Matlock

Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cast:Andy Griffith , Linda Purl , Kene Holiday , Nancy Stafford , Julie Sommars , Clarence Gilyard Jr. , David Froman , Daniel Roebuck , Richard Newton , Brynn Thayer , Kari Lizer , Michael Durrell , Warren Frost , Don Knotts , Al Wiggins , Carol Huston , Lucille Meredith , Lee Lively

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Diary of a Perfect Murder

Tue, Apr 8, 2008

Ben Matlock and his daughter Charlene defend a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Judge

Tue, Sep 23, 1986

Judge Carter Addison murders his cheating mistress and frames her lover. Then the judge presides over the man's trial with Ben Matlock as the defense counsel.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Stripper

Tue, Sep 30, 1986

An exotic dancer is accused of killing her ex-husband.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Affair

Tue, Oct 7, 1986

Christina Ward hires Ben to defend Sonia Cardenas, the maid accused of knifing her cheating husband Richard. Sonia was one of Richard's dalliances and is reluctant to help Ben; is she covering for someone else?

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Seduction

Tue, Oct 14, 1986

Football star Brad Bingham is accused of fatally bludgeoning the team's owner Cynthia Hyland.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Don: Part 1

Tue, Oct 28, 1986

Ben and Charlene take the case of Mafia don Nicholas Baron accused of murdering business rival Don Kovacs; Charlene is attracted to Baron's son Paul.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Don: Part 2

Tue, Nov 4, 1986

Ben defends a organized-crime boss.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Sisters

Tue, Nov 11, 1986

Sisters Julia and Emily McCullough murder their wealthy Aunt Esther with a heavy object and frame her dull husband Harold Scully, a golf partner of Ben's. Ben reluctantly defends Scully and must break the sisters' alibi and strong bond.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Cop

Sat, Nov 15, 1986

After tough detective Joe Peters finds a fortune in his bank account, the mob frames him for Harry Landers' gunshot murder.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Angel

Tue, Nov 25, 1986

Spoiled rock star and party girl Angel goes to her manager Lou Pearson's house to patch up a drunken fight and passes out. When she comes to, he's been fatally stabbed in the chest with scissors. Ben reluctantly defends her.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Professor

Tue, Dec 2, 1986

Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Santa Claus

Tue, Dec 9, 1986

At Christmas, cruel landlord Alan Rawlings wants to evict his tenants and tangles with tenant Tom McCabe, a cynical disabled Korean War vet and street Santa. Rawlings is murdered with a paperweight and McCabe is accused.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Chef

Tue, Jan 6, 1987

During the taping of her TV cooking show, chef Victoria Edwards' ex-husband Mike, whom she hates, samples her cooking, then keels over dead from cyanide poisoning. Ben and Charlene investigate and the killer moves to strike again.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ The Author

Tue, Jan 13, 1987

Maryann Nelson's book, whose characters are based on her neighbors, is a best seller. Angry neighbors threaten her. When Reverend DeLuca visits, someone shoots at her and kills him. The investigation leads to town Doctor Egan.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Rat Pack

Tue, Jan 20, 1987

In California, Ben defends cookie magnate Alan Gardener who is accused of drowning his girlfriend Debbie O'Keefe, a bit-part actress who may have been involved with one of his friends.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Nurse

Tue, Feb 3, 1987

One night, Peter St. John dies of what seems to be a heart attack while his private nurse Kathy Dawson was out. When his cause of death is determined to be murder, Kathy becomes the prime suspect. Ben's retainer: a $250K engagement ring.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ The Convict

Tue, Feb 10, 1987

Ben's ex-client Lester Matthews has spent years in prison for murder. Before his parole, Lester kills a fellow inmate with a knife in self-defense. Ben defends Lester again and figures out what happened in the previous case.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Court-Martial: Part 1

Tue, Feb 17, 1987

An Army lieutenant pushes his men too hard. Someone stabs him in the back, and he dies. The Army charges one of the soldiers in his company, Ben defends him, and Charlene and Tyler help. During a preliminary hearing the accused disappears.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ The Court-Martial: Part 2

Tue, Feb 24, 1987

Ben returns the defendant, but a crucial witness (the only witness) disappears. Tyler discovers a drug scheme, Charlene finds out about the background, and Ben figures out the pieces of the puzzle. Ben even learns about the Army.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ The Therapist

Tue, Mar 3, 1987

A famous movie star, staying incognito at a special clinic, becomes outraged when his presence there is leaked to the media. When the doctor is found murdered he is arrested for it.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ The People vs. Matlock

Tue, Mar 24, 1987

Gerald O'Hara is accused of killing Dan Keaton, a candidate in the current election, by gunfire and dumping the body at a construction site. Juror # 7 Harry Craven accuses Ben of bribing a witness with cash mailed from Ben's office.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Photographer

