Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 194
- Latest aired
- S09E17
- Total runtime
- 2d 18h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 March 1986 – May 1987 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1987 – May 1988 24 episodes
- Season 3 November 1988 – May 1989 20 episodes
- Season 4 September 1989 – May 1990 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1990 – April 1991 22 episodes
- Season 6 October 1991 – May 1992 22 episodes
- Season 7 November 1992 – May 1993 18 episodes
- Season 8 September 1993 – May 1994 22 episodes
- Season 9 October 1994 – May 1995 18 episodes
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S08E01 The Play
September 23 · 60min find the promo
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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.
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S08E02 The Fatal Seduction (1)
September 30 find the promo
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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.
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S08E03 The Fatal Seduction (2)
October 7 · 50min find the promo
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Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.
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S08E04 The Diner
October 14 find the promo
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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 after a disagreement in the diner. Charlie Matlock pushed Ben, who had recently quit his job as a district attorney to take the case, but not everyone in town was happy with the Matlocks siding with the black cook accused of killing the white sheriff. Despite Cyrus Jordan's attempts to get the Matlocks to drop his case for their own safety, father and son were determined to prove that Cyrus never killed anyone.
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S08E05 The View
October 28 find the promo
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Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
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S08E06 The Last Laugh
November 4 · 60min find the promo
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A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
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S08E07 The Capital Offense
November 11 · 60min find the promo
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Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
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S08E08 The Haunted (1)
November 18 find the promo
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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, who happens to bear an eerie resemblance to a dead businessman. Soon Cliff and Matlock realise that their cases are tied together.
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S08E09 The Haunted (2)
November 18 find the promo
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S08E10 The Conspiracy
November 25 · 60min find the promo
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Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
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S08E11 Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
December 2 find the promo
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Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
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S08E12 The Defendant
December 16 find the promo
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Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
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S08E13 The Kidnapping (1)
January 13 find the promo
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Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
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S08E14 The Kidnapping (2)
January 20 find the promo
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The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
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S08E15 The Temptation
January 27 · 60min find the promo
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A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
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S08E16 The Crook
February 3 · 60min find the promo
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A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
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S08E17 The Murder Game
February 10 · 60min find the promo
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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 Matlock. When the pretend victim turns up really dead, they know that one of the three paying visitors killed him. Leanne has her father keep the three suspects occupied with stories of previous cases while she and Cliff investigate.
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S08E18 Brennen
February 17 find the promo
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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.
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S08E19 The P.I.
March 3 find the promo
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A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
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S08E20 The Godfather
April 28 · 60min find the promo
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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 defend the brother of the bride when he is accused of murder. The case is hindered by cheating lovers, a bad history between the victim and the accused, and an increasing number of houseguests at Matlock's home, none of which were invited.
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S08E21 The Idol (1)
May 19 find the promo
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A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
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S08E22 The Idol (2)
May 19 find the promo