- 01
While back home for the town's bicentennial festivities, Ben is retained to defend a man for two homicides linked to a 15-year-old crime.Matlock uncovers disturbing evidence in his home town while investigating the murder of a writer who witnessed a homicide 15 years before.
- 02
A serial killer whose eventual target is Ben embarrasses him in court by leaving false clues.
- 03
On his way to a dude ranch, Ben is knocked unconscious and dreams of himself as a frontier lawyer, with Conrad as a gun slinging client and Julie as the owner of a boardinghouse.
- 04
Ben's insurance agent is charged with murdering a deceitful marriage counselor after the police learn the adviser was having an affair with the agent's wife.
- 05
In a flashback case involving the young widow of a wealthy older man, Ben recalls the investigative techniques his father taught him.
- 06
Michelle believes Matlock's objectivity is being compromised by the young widow he is defending.Matlock faces an ethical dilemma while defending two clients, a wealthy widow and a father, accused of murder.
- 07
A grandmother's testimony is vital to Ben's defense of a youth who is charged with murdering his abusive father to protect his mother.
- 08
Defending a game-show host accused of killing his producer, Ben learns others had motives.
- 09
Matlock risks being disbarred when he accuses the deputy district attorney of misconduct in her case against his client.
- 10
Ben finds a photo that may solve a murder while looking for his cousin's philandering husband.
- 11
Ben uses evidence in an altered photo to uncover a murder plot designed to conceal a counterfeiting operation.
- 12
Matlock goes fishing, but his trip is interrupted by a death in a small town, where he ingratiates himself to the locals, angling for a line on the killer.Matlock closes in on a killer responsible for a murder in the small town where the retiring lawyer took off to go fishing.
- 13
Frugal Ben hires a hitchhiker to paint his home; Michelle and an insurance adjuster pursue an ad producer's murderer.
- 14
Michelle is kidnapped by mobsters who offer her release in exchange for evidence Ben was given prior to a mob lawyer's murder.
- 15
A woman is accused of murdering her estranged boyfriend and her imaginative son creates a comic book with parallels to the crime.
- 16
A TV reporter is framed for his producer's murder, a smoke screen for a real estate scam and fictitious news story.
- 17
The real murderer winds up being murdered himself, which doesn't help Matlock's client much...not only that, but there's a real estate scam looming in the wings that also affects the case.
- 18
A judge's investigation of the mayor's assassination triggers a frame-up, but Matlock's daughter aims to shoot down the conspiracy's coverup. Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.
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