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AMERICA'S GREATEST LAWYER. CASE CLOSED.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
Matlock flies all the way the England to represent Eric Gordon, a man accused of murdering his wealthy businessman father. His sister Laura is convinced of his innocence, but brother Mitch isn't so sure.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Preston Lockwood, Leon Greene, Richard Ridings, Claire Oberman, Jane How, David McCallum, Bruce Greenwood, Linal Haft
Episode 2
Matlock flies all the way the England to represent Eric Gordon, a man accused of murdering his wealthy businessman father. His sister Laura is convinced of his innocence, but brother Mitch isn't so sure.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Preston Lockwood, Leon Greene, Richard Ridings, Claire Oberman, Jane How, David McCallum, Bruce Greenwood, Linal Haft
Episode 3
Michelle agrees to defend college chum Andrea Morrow after she is accused of murdering her abusive lover, Clay Graham. Matlock soon becomes convinced that the murderer was Clay's blind 'friend', Arthur Hampton, but will have a devil of a time proving how a blind man managed to carry off a near-perfect murder.
Directed by Christian I. Nyby IIGuest stars Greg Mullavey, David Ogden Stiers, Richard Newton, Kathleen Lloyd, Andy Romano, Kerry Yo Nakagawa, G. Smokey Campbell
Episode 4
Matlock reluctantly agrees to represent a famous wrestler when he's accused of killing a long-time rival, but only when Cassie begs him to. The key witness in the case is a young girl who was a die-hard fan of the dead wrestler, but whose story might not be completely accurate.
Directed by Christopher HiblerWritten by Anne Collins, Rift FournierGuest stars Julie Sommars, Chick Hearn, Dick Butkus, Robert Downey Sr., Gracie Harrison, Jack Thibeau, Richard Bakalyan, Connie Sawyer
Episode 5
When Matlock agrees to defend Cassie's friend Judy, he is shocked to learn that Judy's husband had another wife. As the case continues, Matlock learns that there was also a third Mrs. Benson, and that Kevin Benson managed to successfully maintain three separate wives in three separate households.
Directed by Tony Mordente, Charles S. DubinGuest stars Julie Sommars, Christopher Norris, Terrence E. McNally, Lucille Meredith, Nancy Frangione, H. Richard Greene, Sherry Hursey, Natalie Core
Episode 6
Matlock reluctantly takes the case when Melinda Stuart's source is murdered. The biggest problem is that she's more interested in listening to what FBI Agent Paul Davies has to say than she is in listening to him.
Directed by Charles S. DubinGuest stars Nancy Dussault, Alan Fudge, Jeanna Michaels, Isabella Hofmann, Ralph Bellamy, Bert Kramer, John Hostetter, Scott Bakula
Episode 7
After Agent Davies offers Melinda an exclusive, she changes her plea to guilty. Matlock tries to talk to her, especially after it's revealed that the person Melinda was talking to was an imposter.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Nancy Dussault, Alan Fudge, Jeanna Michaels, Isabella Hofmann, Ralph Bellamy, Bert Kramer, John Hostetter, Scott Bakula
Episode 8
Network programming chief Paul J. Bartel is murdered, leaving Hollywood baffled as to the identity of the killer. Matlock comes to town to represent the television producer accused of killing him, and finds more than his fair share of suspects. It seems everyone had a motive to kill Paul J. Bartel!
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Rhea Perlman, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Aneta Corsaut, Paul Fusco, Larry Anderson, Granville Van Dusen, Cameron Mitchell, Jason Bateman
Episode 9
Matlock agrees to defend Vanessa Douglas when she's accused of murdering Stephen Cassidy, and author who destroyed a political families ambitions with a tell-all book. When Matlock realises his client is indeed guilty of the murder she is charged of committing, he sets up a plan to implicate her best friend, Sarah, with the crime, knowing that Vanessa will not let her friend take the blame for something she did.
Directed by Tony MordenteGuest stars Julie Sommars, Bert Remsen, Jean Bruce Scott, Nana Visitor, David Froman, Jason Wingreen, Katherine Cannon, Grant Heslov
Episode 10
Jimmy le Grand is Matlock's favorite country singer of all time. When he's accused of a hit-and-run, Matlock leaps at the chance to defend him and to house the country legend in his own home, and soon realises that is hero has turned into an alcoholic and a generally unenjoyable person.
Directed by Charles S. DubinGuest stars Julie Sommars, Candy Clark, Chris Mulkey, Beverly Leech, Diana Bellamy, David Carradine, Richard Newton, Eric Menyuk
Episode 11
When Brian Emerson is arrested and charged with his wife's murder, Matlock takes the case, waiving his usual fee. His efforts to get the father out on bail fail when he lands a judge who has lost his Christmas spirit, and Matlock takes the young girl in with him.
Directed by Tony MordenteWritten by Robert SchlittGuest stars Julie Sommars, William Schallert, Jason Evers, Judith Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Howard George, Jandi Swanson, Lise Hilboldt
Episode 12
Matlock goes to Las Vegas to defend his friend, Jim Manning, after Jim is accused of murdering his girlfriend Laura, who worked for the mob laundering money.
