Phyllis Todd confesses to the murder of her boss to protect her daughter. Matlock soon sees through his client's ruse.
Guest Stars:
Beth Toussaint, Shirley Knight, David Froman, Philip Baker Hall, Kathy Karges
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Guest Stars:
Roger Aaron Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Sal Lopez, Miguel Sandoval, James Cromwell
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Guest Stars:
Roger Aaron Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Sal Lopez, Miguel Sandoval, James Cromwell
A call girl blackmails her employer to stay on the payroll, and when one of them winds up dead, it's Matlock to the rescue.
Guest Stars:
Maureen Arthur, Noble Willingham, David Froman, Elizabeth Gracen, Robert Pine
When personal trainer Harry Slade is murdered, Matlock agrees to defend his roofer, George Wilton, on the condition that George finish Matlock's roof like he promised. The case is complicated when it turns out that not only was Harry sleeping with beautiful blonde DeeDee, but also Bridget Laird, and Harry's wife and step-daughter!
Guest Stars:
Leslie Easterbrook, Peter Marc Jacobson, Mary-Margaret Humes, George DiCenzo, Fran Bennett
When Ed Tobias is found murdered after exposing his dirty co-workers to the top brass (they sold the drugs they didn't turn in), Lt. Brooks asks Matlock to defend his accused killer, Johnny Bauer, the only one in the unit who wasn't on the take. In between playing catch with Conrad, Matlock agrees to defend Bauer, even though he feels Bauer is just as dirty as his friends were because he knew what they were up to and he kept quiet.
Guest Stars:
Sharon Wyatt, David Beecroft, Tony Todd, David Froman, Robert Ginty
When a gambler is accused of killing his bookie, Matlock agrees to take the case, believing that someone from the bookie's past is the guilty party.
Guest Stars:
William Allen Young, Forry Smith, David Froman, James McDonnell, Brett Porter
Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.
Guest Stars:
William Allen Young, Forry Smith, Richard Newton, Chuck Sloan, James McDonnell
Lowell Carr is a brilliant plastic surgeon. When his partner is found murdered after the two had a loud argument about dissolving their business, he is the immediate suspect...until Matlock meets his twin brother, Gary.
Guest Stars:
David Haskell, Kristoffer Tabori, David Froman, Patricia Heaton, Don Knotts
Conrad is thrilled to introduce Matlock to his new girlfriend Carla Royce. When Carla's boss is murdered, Matlock defends the accused at her bequest.
Guest Stars:
Amy Yasbeck, Shari Headley, Richard Speight Jr., Jason Wingreen, Michael Harris
After Nicky, a well-known actor with a bad reputation, is murdered on his way into a premiere, a judge friend of Matlock's asks Matlock to defend his son Cliff, a biker who had been fired earlier from his job as Nicky's bodyguard.
Guest Stars:
Holly Sampson, Craig Shoemaker, Stephen Nichols, Paul Lambert, Willy Parsons
When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.
Guest Stars:
Signy Coleman, Jerry Hardin, David Froman, Richard Newton, Edward Edwards
When fighter Billy Leon is accused of murdering reporter Nick Underwood, a man he thought was his friend who announced in the paper that he was using steroids, Matlock agrees to take him on as a client.
Guest Stars:
Christopher Allport, Ken Foree, Wanda De Jesus, David Froman, Richard Bakalyan
Matlock has known Sam Spelvin since he was six years old, so he agrees to consult on Sam's play, Lovers and Lawyers. Unfortunately, the play is truly awful. When noted critic John Bosley Hackett, who felt the play was truly one of the worst in history, is found murdered, Sam is arrested. Matlock agrees to defend Sam, even deferring his payment while they wait to see if the play is a success, and manages to find a few more people who would be more than happy to see Hackett dead...and to see Sam's play fail.
Guest Stars:
Ken Michelman, Chuck Wagner, Geoffrey Blake, Joel Grey, Tony Roberts
Howard and Amy have all their dreams answered when Jill plans to give them the child she was carrying. After Jill changes her mind and is found dead, Howard and Amy are the prime suspects in her murder, and Matlock sets out to prove that the birth father may have also had a motive.
Guest Stars:
David Froman, Marge Redmond, Gregory Itzin, Cliff Potts, John Saxon
Matlock is all set to be honored as the man of the year, but when his car breaks down and he's forced to ask his housekeeper for a ride, a simple twenty minute trip turns into a flat tire, a hostage situation, and an afternoon in jail.
Guest Stars:
Bo Hopkins, David Froman, Pat Crawford Brown, Wayne Duvall, Marge Redmond
Marvin Sheam and Sid Franklin have been in business for 32 years. When their bank loan is denied and they can't pay their bills, Marv tries to talk Sid into hiring an arsonist to torch their business so they can collect the insurance money and rebuild from scratch. Just before Marv has a chance to talk to the arsonist again, he winds up dead outside his daughter's wedding reception, and Sid gets blamed.
Guest Stars:
Bill Macy, Jeffrey Byron, Lawrence Dobkin, David Froman, Michael Cavanaugh
Matlock receives a call in the middle of the night from a young man who once painted his house who claims he's been arrested for stealing the formula to cure baldness from a company who fired his friend and stole his work. Twenty-four hours later Ben gets another call from the same young man, who has been accused of murdering the man he claims he stole the formula for. The biggest problem is that none of what Jeff Duvall claims seems to be true; not only did Tim Crider not ask him to steal the formula, but he was never fired in the first place!
Guest Stars:
Nancy Sullivan, Carol Mayo Jenkins, James Karen, David Froman, Joe Mays
When assistant D.A. Howard Wright is murdered in his workshop, the attorney general approaches Matlock and asks him to take on the assignment of special prosecutor. With Michelle and Conrad's help, Matlock begins to investigate Wright's past, and realises the man was spending money that he could not have earned legitimately. In investigating names that Wright had left behind, Matlock finds himself embroiled in a lawsuit involving Maxwell Toys.
Guest Stars:
Marilyn McIntyre, Diana Muldaur, David Froman, Mike Farrell, Carmen Argenziano
Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.
Guest Stars:
Marilyn McIntyre, Diana Muldaur, David Froman, Mike Farrell, Carmen Argenziano
Eugene Dobbs and Nolan Wheeler are the perfect combination -- Dobbs presents the cases, and Wheeler does all the legwork. After Dobbs is unable to keep the promises he makes to football coach John Kramer, Dobbs meets his maker one night at the office, with Kramer as the prime suspect. Matlock takes the case, in part to prove to Kramer that not all lawyers are schmucks like Dobbs, and in part because the list of people who want Dobbs dead is getting longer by the minute as Matlock and Conrad find an interesting link between Dobbs, the owner of a local water park, and Dobbs' wife.
Guest Stars:
Judith Chapman, Charles Frank, Richard McGonagle, David Froman, Pamela Brull
22 Episodes