Tue, Mar 31, 1987

A crooked photographer is murdered.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ The Reporter

Tue, May 5, 1987

A woman arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband dead. The police believe she did it to kill her husband who supposedly was planning on leaving her. A newspaper reporter helps Ben and discovers the husband had a secret past.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ The Doctors

Tue, May 12, 1987

Habitually angry Dr Dave Westlake supervises a team of doctors and threatens them with bad performance reviews before being killed. Team member Bruce Jacobs finds the body and they all become suspects.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Billionaire

Tue, Sep 22, 1987

Disagreeable London-based American businessman Albert Gordon is shot dead. His son Eric is the prime suspect. Believing Eric's innocent, sister Laura plans a mock trial hoping to uncover new evidence. Ben travels to London to defend Eric.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Blind Justice

Tue, Oct 6, 1987

A blind man kills the man who blinded him and frames the man's girlfriend.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Annihilator

Tue, Oct 13, 1987

Ben's assistant Cassie convinces Ben to defend a professional wrestler accused of killing a rival wrestler.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ The Husband

Tue, Oct 20, 1987

When a woman learns her husband has another wife, she confronts him even making threats. Later he is found dead. She is arrested and Ben defends her. He learns that the man has more secrets.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Power Brokers: Part 1

Tue, Oct 27, 1987

Ben defends a popular columnist framed for the murder of a source.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The Power Brokers: Part 2

Tue, Nov 3, 1987

While trying to figure out how to recover from Melinda's surprise at the end of part one, Matlock slowly uncovers a conspiracy among politicians and businessmen over a secret involving oil reserves.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Gambler

Tue, Nov 10, 1987

Ben defends an Atlanta police lieutenant who is accused of murdering his girlfriend after learning of her true identity.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Network

Tue, Dec 1, 1987

Matlock ventures to LA to defend TV producer Paul Bartel who is accused of murdering network programming chief Greg Titleman.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Best Friend

Tue, Dec 8, 1987

A writer is found shot to death while he was writing a tell-all book about Georgia's most prominent political family, the Douglases. James Douglas' ex-wife, Vanessa, is accused of the murder but Matlock agrees to defend her.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Country Boy

Tue, Dec 15, 1987

Country singer Jimmy LeGrand is a heavy drinker. When he makes a fool of himself performing drunk, his wife leaves him and her sister backs the decision. The sister is found victim of a hit and run. Jimmy is arrested and accused.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Gift

Tue, Dec 22, 1987

Ben defends Brian Emerson, who is accused of murdering his ex-wife Maggie Crowley after he sneaked into her house to give their daughter Wendy a Christmas gift.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Body

Tue, Jan 5, 1988

Ben and Michelle stay at an exclusive health spa while investigating the employees after their client is accused of killing an aerobics instructor who had an affair with her husband.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Reunion

Tue, Jan 12, 1988

Ben reunites with law school friends who are now law partners. Senior partner Warren Coates is shot dead and partner George Dutton is accused. Ben learns that Coates was not only unliked by his partners but even blackmailed two of them.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ The Gigolo

Tue, Jan 19, 1988

Ben Matlock defends a handsome, young dance instructor who is accused of killing his married dance studio business partner after she catches him after hours with another woman.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Umpire

Tue, Jan 26, 1988

Matlock defends an insurance salesman who has been accused of killing his boss, who is also a softball umpire, following a bad call during a softball game.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ The Investigation: Part 1

Tue, Feb 2, 1988

Craig Gentry is the son of mobster Sam Gerard but has cut ties with his father and quietly changed his name. Congressman Pete McGuinness finds out and subpoenas Gentry. McGuinness gets killed and Gentry is arrested.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Investigation: Part 2

Tue, Feb 9, 1988

Matlock decides to continue with the case even though he was the victim of a violent assault. When Tyler returns to the same bar to enquire the whereabouts of Juanita Martinez (Maria O'Brien) on the night of the murders, he meets with physical resistance and ends up lying on the floor. The Gentry Family almost ended up in the middle of the mob war with the Hernandez family.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Hucksters

Tue, Feb 16, 1988

An unscrupulous head of a pyramid scheme selling face cream, dies during a stage infomercial interview. One of the salespeople he swindled, Hal, is blamed for the murder. Ben takes the case despite Hal's lack of funds.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ The Lovelorn

Tue, Feb 23, 1988

Craig Moore confronts advice columnist Marjorie Manners, whom he thinks hurt his marriage with her advice to his wife Anna. Craig threatens Marjorie with a metal trophy. When Marjorie is killed with that trophy, Ben defends him.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ The Genius

Tue, Mar 15, 1988

When Ben's own genius nephew is accused of murder, he assists his uncle in the defense.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ The Magician

