 19: The Trial

  Appointed state prosecutor, Ben investigates his predecessor's murder.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Formula

  A company protecting a formula to cure baldness manipulates a young man.

• Season 5 Episode 17: The Arsonist

  Ben's haberdasher faces charges of murdering his partner during an argument.

• Season 5 Episode 16: The Man of the Year

  Ben encounters obstacles on his way to a luncheon honoring him as 'Man of the Year.'

• Season 5 Episode 15: The Parents

  A couple are accused of murdering the surrogate who promised them her baby, then reneged.

• Season 5 Episode 14: The Critic

  The creator of a Broadway-bound musical is accused of murdering its powerful critic.

• Season 5 Episode 13: The Fighter

  A boxer is accused of murdering a journalist who wrote a damaging article about him.

• Season 5 Episode 12: The Broker

  Julie suspects suicide in the death of a broker client accused of killing his partner.

• Season 5 Episode 11: The Biker

  A militant biker is accused of murdering a movie star, for whom he worked as a bodyguard.

  Next on: Thursday 3rd December 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 5 Episode 10: The Cover Girl

  Ben defends a fashion photographer accused of murdering the head of a modeling agency.

  Next on: Wednesday 2nd December 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 5 Episode 9: The Brothers

  Evidence indicates the twin brother of a doctor killed the latter's partner.

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 5 Episode 8: The Secret

  Defending a gambler, Ben uncovers art theft, murder and blackmail.

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 10:00am EST - WGN America
• Season 5 Episode 7: The Secret

  Matlock uncovers other suspects while defending a blues singer.

  Next on: Monday 30th November 10:00am EST - WGN America
• Season 5 Episode 6: The Narc

  Ben defends a narcotics officer accused of murdering a fellow cop.

  Next on: Wednesday 25th November 10:00am EST - WGN America
• Season 5 Episode 5: The Personal Trainer

  Ben defends a roofer against charges he murdered his wife's amorous personal trainer.

  Next on: Friday 27th November 10:00am EST - WGN America
• Season 5 Episode 4: The Madam

  Ben defends a madam accused of killing a blackmailing former employee.

  Next on: Saturday 28th November 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 5 Episode 3: Nowhere to Turn

  A series of mix-ups implicates Ben in the murder of a judge involved in drug smuggling.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Nowhere to Turn

  A series of mix-ups implicates Ben in the murder of a judge involved in drug smuggling.

  Next on: Monday 23rd November 10:00am EST - WGN America
• Season 5 Episode 1: The Mother

  A legal secretary (Shirley Knight) is accused of murdering her boss, who was having an affair with her daughter.

  Next on: Friday 27th November 4:00pm EST - WLNY

Matlock: Season 4 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 4 Episode 24: The Cookie Monster

  Ben defends a baker friend framed for a rival's murder during a hostile takeover.

  Next on: Wednesday 25th November 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 4 Episode 23: The Blackmailer

  Ben defends a politician (Peter Haskell) framed for murdering a cartoonist (Ray Buktenica) who knew about his affair.

  Next on: Tuesday 24th November 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 4 Episode 22: The D.A.

  Conrad tracks Julie's harasser and discovers an unlikely suspect.

  Next on: Monday 23rd November 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 4 Episode 21: The Informer

  Ben finds his life in jeopardy defending an attorney framed for a mobster's murder.

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Informer

  Ben considers dropping a manipulative client (Richard Masur) accused of murdering a mobster.

• Season 4 Episode 19: The Pro

  Ben defends a belligerent tennis champion (Vince Van Patten) framed for murder.

  Next on: Tomorrow at 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 4 Episode 18: The Kidnapper

  Michelle and Conrad search for Ben, who may have been kidnapped by vengeful ex-convicts.

  Next on: Today at 4:00pm EST - WLNY
• Season 4 Episode 17: The Victim

  Ben defends an old friend framed for the murder of a business partner's adulterous wife.

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Talk Show

  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 15: The Student

  Ben defends a coed framed for the murder of her lover, a professor (Dennis Boutsikaris).

