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 (23)
1. Heritage (1)
Aired 9 September 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
2. Heritage (2)
Aired 9 September 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
3. The Woman in White
Aired 16 September 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he did not commit.
4. Love You To Death
Aired 23 September 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.
5. The Centerfold Murders
Aired 30 September 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
6. Needle In A Haystack
Aired 7 October 1983 • 60 min
other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.
7. Marilyn
Aired 21 October 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl called Marilyn.
8. The Ghost of Carter Gault
Aired 28 October 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.
9. China Doll
Aired 4 November 1983 • 60 min
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
10. Butterfly
Aired 18 November 1983 • 60 min
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
11. The Crying Clown
Aired 25 November 1983 • 60 min
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
12. The Outsider
Aired 2 December 1983 • 60 min
other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.
13. Target: Miss World
Aired 23 December 1983 • 60 min
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
14. The Monster
Aired 6 January 1984 • 60 min
Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.
15. Waltz of Death
Aired 13 January 1984 • 60 min
other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
16. Houston Is Dead
Aired 20 January 1984 • 60 min
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
17. Criss-Cross
Aired 27 January 1984 • 60 min
other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.
18. The Bikini Murders
Aired 3 February 1984 • 60 min
other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering machine.
19. Death Match
Aired 24 February 1984 • 60 min
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
20. Blood Ties
Aired 2 March 1984 • 60 min
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
21. The Secret Admirer
Aired 9 March 1984 • 60 min
other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's helicopter is N58407 (different than the N10902 shown in the previous episode. ""Too Mean"" states that his fee for body guard services is $200 a day, plus expenses. After watching C.J. dial Matt we see that Matt's phone # at his Texas estate is 275-6206. The address for Matt's home in Pinewood is 1217 Overlook Drive. Derived from a closeup of C.J.'s check we know that C.J.'s home address is 12718 Alden Canyon Road, Los Angeles, Ca., 90046, and she banks at Federated Bank.
22. Cash and Carry
Aired 23 March 1984 • 60 min
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
23. On The Run (1)
Aired 30 March 1984 • 60 min
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.