Tue, Mar 22, 1988

Matlock intends to enjoy an evening watching the Amazing Zeigler but the illusionist's contentious relation with his assistant erupts. Her subsequent murder has Matlock defending the magician.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ The Fisherman

Tue, Mar 29, 1988

A Vietnamese fisherman has been clashing with another fisherman who's a bigot. When the man is killed the Vietnamese is arrested and Ben defends him. And the D.A. is quite helpful to Ben.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ The Heiress

Tue, May 3, 1988

Ben and a friend defend a young heiress who is being tried for murdering the trustee of her trust.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Lemon

Tue, Nov 29, 1988

Don Knotts is introduced as Ben's new neighbor Les Calhoun. Les gets mixed up in a murder with two competing used car salesmen and Ben defends him.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Ambassador: Part 1

Tue, Dec 6, 1988

Matlock travels to New York City to help Alex Winthrop represent a British Ambassador accused of murdering his lover's husband. The ambassador could invoke diplomatic immunity, but would lose his diplomatic career. The trail leads to a mysterious pharmaceutical company, and a murky conspiracy.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Ambassador: Part 2

Tue, Dec 13, 1988

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Mistress

Tue, Dec 20, 1988

Ben Matlock defends a jealous wife who is accused of killing her husband.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The D.J.

Tue, Jan 3, 1989

Ben Matlock very reluctantly defends an abrasive talk radio personality who is accused of murdering a rival talk radio celebrity.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Captain

Tue, Jan 10, 1989

Ben Matlock is hired to defend a police officer who has been framed for murder by Police Captain Edward Hanna, a police-force veteran.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Vendetta

Tue, Jan 17, 1989

Michelle, Julie, and Tyler are held at gunpoint by vindictive Ned Billings, who plans to kill Ben to avenge his brother Jim Billings, who died in prison after Ben proved he was guilty in a prior case.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Mayor: Part 1

Tue, Jan 31, 1989

Popular mayor Brian Barelli argues with visitors to his home; the next day he is killed by someone dressed as a well known environmentalist. Ben, Michelle, and Tyler are lured to defend the accused under false pretenses.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The Mayor: Part 2

Tue, Feb 7, 1989

Ben continues his defense of a man wrongfully accused of killing a popular mayor.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ The Black Widow

Tue, Feb 14, 1989

After seven years in prison for killing his wife Ann, Ken Wilson gets out and finds her working in a real estate office. Anne soon turns up dead and Ken is tried, once again, for killing his wife.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ The Other Woman

Tue, Feb 21, 1989

Ben defends psychiatrist Lucas Forbes accused of killing Adam Whitley, the cruel abusive husband of his patient Erin Whitley by gunfire.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Starlet

Tue, Feb 28, 1989

Lauren, daughter of Ben's old friend Janet, wins a beauty pageant. The runner-up / sore loser threatens to reveal a secret about Janet unless Lauren drops out. Later the runner-up is found dead and Lauren is arrested. Ben defends her.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Psychic

Tue, Mar 7, 1989

A psychic rushes to Matlock's door and begs him to represent her against a charge of murder. When Matlock asks her to explain, she says she's only had a premonition that a man will be killed, and she will be charged. She also tells Les, Ben's next door neighbor, that he will not live to see the end of her trial. Ben tells her that he doesn't believe in that sort of thing, and says he only takes on "real" cases. However, the next day, one of her fellow psychics at the New Age Faire, is found murdered, and she is arrested. The victim also happens to be her best friend's boyfriend, a serial philanderer. Les urges Ben to represent her, and to believe in psychic phenomena. Ben agrees to the first part, and takes the case. Is the real killer an angry husband, who killed the victim because of an affair? Is it one of the other psychics, who killed the victim over professional jealousy? Matlock must find out before the trial ends for Les's sake, and for the psychic's.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ The Thief: Part 1

Tue, Mar 28, 1989

Coin dealer Mike Koskoff finds that his employee Rob Casey has stolen $40K from him. When Casey is shot, Koskoff is charged and hires Ben. Koskoff's private eye Linda Hansfield gives Ben and Tyler unwanted aid, and makes it tough for Ben.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Thief: Part 2

Tue, Apr 4, 1989

While trying to recover from the surprise testimony at the end of Part 1, Matlock discovers the true motivation for Linda's actions. as well as discovering the vital clue that leads to the real killer.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Thoroughbred

Tue, Apr 18, 1989

Ben is hired to defend Tommy Jenks, a special needs young man accused of murdering the adult daughter of thoroughbred racehorse ranch owner Sam Taylor.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Model

Tue, Apr 25, 1989

During the trial of a journalist accused of killing an internationally recognized model, Matlock is accidentally struck by a car and winds up in the hospital. He receives witness depositions and works from his hospital bed to piece together the evidence.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Cult

