• Premiered: Sep 1986
  • Episodes: 199
  • Followers: 27
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Thursday at 20
  • Crime Drama Mystery

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Season 5
5x1
The Mother
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 18, 1990
Phyllis Todd confesses to the murder of her boss to protect her daughter. Matlock soon sees through his client's ruse.
5x2
Nowhere to Turn (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 25, 1990
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
5x3
Nowhere to Turn (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 25, 1990
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
5x4
The Madam
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 02, 1990
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.
5x5
The Personal Trainer
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 09, 1990
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 .. show full overview
5x6
The Narc
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 23, 1990
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, .. show full overview
5x7
The Secret (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 30, 1990
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.
5x8
The Secret (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 06, 1990
Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.
5x9
The Brothers
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 1990
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.
5x10
The Cover Girl
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 1990
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.
5x11
The Biker
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 27, 1990
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.
5x12
The Broker
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 04, 1990
When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.
5x12 Midseason finale
The Fighter
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 11, 1990
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.
5x14
The Critic
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 08, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x15
The Parents
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 15, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x16
The Man of The Year
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 29, 1991
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.
5x17
The Arsonist
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 05, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x18
The Formula
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 12, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x19
The Trial (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 19, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x20
The Trial (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 26, 1991
Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.
5x21
The Accident
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 26, 1991
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 .. show full overview
5x22 Season finale
The Celebrity
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 1991
Ben defends a one time movie queen who is now a cosmetics mogul who is accused of murdering her ex-lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos of her.

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