• Season 4 Episode 14: The Witness

  Michelle agrees to defend Ben's pal, framed for murder, until she learns her old law-school friend is also suspect.

• Season 4 Episode 13: The Scrooge

  Ben spends Christmas defending a miserly neighbor accused of murdering his business partner.

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Buddies

  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 11: The Fugitive

  Ben tries to clear the name of his unlikable client, framed for murder.

• Season 4 Episode 10: The Prisoner

  Ben gets a lesson about life in prison, while Conrad tries to get insider information on the real killer.

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Prisoner

  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

  Ben defends an old friend accused of murdering a stock-market swindler (David Birney); guest Patricia Charbonneau.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Star

  Ben defends a director accused of killing an aging actress (Anita Morris) during her horror-film death scene.

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Clown

  Ben defends a circus clown accused of killing his partner; Conrad gets trapped in a tiger's cage.

• Season 4 Episode 5: The Ex

  Ben helps Julie defend an old friend framed for the murder of a newspaper publisher.

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Bestseller

  A romance novelist's husband is accused of murder.

• Season 4 Episode 3: The Good Boy

  Defending a widow accused of murdering her second husband, Ben suspects her jealous son (Brian Bloom) of the crime.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Hunting Party

  Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.

• Season 4 Episode 1: The Hunting Party

  Matlock and a deputy sheriff help a veteran framed for murder on Roanoke Island, N.C.

Matlock: Season 3 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Priest

  Defending a construction contractor, Ben learns one priest (Michael Spound) may have killed another.

• Season 3 Episode 19: The Blues Singer

  A blues musician (Joe Seneca) faces charges of murdering a rock singer; guest Bonnie Bartlett.

• Season 3 Episode 18: The Cult

  A man tries to rescue his son from a cult and faces charges of murdering the group's leader.

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Model

  Matlock tries to clear a famous journalist of the murder of a top model.

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Thoroughbred

  The defense of a mentally impaired farmhand accused of murder uncovers foul play involving a racehorse; guest Claude Akins.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Thief

  Ben defends a rare-coin dealer accused of killing an employee who was stealing inventory.

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Thief

  Ben defends a rare-coin dealer accused of killing an employee who was stealing inventory; guest Cindy Morgan.

• Season 3 Episode 13: The Psychic

  A psychic who foresaw her boyfriend's stabbing death hires Ben when she becomes a suspect.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Starlet

  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 11: The Other Woman

  Another suspect's dual personality damages Ben's defense of a psychiatrist accused of killing a patient.

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Black Widow

  Ben tries to clear the name of a client who unjustly served time for his wife's murder.

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Mayor

  Ben suspects the presiding judge (Georg Stanford Brown) is in on a land fraud related to the case.

• Season 3 Episode 8: The Mayor

  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

  Convinced his brother was framed for murder, a psychopath takes Matlock's associates hostage; guest Mitchell Laurance.

• Season 3 Episode 6: The Captain

  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

  Ben dislikes his client, an obnoxious radio personality accused of killing a rival disc jockey; guest Don Knotts.

• Season 3 Episode 4: The Mistress

  Ben searches for a witness capable of clearing his client in her unfaithful husband's murder.

• Season 3 Episode 3: The Ambassador

  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

  An ambassador refuses diplomatic immunity when his lover (Lisa Hartman) accuses him of killing her husband; guest David Ogden Stiers.

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Lemon

  Ben's neighbor (Don Knotts) tries to return a defective car, and is framed for the dealer's murder.

Matlock: Season 2 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 2 Episode 24: The Heiress

  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 23: The Fisherman

  Ben defends a Vietnamese fisherman accused of killing the man who was terrorizing him and his fellow countrymen.

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Magician

  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

  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 20: The Lovelorn

  Matlock encounters a family full of suspects when an advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist is murdered.

• Season 2 Episode 19: The Hucksters

  Ben defends an irate investor accused of murdering the promoter of a pyramid scheme.

• 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

  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

  Ben defends his boss (Richard Kline), accused of killing an umpire during his softball team's playoff game.