Tue, May 2, 1989

Bill Austin wants to get son Dennis out of a cult, to whom he's given his trust fund. After Bill threatens cult leader Josh Bradbury, Josh is shot. Bill is accused when Dennis claims Bill fled the scene. Ben thinks Bill is innocent.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ The Blues Singer

Tue, May 9, 1989

A singer-composer finds an old blues musician living on the streets. He takes the old man to his home over the objections of everyone. Later the singer is found dead. The old man is arrested and Ben who is also a fan decides to defend him.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ The Priest

Tue, May 16, 1989

Ex-mobster Nathan Carlino is accused of killing a priest. Alex Winthrop wants to handle the case but Carlino wants a seasoned lawyer. Ben gets on board. The murder was not as open and shut as it appeared.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Hunting Party: Part 1

Tue, Sep 19, 1989

Matlock travels to Manteo, North Carolina, to defend Spencer Hamilton, the brother of Frank, who was killed in a duck-hunting accident. After Ryan Bartell was shot, immediately after Spencer's brother, Matlock also was approached by a handsome young sheriff, Conrad McMasters, to find evidence in killing Ryan.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ The Hunting Party: Part 2

Tue, Sep 19, 1989

After Conrad calmed Matlock down, realizing he was framed for all the dope that he had in his car, he investigates the three guys who killed Ryan Bartell, each of whom were all liars. In the end, Matlock hired Conrad as a full-time partner and private investigator in Atlanta, after leaving his hometown of Manteo, North Carolina.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Good Boy

Tue, Sep 26, 1989

Bonnie Ritter's son Tony hates his stepfather Cal. Feeling that Tony needs to grow up, Cal wants to send him to a military school. When Tony refuses, Cal threatens Tony, so Tony kills Cal. Bonnie is arrested and Ben defends her.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Best Seller

Tue, Oct 10, 1989

Ben Matlock defends the husband of a very successful romance novelist who is accused of killing his wife's best friend.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Ex

Tue, Oct 17, 1989

Ben goes to Baltimore to help Julie defend her best friend's brother only to find that the prosecutor is Julie's ex-husband.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ The Clown

Tue, Oct 24, 1989

Ben defends a professional circus clown accused of murdering his performing partner.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Star

Tue, Oct 31, 1989

A new young director is imposed upon an aging scream queen near the end of her current movie. They argue conspicuously and vehemently about artistic differences. After the filming of the climactic death scene, the actress is discovered to be actually dead, and the director is presumed to be the guilty party.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Con Man

Tue, Nov 7, 1989

When a client of Ben's is taken by some con artists, he decides to get back at them. When one of them is killed and when another one decides to testify against him Ben defends him. Michelle tries to work on another member of the team and is taken with him.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ The Prisoner: Part 1

Tue, Nov 14, 1989

After an attempted prison breakout, one of the prisoners is killed, presumably by one of the guards. The prisoners riot and take over the prison, insisting on an in-prison trial for the guard. Matlock is recruited to defend the guard.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Prisoner: Part 2

Tue, Nov 21, 1989

While Matlock investigates from the prison, Conrad buys time by impersonating the murdered inmate at a minimum security prison. Conrad is approached by thieves who were looking for the inmate to help with a job, and he plays along.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Fugitive

Tue, Nov 28, 1989

Matlock defends Drew, a young man who Ben believes was framed for murder. Drew doesn't make it easy, as he escapes custody and becomes a fugitive. Ben must solve the case while Drew continually interferes with the investigation.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ The Buddies

Tue, Dec 12, 1989

On his deathbed, an old friend of Ben's begs him to reopen a cold murder case, suspecting that another of their hunting buddies is the killer.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Scrooge

Tue, Dec 19, 1989

A crusty old toy store owner is accused of killing his partner, whom he denigrated as too generous and soft-hearted to manage their business.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Witness

Tue, Jan 2, 1990

Because Ben is going out of town Michelle is trying her first solo case involving an alcoholic client accused of murdering another bar patron. The chief witness is a former law school friend of Michelle's who is hiding a secret.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ The Student

Tue, Jan 9, 1990

A coed student having an affair with a professor threatens him when he rudely dumps her. He is killed that same evening, and Matlock must investigate whether some cheating students had sufficient motive to kill the professor.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Talk Show

Tue, Jan 16, 1990

Matlock investigates the panel of guests on a popular talk show, suspecting that one of them decided to literally bury the hatchet with the show's host...squarely in his back.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ The Victim

Tue, Jan 23, 1990

Ben's client is business partners with a murdered woman's husband. Ben suspects the husband as the real murderer.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ The Kidnapper

Tue, Feb 6, 1990

Conrad and Michelle revisit some old cases of Ben's when he is kidnapped.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Pro

Tue, Feb 13, 1990

After Matlock's client is convicted, Conrad and Michelle investigate the other possible suspects in the hopes of reopening the case.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Informer: Part 1

Tue, Feb 20, 1990

Ben takes a case representing a fellow lawyer who is accused of murdering a mobster. Ben considers dropping him after he starts manipulating his case.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ The Informer: Part 2

Tue, Feb 27, 1990

Ben continues to investigation the murder of a mobster and finds a chain of events that leads to a murder several years earlier.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ The D.A.

