TV series
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
Phyllis Todd confesses to the murder of her boss to protect her daughter. Matlock soon sees through his client's ruse.
Directed by Robert ScheererGuest stars Beth Toussaint, Shirley Knight, David Froman, Philip Baker Hall, Kathy Karges, Diane Shalet, Eileen Barnett, James O'Sullivan
Episode 2
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Guest stars Roger Aaron Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Sal Lopez, Miguel Sandoval, James Cromwell, Shaun Toub, Alberto Isaac, Nigel Gibbs
Episode 3
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Guest stars Roger Aaron Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Sal Lopez, Miguel Sandoval, James Cromwell, Shaun Toub, Alberto Isaac, Nigel Gibbs
Episode 4
A call girl blackmails her employer to stay on the payroll, and when one of them winds up dead, it's Matlock to the rescue.
Directed by Leo PennGuest stars Maureen Arthur, Noble Willingham, David Froman, Elizabeth Gracen, Robert Pine, Richard Newton, Will Jeffries, Kip Gilman
Episode 5
When personal trainer Harry Slade is murdered, Matlock agrees to defend his roofer, George Wilton, on the condition that George finish Matlock's roof like he promised. The case is complicated when it turns out that not only was Harry sleeping with beautiful blonde DeeDee, but also Bridget Laird, and Harry's wife and step-daughter!
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Leslie Easterbrook, Peter Marc Jacobson, Mary-Margaret Humes, George DiCenzo, Fran Bennett, Everett Greenbaum, George Nejame, Phillip Brock
Episode 6
When Ed Tobias is found murdered after exposing his dirty co-workers to the top brass (they sold the drugs they didn't turn in), Lt. Brooks asks Matlock to defend his accused killer, Johnny Bauer, the only one in the unit who wasn't on the take. In between playing catch with Conrad, Matlock agrees to defend Bauer, even though he feels Bauer is just as dirty as his friends were because he knew what they were up to and he kept quiet.
Guest stars Sharon Wyatt, David Beecroft, Tony Todd, David Froman, Robert Ginty, Titus Welliver, Lewis Arquette, Robert Clohessy
Episode 7
When a gambler is accused of killing his bookie, Matlock agrees to take the case, believing that someone from the bookie's past is the guilty party.
Directed by Leo PennGuest stars William Allen Young, Forry Smith, David Froman, James McDonnell, Brett Porter, Jacqueline Schultz, Ron Taylor, Gerald Berns
Episode 8
Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.
Directed by Leo PennGuest stars William Allen Young, Forry Smith, Richard Newton, Chuck Sloan, James McDonnell, Jacqueline Schultz, Ron Taylor, John McCann
Episode 9
Lowell Carr is a brilliant plastic surgeon. When his partner is found murdered after the two had a loud argument about dissolving their business, he is the immediate suspect...until Matlock meets his twin brother, Gary.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars David Haskell, Kristoffer Tabori, David Froman, Patricia Heaton, Don Knotts, Arthur Eckdahl, Ann Marie Lee, Barbara Whinnery
Episode 10
Conrad is thrilled to introduce Matlock to his new girlfriend Carla Royce. When Carla's boss is murdered, Matlock defends the accused at her bequest.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Amy Yasbeck, Shari Headley, Richard Speight Jr., Jason Wingreen, Michael Harris, Paul Lieber, Tricia O'Neil, Lisa Waltz
Episode 11
After Nicky, a well-known actor with a bad reputation, is murdered on his way into a premiere, a judge friend of Matlock's asks Matlock to defend his son Cliff, a biker who had been fired earlier from his job as Nicky's bodyguard.
Guest stars Holly Sampson, Craig Shoemaker, Stephen Nichols, Paul Lambert, Willy Parsons, Joel Polis, Ally Walker, Steve Eastin
Episode 12
When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.
Directed by Robert ScheererGuest stars Signy Coleman, Jerry Hardin, David Froman, Richard Newton, Edward Edwards, Andrew Robinson, Robert Sampson, Lorinne Vozoff
Episode 13
When fighter Billy Leon is accused of murdering reporter Nick Underwood, a man he thought was his friend who announced in the paper that he was using steroids, Matlock agrees to take him on as a client.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Christopher Allport, Ken Foree, Wanda De Jesus, David Froman, Richard Bakalyan, Stanley Kamel, Don Knotts, Alexander Zale
Episode 14
Matlock has known Sam Spelvin since he was six years old, so he agrees to consult on Sam's play, Lovers and Lawyers. Unfortunately, the play is truly awful. When noted critic John Bosley Hackett, who felt the play was truly one of the worst in history, is found murdered, Sam is arrested. Matlock agrees to defend Sam, even deferring his payment while they wait to see if the play is a success, and manages to find a few more people who would be more than happy to see Hackett dead...and to see Sam's play fail.
Directed by Robert ScheererGuest stars Ken Michelman, Chuck Wagner, Geoffrey Blake, Joel Grey, Tony Roberts, Tony Jay, Richard Newton, Lauren Mitchell
Episode 15
Howard and Amy have all their dreams answered when Jill plans to give them the child she was carrying. After Jill changes her mind and is found dead, Howard and Amy are the prime suspects in her murder, and Matlock sets out to prove that the birth father may have also had a motive.
Guest stars David Froman, Marge Redmond, Gregory Itzin, Cliff Potts, John Saxon, Melinda O. Fee, Curt Lowens, Alexander Zale
Episode 16
Matlock is all set to be honored as the man of the year, but when his car breaks down and he's forced to ask his housekeeper for a ride, a simple twenty minute trip turns into a flat tire, a hostage situation, and an afternoon in jail.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Bo Hopkins, David Froman, Pat Crawford Brown, Wayne Duvall, Marge Redmond, S.A. Griffin, Micah Grant, Glenn Morshower
Episode 17
Marvin Sheam and Sid Franklin have been in business for 32 years. When their bank loan is denied and they can't pay their bills, Marv tries to talk Sid into hiring an arsonist to torch their business so they can collect the insurance money and rebuild from scratch. Just before Marv has a chance to talk to the arsonist again, he winds up dead outside his daughter's wedding reception, and Sid gets blamed.
Directed by Robert ScheererGuest stars Bill Macy, Jeffrey Byron, Lawrence Dobkin, David Froman, Michael Cavanaugh, Michael Durrell, Marge Redmond, Richard Newton
Episode 18
Matlock receives a call in the middle of the night from a young man who once painted his house who claims he's been arrested for stealing the formula to cure baldness from a company who fired his friend and stole his work. Twenty-four hours later Ben gets another call from the same young man, who has been accused of murdering the man he claims he stole the formula for. The biggest problem is that none of what Jeff Duvall claims seems to be true; not only did Tim Crider not ask him to steal the formula, but he was never fired in the first place!
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Nancy Sullivan, Carol Mayo Jenkins, James Karen, David Froman, Joe Mays, Arthur Eckdahl, Christian Clemenson, Charlie Stratton
Episode 19
When assistant D.A. Howard Wright is murdered in his workshop, the attorney general approaches Matlock and asks him to take on the assignment of special prosecutor. With Michelle and Conrad's help, Matlock begins to investigate Wright's past, and realises the man was spending money that he could not have earned legitimately. In investigating names that Wright had left behind, Matlock finds himself embroiled in a lawsuit involving Maxwell Toys.
Guest stars Marilyn McIntyre, Diana Muldaur, David Froman, Mike Farrell, Carmen Argenziano, John Carter, Clifton Powell, Rick Podell
Episode 20
Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.
Guest stars Marilyn McIntyre, Diana Muldaur, David Froman, Mike Farrell, Carmen Argenziano, Nicolas Coster, Frances Bay, Alexander Zale
Episode 21
Eugene Dobbs and Nolan Wheeler are the perfect combination -- Dobbs presents the cases, and Wheeler does all the legwork. After Dobbs is unable to keep the promises he makes to football coach John Kramer, Dobbs meets his maker one night at the office, with Kramer as the prime suspect. Matlock takes the case, in part to prove to Kramer that not all lawyers are schmucks like Dobbs, and in part because the list of people who want Dobbs dead is getting longer by the minute as Matlock and Conrad find an interesting link between Dobbs, the owner of a local water park, and Dobbs' wife.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Judith Chapman, Charles Frank, Richard McGonagle, David Froman, Pamela Brull, Bruce Wright, Michael Durrell, Don Knotts
Episode 22
Ben defends a one time movie queen who is now a cosmetics mogul who is accused of murdering her ex-lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos of her.
Directed by Leo PennGuest stars Peter Hansen, Rod Loomis, James Sutorius, Kerrie Keane, Anita Finlay, Arlene Golonka, D. David Morin, Barry Sattels
Episode information updated Jul 22, 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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