About this season
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
Episodes (24)
1. X-22 (1)
Aired 26 September 1982 • 60 min
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2. X-22 (2)
Aired 26 September 1982 • 60 min
Synopsis coming soon.
3. Stop The Presses
Aired 3 October 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.
4. Deadly Fashion
Aired 17 October 1982 • 60 min
Houston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.
5. Killing Isn't Everything
Aired 24 October 1982 • 60 min
A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.
6. Who Would Kill Ramona?
Aired 31 October 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Todd Gallager, Rick Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.
7. Recipe For Murder
Aired 7 November 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Roger Marsden (murdered) A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.
8. Shark Bait
Aired 21 November 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of fatal shark attacks.
9. The Kidnapping
Aired 28 November 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Tony An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.
10. Joey's Here
Aired 5 December 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary) A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.
11. The Good Doctor
Aired 12 December 1982 • 60 min
other characters: Landlord After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.
12. The Rock and The Hard Place
Aired 2 January 1983 • 60 min
An upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.
13. The Purrfect Crime
Aired 9 January 1983 • 60 min
other characters: John The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will.
14. The Yacht Club Murders
Aired 16 January 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Dorian After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.
15. Whose Party Is It Anyway?
Aired 23 January 1983 • 60 min
Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.
16. Get Houston
Aired 20 February 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Cletus Simms From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.
17. The Visitors
Aired 27 February 1983 • 60 min
Matt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.
18. Here's Another Fine Mess
Aired 6 March 1983 • 60 min
After costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.
19. The Beverly Hills Social Club
Aired 13 March 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Carter A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.
20. The Showgirl Murders
Aired 20 March 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer) When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.
21. Fear For Tomorrow
Aired 3 April 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler) A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.
22. A Deadly Parlay
Aired 10 April 1983 • 60 min
After Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.
23. A Novel Way To Die
Aired 17 April 1983 • 60 min
When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.
24. The Hunted
Aired 24 April 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Senator Delaney, Sony C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testimony.