Tue, Mar 20, 1990

After successfully getting a man convicted of killing his wife's lover, Julie is threatened by the man's brother and becomes the target of a stalker.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ The Blackmailer

Tue, May 1, 1990

Matlock defends Peter Dolan, a state senator accused of murdering Ron Winfield, a comic strip artist who was going to go public on Dolan's affair with another senator's wife.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ The Cookie Monster

Tue, May 8, 1990

Matlock investigates the murder of a cookie queen who was out to crumble her competitors with a hostile takeover.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ The Mother

Tue, Sep 18, 1990

A legal secretary is accused of murdering her boss, who had an affair with her daughter.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Nowhere to Turn

Tue, Sep 25, 1990

Ben Matlock defends himself against a charge of murder in L.A.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The Madam

Tue, Oct 2, 1990

Ben finds himself enchanted by his latest client, a notorious madam accused of killing one of her prostitutes.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ The Personal Trainer

Tue, Oct 9, 1990

Arrogant ill-tempered roofing contractor George Wilton is framed for shooting personal trainer Harry Slade, who was sleeping with George's wife Joanna. Ben defends George even though he screwed up repairs on Ben's house and caused damage.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Narc

Tue, Oct 23, 1990

During a drug bust, a group of undercover cops steal half of a drug dealer's cache of drugs to sell themselves. One of the cops is later killed. Did one of his partners kill him?

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ The Secret: Part 1

Tue, Oct 30, 1990

A gambler is framed for the murder of his bookie, but Matlock believes the victim was murdered by his old college buddies, who was also being blackmailed by the victim.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ The Secret: Part 2

Tue, Nov 6, 1990

Tyler Mullins is a compulsive gambler and blues singer, who is framed for the murder of his boss, who is also his bookie. His boss's death wipes out his $25,000 gambling debt. This gives him a substantial motive, but Tyler swears to his friend and lawyer Ben Matlock that he didn't do it. Matlock discovers that the victim had been blackmailing three of his college friends, but he can't figure out what he was blackmailing them with. And now the victim's girlfriend Sherry, has decided to take up blackmailing too. One of the three suspects is now trying to kill her too, just as they killed their friend, but which one?

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ The Brothers

Tue, Nov 13, 1990

Matlock has a tough case to defend after a plastic surgeon is accused of killing his business partner.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Cover Girl

Tue, Nov 20, 1990

A photographer is accused of killing an overbearing modeling agency president, who happens to be the boss of Conrad's model girlfriend.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Biker

Tue, Nov 27, 1990

A biker who was hired to provide security for an arrogant movie star hires Ben when he's accused of killing the actor.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Broker

Tue, Dec 4, 1990

Julie is assigned to prosecute a stock broker accused of killing the man who fired him. However, she thinks that he is innocent. Julie is then shocked to find out the man apparently committed suicide, but she is suspicious and thinks that he was murdered and asks Ben and Conrad to help prove his innocence and bring the real killer to justice. However, Julie soon becomes the killer's next target.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Fighter

Tue, Dec 11, 1990

Matlock goes the distance to help a heavyweight boxing champ accused of killing a sports reporter.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ The Critic

Tue, Jan 8, 1991

When a critic is found dead, a young playwright is accused and Ben agrees to defend him.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ The Parents

Tue, Jan 15, 1991

Prospective adoptive parents are suspected of murdering a surrogate mother who had doubts about giving up her baby.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ The Man of the Year

Tue, Jan 29, 1991

When Man of the Year Matlock is late to his own luncheon, his friends satisfy the audience with tales of his adventures.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ The Arsonist

Tue, Feb 5, 1991

Ben defends a man accused of murdering his business partner during a fight about hiring an arsonist to burn down their falling store.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Formula

Tue, Feb 12, 1991

A chemist has developed a miracle hair restorer. He cons a man into swiping the multi-million dollar formula so that he can then sell it out from underneath his employers. Murder ensues and the man finds himself in a "hairy" situation.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ The Trial: Part 1

Tue, Feb 19, 1991

Matlock is tapped as a special prosecutor in the murder of a crooked prosecutor, who deliberately lost a case against a toy company. Things heat up when he is murdered.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ The Trial: Part 2

Tue, Feb 26, 1991

Matlock is tapped as a special prosecutor in the murder of a crooked prosecutor.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ The Accident

Tue, Mar 26, 1991

Ben defends a man accused of killing an ambulance chasing lawyer who botched his promised big settlement suit.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ The Celebrity

Tue, Apr 30, 1991

Matlock defends cosmetics queen Catherine Welden who is accused of killing a former live-in lover who was blackmailing her for 4 million dollars.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ The Witness Killings

Fri, Oct 18, 1991

While attending a reunion in his home town, Matlock gets embroiled in a murder case in which a young man is framed for the murder of another home-town boy who was writing a tell all tome about some of the town's prominent citizens.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ The Witness Killings: Part 2

Fri, Oct 18, 1991

After the death of the second of three boys who witnessed a murder 15 years ago, the trial of Ben's client requires the exposure of the secrets of some of his hometown's most prominent residents.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ The Strangler

Fri, Oct 25, 1991

Matlock plays a game of cat and mouse with the real murderer when he defends his accountant.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ The Nightmare

Fri, Nov 1, 1991

A bump on the head transports Matlock to the Old West, where he tries to save Conrad from a hanging. Conrad proclaims his innocence, but being found on the floor right beside the deceased, doesn't help his case.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ The Marriage Counselor

Fri, Nov 8, 1991

When Ben's insurance agent is accused of murdering a marriage counselor that is having an affair with his wife, Ben defends him.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ The Dame

Fri, Nov 15, 1991

Matlock tells a story to Julie about the time when he and his father were investigating the death of a friend, who may or may not have been killed by his widow.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ The Suspect

Fri, Nov 29, 1991

Matlock becomes embroiled in Attorney/Client privilege issues when he defends two murder suspects whose cases become strangely intertwined.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ The Defense

Fri, Dec 6, 1991

Matlock defends a young man accused of killing his father in order to protect his mother.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ The Game Show

Fri, Dec 13, 1991

The producer of a popular game show is murdered. The show's host is suspected; Michelle goes undercover as a contestant on the show to find the real killer.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ The Foursome

Fri, Dec 20, 1991

Matlock defends a golfer accused of killing a blackmailing caddy.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ The Picture: Part 1

Fri, Jan 17, 1992

While looking for a cousins cheating husband, Ben finds a photo that may help solve a murder.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ The Picture: Part 2

Fri, Jan 24, 1992

While defending his hotheaded cousin, Ben stumbles onto more than just murder.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ The Outcast

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Overworked and distracted, Ben decides to retire and go fishing where he encounters a dead farmhand in an unfriendly town.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ The Big Payoff

Fri, Feb 28, 1992

Michelle works with an insurance investigator to prove that a man killed his rich wife to collect on the insurance money.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ The Abduction

Fri, Mar 6, 1992

Michelle gets kidnapped by the mob. Ben and Conrad try to save her.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Mr. Awesome

Fri, Apr 17, 1992

Matlock's defense of a young waitress charged with murder is greatly aided by her talented young son, who drew a comic book that eerily depicts the crime.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ The Evening News: Part 1

Fri, Apr 24, 1992

A wealthy man and a reporter conspire in a real estate swindle. An innocent reporter is framed and Ben defends.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ The Evening News: Part 2

Fri, May 1, 1992

Ben goes to court (traffic court) and the murder case continues as the investigation of gang violence and arson related to the real estate swindle expand.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ The Assassination: Part 1

Fri, May 8, 1992

Ben and his visiting daughter believe there is a connection between Ben's client and the assassination of Atlanta's mayor.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ The Assassination: Part 2

Fri, May 8, 1992

While defending Judge Eller in his murder trial, Conrad uncovers the connection between the killing of a mayor and a pornography production using underage girls.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ The Vacation

Wed, May 12, 1993

Ben and Leanne go on vacation and meet up with Leanne's college girlfriends. Murder ensues, Ben defends a stranger while Leanne suspects one of her friends is the real killer.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ The Legacy

Thu, Nov 19, 1992

Ben finds out that a man is being charged with murder who has a connection to Ben's father Charlie.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ The Ghost

Thu, Jan 14, 1993

Ben takes on a most unusual client, the ghost of a man who wants Ben to save his wife from being falsely convicted for his murder. While the ghost knows his wife is innocent, he doesn't know who really murdered him.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ The Class

Thu, Jan 21, 1993

Impressionable young college students may have learned a little too much from guest lecturer Matlock when he tells them about committing the perfect murder. A hated classmate of theirs disappears, and evidence of foul play is found in his garage.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ The Singer

Thu, Jan 28, 1993

Evidence tampering, both by the police Lieutenant in charge of the case and his own client, complicates Matlock's defense of a personal manager accused of killing his client, a country music star.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ The Mark

Thu, Feb 4, 1993

Billy Wheeler, the down-on-his-luck country singer whom Matlock hired to paint his house, needs the lawyer's help once again, when he's accused of killing a con artist.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ The Juror

Thu, Feb 11, 1993

As a juror in the trial of a man accused of killing his wife, Ben angers the other jurors by being the only holdout. He believes the accused man is innocent, and he even holds a demonstration to prove his point.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ The Fortune

Thu, Feb 18, 1993

An eccentric millionaire seemingly commits suicide, but when the details don't add up, and too many women come forward as the heiress, executor Bens' job becomes a mess of finding the heir/heiress, and determining the true cause of death.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ The Debt

Thu, Mar 18, 1993

Leanne takes on the case her ex-husband Peter who is charged with the murder of his friend and boss.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ The Revenge

Thu, Mar 25, 1993

Ben, scheduled to appear as a witness in a robbery case, is joined by Conrad and Cliff in reviewing three of his past cases to determine which exposed murderess is engaged in a campaign to make him seem senile.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ The Obsession

Thu, Apr 1, 1993

Matlock defends a TV star who is accused of killing a therapist at a drug rehab centre. His dreams are guiding him to the real killer.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ The Divorce

Thu, Apr 8, 1993

Doctors Farmington want an amicable divorce and ask their friend Ben to handle the paperwork. Meanwhile, Ben is sued by a man who fell off Ben's porch and the divorce becomes less than amicable.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ The Final Affair

Thu, Apr 29, 1993

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high school football coach and aspiring minister.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ The Competition

Thu, May 6, 1993

The apparent suicide of a piano student doesn't ring true to Matlock.

1Season 8

S8.E1 ∙ The Play

Thu, Sep 23, 1993

An actress is murdered and Ben agrees to represent the director of a local community play.

2Season 8

S8.E2 ∙ The Fatal Seduction: Part 1

Thu, Sep 30, 1993

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

3Season 8

S8.E3 ∙ The Fatal Seduction: Part 2

Thu, Oct 7, 1993

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

4Season 8

S8.E4 ∙ The Diner

Thu, Oct 14, 1993

Ben takes Leanne to meet the wife of his first client back in the early 60s. Mr. Shaw was the cook at the local diner where he was accused of killing the local sheriff after a disagreement in the diner.

5Season 8

S8.E5 ∙ The View

Thu, Oct 28, 1993

When Ben and Leanne go to a wedding out of town, Ben witnesses what could be a crime from his hotel window.

6Season 8

S8.E6 ∙ The Last Laugh

Thu, Nov 4, 1993

When a mouthy has-been comedian is accused of murder Matlock defends him in court.

7Season 8

S8.E7 ∙ The Capital Offense

Thu, Nov 11, 1993

Two weeks before con man Adam Spangler's appointment with the electric chair, Det. Campbell Buchard convinces Ben and Leanne to shake the eyewitness testimony that put Spangler on death row and find the real killer.

8Season 8

S8.E8 ∙ The Haunted

Thu, Nov 18, 1993

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

9Season 8

S8.E9 ∙ The Conspiracy

Thu, Nov 25, 1993

Matlock defends a young lawyer accused of murdering his old boss.

10Season 8

S8.E10 ∙ Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream

Thu, Dec 2, 1993

After visiting a jazz nightclub, Matlock has a nightmare set during 1930's prohibition.

11Season 8

S8.E11 ∙ The Defendant

Thu, Dec 16, 1993

Leanne falls for a client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his partner.

12Season 8

S8.E12 ∙ The Kidnapping: Part 1

Thu, Jan 13, 1994

Billy is kidnapped and held for ransom. Agent Wingate of the FBI is assigned to recover him.

13Season 8

S8.E13 ∙ The Kidnapping: Part 2

Thu, Jan 20, 1994

Matlock defends FBI agent Wingate when he is charged with murder.

14Season 8

S8.E14 ∙ The Temptation

Thu, Jan 27, 1994

A handsome criminal steals Leanne's private diary and uses its contents to get close to her.

15Season 8

S8.E15 ∙ The Crook

Thu, Feb 3, 1994

Matlock goes to work when a man accused of stealing a rare book also finds himself facing a murder charge.

16Season 8

S8.E16 ∙ The Murder Game

Thu, Feb 10, 1994

Ben, Leanne, and Cliff take part in a murder mystery weekend, and murder becomes reality.

17Season 8

S8.E17 ∙ Brennen

Thu, Feb 17, 1994

Matlock's neighbor is accused of murdering a councilwoman after she publicly discloses his embezzling. The assistant DA and Matlock share commonalities but come into conflict because they're on opposite sides of the case.

18Season 8

S8.E18 ∙ The P.I.

Thu, Mar 3, 1994

Jesse Morgan runs into Ben at the courthouse. Jesse tells Ben, who is a family friend, that she is going to be moving to Los Angeles to go to school. Before she leaves, Ben tells Jesse where to find her estranged father, Max, when she gets out there. Jesse shows up on Max's doorstep, and finds out he is a private investigator. She moves in with him temporarily until she can find a place of her own. When a job comes up, Max asks Jesse to take pictures of a client's wife, who he suspects is being unfaithful. The client's wife ends up dead, but Jesse got pictures of the getaway car. The car turns out to belong to Max's client, who gets arrested. Max doesn't believe his client did it and now he and Jesse have to prove his innocence.

19Season 8

S8.E19 ∙ The Godfather

Thu, Apr 28, 1994

Ben's goddaughter comes to town for her wedding, causing Ben to deal with uninvited guests, an accident from the past, Cliff's exaggerations, and a murder.

20Season 8

S8.E20 ∙ The Idol

Thu, May 19, 1994

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

1Season 9

S9.E1 ∙ The Accused

Thu, Oct 13, 1994

Matlock defends Ellen Barrett, a reporter who claims to have killed a mobster in self-defence. However, the police are not convinced by her story and neither is Matlock when some things don't add up.

2Season 9

S9.E2 ∙ The Scandal

Thu, Oct 20, 1994

Lisa Swift works as a attorney for attorney Bruce Parmelee. They go out to dinner with a wealthy Japanese client. Lisa is surprised when Bruce starts fondling her knee under the table. Later, he asks her to drive the client back to his hotel. The client said that Bruce promised she'd sleep with him. Lisa turned him down. She confronted Bruce the next morning. He tells her to come to his house at 9pm that evening to discuss it. Lisa goes to his house, but finds Bruce dead. Someone stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener. Bruce's wife returns, and finds Lisa, who gets arrested. Lisa asks Ben to defend her. Ben, who had been a friend of Bruce's, has a hard time believing that his friend could sexually harass someone.

3Season 9

S9.E3 ∙ The Dare

Thu, Oct 27, 1994

Wealthy philanthropist Malcolm Engle reveals his plan to murder someone close to Ben Matlock at a certain time and place and challenges Matlock to try and prove he did it. When Lt. Bob Brooks becomes the victim, Matlock struggles to break Engle's alibi and link him to the murder.

4Season 9

S9.E4 ∙ The Tabloid

Thu, Nov 3, 1994

When the editor of a tabloid newspaper is murdered, a senatorial candidate is accused of murdering him after he smeared her in his newspaper.

5Season 9

S9.E5 ∙ The Coach

Thu, Nov 10, 1994

A hot-tempered basketball coach finds himself in a different kind of court when he's accused of killing a team booster who wanted him to pay a huge sum to attract a major prospect, and he hires Matlock to draw up a defense.

6Season 9

S9.E6 ∙ The Dating Game

Thu, Nov 17, 1994

Cliff's friend Fred is accused of killing the woman he met through a video dating service, so Jerri goes undercover as a client of the service in order to catch the real killer. Meanwhile, Matlock tries his own luck at video dating.

7Season 9

S9.E7 ∙ The Confession

Thu, Dec 1, 1994

Former Atlanta assistant district attorney Julie March fears she may have convicted an innocent man several years ago.

8Season 9

S9.E8 ∙ Dead Air

Thu, Dec 8, 1994

Matlock meets his match with Pat, a klutzy Italian gum-shoe cop. Together they solve the mystery of a murdered DJ host who disliked his on-air partner.

9Season 9

S9.E9 ∙ The Getaway

Thu, Jan 5, 1995

Matlock defends an ex-con in a bank robbery trial, which hinges on the testimony of a kid who claims he can identify the real bandits.

10Season 9

S9.E10 ∙ The Verdict

Thu, Jan 12, 1995

When the new A.D.A. for Chattanooga is assigned to prosecute her former boyfriend (who has been indicted on a murder charge), she asks a reluctant Ben to defend him.

11Season 9

S9.E11 ∙ The Deadly Dose

Thu, Feb 2, 1995

A malpractice suit is followed by a murder and Matlock must defend the accused killer--investigator Jerri Stone's sister.

12Season 9

S9.E12 ∙ The Target

Thu, Feb 9, 1995

After a judge is killed in a deliberate explosion, Matlock suspects he was the actual target of the killer. He looks back on past cases to find someone who has a motive to kill him in revenge.

13Season 9

S9.E13 ∙ The Assault

Thu, Feb 16, 1995

After Matlock's car breaks down in the bad part of Atlanta, he befriends a tenant of run down apartment complex in the same area. His new friend is accused of assaulting the slum lord owner of the building and Ben serves as his lawyer.

14Season 9

S9.E14 ∙ The Heist

Thu, Apr 27, 1995

When Billy comes into money, he takes Ben on holiday - only to encounter agent Ed Wingate from the FBI on an undercover mission.

15Season 9

S9.E15 ∙ The Scam

Thu, May 4, 1995

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