Matlock — Season 8
AMERICA'S GREATEST LAWYER. CASE CLOSED.
About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. The Play
9.0Aired 23 September 1993 • 60 min
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.
2. The Fatal Seduction (1)
9.0Aired 30 September 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.
3. The Fatal Seduction (2)
9.0Aired 7 October 1993
4. The Diner
9.0Aired 14 October 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 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.
5. The View
9.0Aired 28 October 1993
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
6. The Last Laugh
9.0Aired 4 November 1993 • 60 min
A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
7. The Capital Offense
10.0Aired 11 November 1993 • 60 min
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
8. The Haunted (1)
9.0Aired 18 November 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, who happens to bear an eerie resemblance to a dead businessman. Soon Cliff and Matlock realise that their cases are tied together.
9. The Haunted (2)
9.0Aired 18 November 1993
10. The Conspiracy
Aired 25 November 1993 • 60 min
Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
11. Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
Aired 2 December 1993
Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
12. The Defendant
Aired 16 December 1993
Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
13. The Kidnapping (1)
Aired 13 January 1994
Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
14. The Kidnapping (2)
Aired 20 January 1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
15. The Temptation
Aired 27 January 1994 • 60 min
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
16. The Crook
Aired 3 February 1994 • 60 min
A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
17. The Murder Game
Aired 10 February 1994 • 60 min
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.
18. Brennen
Aired 17 February 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.
19. The P.I.
Aired 3 March 1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
20. The Godfather
Aired 28 April 1994 • 60 min
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.
21. The Idol (1)
Aired 19 May 1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
22. The Idol (2)
Aired 19 May 1994