Directed by Tony MordenteGuest stars Vincent Schiavelli, Ken Kercheval, Renée Victor, John Lafayette, Frank Aletter, Richard Gautier, Marg Helgenberger, Sheldon Leonard
Episode 13
Matlock agrees to defend Donna Stewart when she's accused of murdering Christie Huntley, an aerobics instructor at Pinewood Spa who slept with her husband. Matlock soon realises that Christie's death had nothing to do with who she slept with and everything to do with why she slept with them.
Directed by Charles S. DubinGuest stars Penelope Windust, Julie Hayek, Rosalind Allen, Rick Hill
Episode 14
Matlock heads to an old law school reunion where he meets up with his former classmates. After the reunion, one is murdered, and another stands accused of the crime, and Matlock faces the unpleasant task of having to prove that one of his former classmates murdered another.
Directed by Charles S. DubinWritten by Mary Ann Kasica, Michael ScheffGuest stars Bill Hayes, Shelby Leverington, Tom Hallick, Basil Hoffman, Patrick Kilpatrick, F.J. O'Neil, Richard Roat, Don Sparks
Episode 15
Matlock agrees to defend dance instructor Scott Lazar after he is charged with the murder of his married lover. It would be a lot easier to prove Scott's innocence if there wasn't another woman in the wings also claiming to be his lover.
Directed by Tony MordenteGuest stars Julie Sommars, William Prince, Penny Fuller, Jane Hallaren, David Froman, Jason Wingreen, Steven Memel, Gerard Prendergast
Episode 16
When a baseball umpire is murdered, Matlock has a whole team full of suspects. It seems like everyone had a reason to...kill the ump.
Guest stars Richard Kline, Jim Beaver, Kirk Sisco, Michael Durrell, Richard Newton, Robert Harper, Mitchell Laurance, James Staley
Episode 17
Sam Gerard is a well-known mobster who is about to be exposed. His estranged son, Craig Gentry, is arrested for murder, but refuses to go to Sam for help, and instead, goes to Ben Matlock.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Shaun Cassidy, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Paul Koslo, Richard Epcar, Stan Ivar, Wilfredo Hernández, Michael Durrell
Episode 18
Craig continues to turn away from his father as Matlock keeps trying to investigate the case. When the Gentry family is almost caught in the middle of a mob war with the Hernandez family, Matlock realises that someone on the inside is pulling the strings.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Shaun Cassidy, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Paul Koslo, Richard Epcar, Stan Ivar, Wilfredo Hernández, Michael Durrell
Episode 19
Matlock needs to prove that one of three people murdered a scheming huckster. This Episode also aired at later dates with a total of 3 alternate endings. Only the last 2:24 of the show is altered for each version.
Directed by Charles S. DubinGuest stars Beth Broderick, Robert Lesser, Dann Florek, Heidi Kozak, James A. Watson, Jr, Nick DeMauro, Lucille Meredith, Michael Flynn
Episode 20
Matlock agrees to defend a man who has been accused of murdering the relationship columnist whose response ended his relationship.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Jerry Houser, Jean Bruce Scott, Marta DuBois, Madison Mason, James O'Sullivan, Will Bledsoe, Richard Newton, Natalija Nogulich
Episode 21
When Matlock's nephew Irwin is charged with murder, Matlock investigates at a high-tech computer firm to clear his name.
Guest stars Bill Mumy, Gerald Hiken, James Pax, Michael Durrell, Lawrence Pressman, Carolyn Seymour, Anne E. Curry, Lou Felder
Episode 22
After a night at the magic show with Julie, Matlock agrees to defend magician Daniel Fontaine when he's charged with the murder of his assistant / lover Sandy Farrell, a woman who was as devious as she was beautiful.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Julie Sommars, Peter Frechette, Billy McComb, Kim Johnston Ulrich, David Froman, Mike Pniewski, Chuck Jones, Harry Groener
Episode 23
Matlock defends a Vietnamese fisherman and his son when a racist fisherman is killed, and the Vietnamese fisherman is charged with his murder because the two had words. It isn't just the fisherman that Matlock ends up defending, as he also becomes a target of the racist townspeople.
Guest stars S.A. Griffin, Hal Landon Jr., Jon Cedar, Robert Donner, Richard Newton, Frank Kahlil Wheaton, Arthur Rosenberg, Maggie Egan
Episode 24
As a young child, Allison Tate had discovered the bodies of her parents, apparently killed by an intruder. Shortly after her twenty-first birthday, she found the body of Marsha Gold, killed in a similar matter. When this thrust her back into the Linder Sanitarium in which she'd spent most of her life since her parents murdered, Bob Ranier (her father's former business partner, like an uncle to her) hires Matlock to prove that Allison is innocent of her murder. Matlock has an unlikely ally in Warren Kreitzer, an insurance attorney who is supposed to be on vacation, but will do whatever he can to protect Allison.
Directed by Leo PennGuest stars Mason Adams, Brian Benben, Melinda O. Fee, Alan Oppenheimer, Lucille Meredith, Robert Kanner, Ron Recasner, Jill Andre
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Andy GriffithBen Matlock
Clarence Gilyard Jr.Conrad McMasters
Kene HollidayTyler Hudson
Linda PurlCharlene Matlock
Carol HustonJerri Stone
Julie SommarsJulie March
Nancy StaffordMichelle Thomas
Kari LizerCassie Phillips
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