• Premiered: Sep 1986
  • Episodes: 199
  • Followers: 28
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Thursday at 20
  • Crime Drama Mystery

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Season 8
8x1
The Play
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 1993
After an actress in The Last Cry of the Hounds is murdered, Matlock agrees to represent the director of a local community play...on the condition that the director not cut him from the play.
8x2
The Fatal Seduction (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 1993
Matlock, Leanne and Cliff go to North Carolina to attend Billy's sister's funeral. While there, they end up getting involved in a pair of murders connected to two young women. As a way to catch them, Leanne sets up a trap using Cliff as bait.
8x3
The Fatal Seduction (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 07, 1993
Matlock and Leanne are convinced that Carrie and Ashley are guilty of not only extortion but murder as well, but the two girls seem to have perfect alibis.
8x4
The Diner
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 1993
Matlock takes Leanne to meet Martha Jordan, the wife of his very first client back in 1962. Stan Shaw was the cook at the local diner when he was accused of killing the local sheriff .. show full overview
8x5
The View
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 1993
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
8x6
The Last Laugh
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 1993
A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
8x7
The Capital Offense
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1993
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
8x8
The Haunted (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1993
While Cliff investigates a suit of medical malpractice and ends up getting more involved than he should with his client, Matlock investigates the case of the mysterious Rod Greenwood, .. show full overview
8x9
The Haunted (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1993
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8x10
The Conspiracy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 1993
Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
8x11
Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 1993
Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
8x11 Midseason finale
The Defendant
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 1993
Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
8x13
The Kidnapping (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 13, 1994
Abductors try to kidnap Leanne but take Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
8x14
The Kidnapping (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 20, 1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
8x15
The Temptation
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 1994
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
8x16
The Crook
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1994
A thief is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
8x17
The Murder Game
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1994
Matlock reluctantly agrees to spend the weekend as part of a murder mystery with Cliff, Leanne, and three people who each paid $10,000 for the privilege of matching wits with Ben .. show full overview
8x17
Brennen
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 17, 1994
Ben vies with a formidable D.A. while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman, and discovers a secret hiding in the D.A.'s past that is affecting his judgment in this case.
8x19
The P.I.
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 03, 1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
8x20
The Godfather
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 28, 1994
Matlock reluctantly agrees to host a reception for his goddaughter's wedding at Leanne's prompting, but when one of the best men is murdered after the bachelor party, Matlock agrees to .. show full overview
8x20 Season finale
The Idol (1)
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
8x22 Season finale
The Idol (2)
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 1994
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