• Season 2 Episode 15: The Gigolo

  Ben defends a dance instructor charged in the murder of a wealthy, jealous matron who cut off his money.

• Season 2 Episode 14: The Reunion

  When a classmate dies at their law-school reunion, Ben takes up the defense of the man's partner.

• Season 2 Episode 13: The Body

  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

  Matlock goes to Las Vegas to defend a friend (Bruce Weitz) charged with murdering his girlfriend; guests Ken Kercheval, Dick Gautier.

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Gift

  Ben defends a man accused of killing his vindictive wife at a Christmas party full of Santa Clauses.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Country Boy

  Ben defends a country singer (David Carradine) who was too drunk to remember whether he killed his sister-in-law.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Best Friend

  Matlock defends the subject of a slain biographer and learns a disturbing fact about his client during the trial.

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Network

  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 7: The Power Brokers

  Matlock's client confesses to a murder and then recants, claiming federal agents coerced it; guest Nancy Dussault.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Power Brokers

  Ben defends a popular columnist framed for the murder of a source; guests Ralph Bellamy, Nancy Dussault, Isabella Hoffman.

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Husband

  The victim's widow and two ex-wives are prime suspects in his murder; guest Christopher Norris.

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Annihilator

  A surprise witness seems to hinder an acquittal for Ben's client (Dick Butkus), a wrestler accused of murder.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Blind Justice

  A sculptor (David Ogden Stiers) frames Michelle's friend for the murder of the man responsible for his blindness.

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Billionaire

  Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Billionaire

  Matlock goes to London to defend a man convicted of killing his tycoon father.

Matlock: Season 1 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Doctors

  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 24: The Reporter

  A bride (Caryn Richman) returns home to find her house afire and her groom slain.

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Photographer

  Matlock defends a photographer's assistant wrongfully accused of the murder of her boss.

• Season 1 Episode 22: The People vs. Matlock

  Ben stands trial after a juror accuses him of offering a $100,000 bribe.

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Therapist

  A movie idol (Steve Bond) is accused of murdering the sex therapist who went public with his problems.

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Court Martial

  Ben's defense of Pvt. Hughes hinges on a scandal that could ruin four officers.

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Court Martial

  Ben defends a rebellious young soldier framed in the murder of his sadistic lieutenant; guests Tim Reid, Wendy Phillips.

• Season 1 Episode 18: The Convict

  Matlock gets a second chance at justice when a former client, convicted of murder, kills an inmate in self-defense.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Nurse

  Ben defends a live-in nurse accused of killing her affluent patient to expedite her inheritance.

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Rat Pack

  Matlock defends a young executive (Tim Busfield) framed in the murder of a starlet (Shawn Weatherly).

• Season 1 Episode 15: The Author

  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

  A TV chef's (Cathryn Damon) ex-husband (Craig Claiborne), a noted culinary author, dies from sampling food on her show.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Santa Claus

  Accused of murdering his stingy landlord, a sidewalk Santa Claus (Pat Hingle) seeks Matlock's defense.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Professor

  Matlock's former professor and mentor (Don Porter), framed by students in a hit-and-run, seeks Ben's defense.

• Season 1 Episode 11: The Angel

  Matlock defends a rock star (Kari Lizer) implicated in the murder of her manager.

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Cop

  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 9: The Sisters

  Two murder-mystery buffs frame their doltish uncle in the slaying of their wealthy aunt.

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Don

  Ben fends off the children of crime boss Baron (Jose Ferrer), who appear to want their father convicted.

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Don

  J.L. Brackett (William Conrad) prosecutes Matlock's client, crime-boss Nicholas Baron (Jose Ferrer), for murder.

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Seduction

  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

  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

  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

  Judge Carter Addison (Dick Van Dyke) kills his mistress then presides over the murder trial as Matlock tries to defend a framed man.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Diary of a Perfect Murder

  An Atlanta lawyer and his daughter defend a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Diary of a Perfect Murder

  An Atlanta lawyer and his daughter defend a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife.