Matlock (1986)

Tuesday, January 21

The Nightmare

Season 6 • Episode 4

Ben dreams of himself as a frontier lawyer with Conrad as a gunslinging client.

Tuesday, January 21

The Evening News

Season 6 • Episode 19

Ben defends a TV news reporter accused of murdering his producer.

Tuesday, January 21

The Evening News

Season 6 • Episode 20

Conrad learns a producer, a murder victim, is really alive and in a real-estate scam.

Tuesday, January 21

The Assassination

Season 6 • Episode 21

Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.

Tuesday, January 21

The Assassination

Season 6 • Episode 22

Ben and Leanne link the mayor's assassination to a judge charged with sexual assault.

Tuesday, January 21

The Vacation

Season 7 • Episode 1

Ben and Leanne run into his nemesis (Warren Frost) and murder on the North Carolina coast.

Tuesday, January 21

The Vacation

Season 7 • Episode 2

Ben and Leanne run into his nemesis (Warren Frost) and murder on the North Carolina coast.

Wednesday, January 22

The Marriage Counselor

Season 6 • Episode 5

Ben's insurance agent is arrested for the murder of a marriage counselor.

Wednesday, January 22

The Legacy

Season 7 • Episode 3

Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.

Wednesday, January 22

The Legacy

Season 7 • Episode 4

Ben ponders a 40-year-old link between his own father and a playwright's murder.

Wednesday, January 22

The Ghost

Season 7 • Episode 5

A ghost convinces Ben to look into the mysterious circumstances surrounding his untimely demise.

Wednesday, January 22

The Class

Season 7 • Episode 6

Ben and Leanne enlist the help of a criminal law class after a student disappears.

Wednesday, January 22

The Singer

Season 7 • Episode 7

Ben has too many suspects when he investigates the murder of a country singer.

Wednesday, January 22

The Mark

Season 7 • Episode 8

A country singer (Randy Travis) is accused of murdering his cheating partner in a nightclub.

Thursday, January 23

The Dame

Season 6 • Episode 6

Ben tells Julie of a case he and his father investigated while Ben was a student.

Friday, January 24

The Defense

Season 6 • Episode 9

A teenager shoots his abusive father to save his mother's life.

Friday, January 24

The Juror

Season 7 • Episode 9

During a murder trial, the strong emotions of his cohorts amaze juror Ben.

Friday, January 24

The Fortune

Season 7 • Episode 10

Matlock defends a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Friday, January 24

The Fortune

Season 7 • Episode 11

Matlock defends a murdered millionaire's disinherited nephew.

Friday, January 24

The Debt

Season 7 • Episode 12

Leanne defends her ex-husband against charges he murdered his ex-boss.

Friday, January 24

The Revenge

Season 7 • Episode 13

Witness Ben finds his professional reputation jeopardized during a robbery trial.

Friday, January 24

The Obsession

Season 7 • Episode 14

Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor.

Sunday, January 26

The Divorce

Season 7 • Episode 15

Ben agrees to handle the divorce of his friends Clara and Duncan Farmington.

Sunday, January 26

The Final Affair

Season 7 • Episode 16

The murders of a football coach and his wife have Matlock looking to a church for clues.

Sunday, January 26

The Final Affair

Season 7 • Episode 17

The murders of a football coach and his wife have Matlock looking to a church for clues.

Sunday, January 26

The Competition

Season 7 • Episode 18

Ben investigates the apparent suicide of an accomplished young pianist.

Sunday, January 26

The Play

Season 8 • Episode 1

Ben defends a community play's director, accused of murdering the leading lady.

Sunday, January 26

The Fatal Seduction

Season 8 • Episode 2

Mystery follows when Ben travels to the funeral of his high-school sweetheart.

Sunday, January 26

The Fatal Seduction

Season 8 • Episode 3

Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.

Monday, January 27

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, January 27

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, January 27

The Suspect

Season 6 • Episode 7

Michelle believes Matlock's objectivity is being compromised by the young widow he is defending.

Monday, January 27

The Diner

Season 8 • Episode 4

In an extended flashback, Ben remembers his first case as a defense lawyer.

Monday, January 27

The View

Season 8 • Episode 5

Ben becomes involved in a murder case when he witnesses a heated argument from his hotel window.

Monday, January 27

The Last Laugh

Season 8 • Episode 6

An old-time comedian (Milton Berle) is accused of killing his young replacement at a comedy club.

Monday, January 27

The Capital Offense

Season 8 • Episode 7

A con artist facing execution for murder exasperates Ben while having his case appealed.

Monday, January 27

The Haunted

Season 8 • Episode 8

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

Monday, January 27

The Haunted

Season 8 • Episode 9

A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.

Monday, January 27

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, January 27

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

The Suspect

Season 6 • Episode 8

Evidence in the case Michelle is working on may incriminate Ben's client.

Tuesday, January 28

The Conspiracy

Season 8 • Episode 10

Ben defends a young lawyer involved in blackmail, jury tampering and murder.

Tuesday, January 28

Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream

Season 8 • Episode 11

Ben dreams he's a washed-up lawyer in the 1930s defending a nightclub owner.

Tuesday, January 28

The Defendant

Season 8 • Episode 12

Leanne falls for a client, a philanthropist (Richard Gilliland) accused of murdering his partner.

Tuesday, January 28

The Kidnapping

Season 8 • Episode 13

An FBI agent investigating the kidnapping of Ben's friend is accused of killing a colleague.

Tuesday, January 28

The Kidnapping

Season 8 • Episode 14

Ben must prove the innocence of an FBI agent set up for another agent's murder.

Tuesday, January 28

The Temptation

Season 8 • Episode 15

Leanne falls for a guy who robbed her house and stole her diary.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, January 28

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

The Game Show

Season 6 • Episode 10

Game-show host is accused of killing producer.

Wednesday, January 29

The Crook

Season 8 • Episode 16

Ben discovers a fellow church parishioner is accused of murder.

Wednesday, January 29

The Murder Game

Season 8 • Episode 17

Ben's murder mystery weekend becomes all too real when the host is found dead.

Wednesday, January 29

Brennan

Season 8 • Episode 18

Matlock vies against a powerful district attorney in a murder case.

Wednesday, January 29

P.I.

Season 8 • Episode 19

Ben's friend and his estranged daughter try to re-establish their relationship.

Wednesday, January 29

The Godfather

Season 8 • Episode 20

Ben throws a prenuptial party for his goddaughter at his house, resulting in murder.

Wednesday, January 29

The Scandal

Season 9 • Episode 3

Ben's friend, a prominent attorney, is murdered and the prime suspect turns to Ben for her defense.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, January 29

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

The Foursome

Season 6 • Episode 11

Defending a client framed for murder, Ben accuses the prosecuting counsel of misconduct.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, January 30

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

The Big Payoff

Season 6 • Episode 16

Ben hires a singer to paint his house; Michelle investigates a murder.

Friday, January 31

The Idol

Season 8 • Episode 21

A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.

Friday, January 31

The Idol

Season 8 • Episode 22

A young lawyer (Scott Stevens) who apes Ben's style is involved in blackmail and murder.

Friday, January 31

The Accused

Season 9 • Episode 1

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

Friday, January 31

The Accused

Season 9 • Episode 2

A writer who claims she killed in self-defense turns to Ben for help; Ben hires a new investigator.

Friday, January 31

The Dare

Season 9 • Episode 4

Ben has trouble proving who killed his friend, even though he knows who did it.

Friday, January 31

The Tabloid

Season 9 • Episode 5

Ben defends a senatorial candidate who has been framed for the murder of a tabloid's editor.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, January 31

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Saturday, February 1

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Saturday, February 1

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Sunday, February 2

The Coach

Season 9 • Episode 6

A college basketball coach is accused of killing the local booster club's leader.

Sunday, February 2

The Dating Game

Season 9 • Episode 7

Ben and Jerri pose as video-dating customers to find a murderer who may have used the service.

Sunday, February 2

The Confession

Season 9 • Episode 8

Ben's visiting friend Julie discovers she may have sent an innocent man to prison.

Sunday, February 2

Dead Air

Season 9 • Episode 9

A radio personality is accused of killing his partner, but Ben suspects the victim's girlfriend.

Sunday, February 2

The Getaway

Season 9 • Episode 10

Only a 12-year-old delinquent can exonerate Ben's client, framed for two bank heists.

Sunday, February 2

The Verdict

Season 9 • Episode 11

A district attorney (Jane Sibbett) prosecutes her ex-lover (Josh Taylor), Ben's client, for murder.

Sunday, February 2

The Deadly Dose

Season 9 • Episode 12

Jerri's sister is accused of killing surgeon who had her fired.

Monday, February 3

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, February 3

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, February 3

The Picture

Season 6 • Episode 12

Ben comes upon an altered photo that provides a needed clue in an unsolved murder.

Monday, February 3

The Target

Season 9 • Episode 13

A friend is killed in an explosion, but Matlock may have been the target.

Monday, February 3

The Assault

Season 9 • Episode 14

Ben's client is accused of assaulting the landlord he is suing.

Monday, February 3

The Heist

Season 9 • Episode 15

Matlock defends a longtime friend against unjust murder charges.

Monday, February 3

The Heist

Season 9 • Episode 16

Matlock defends a longtime friend against unjust murder charges.

Monday, February 3

The Scam

Season 9 • Episode 17

Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.

Monday, February 3

The Scam

Season 9 • Episode 18

Matlock sidelines plans to attend a class reunion when Cliff is accused of murder.

Monday, February 3

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Monday, February 3

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

The Picture

Season 6 • Episode 13

Evidence uncovers plot to conceal counterfeiting.

Tuesday, February 4

Diary of a Perfect Murder

Season 1 • Episode 1

Ben and his daughter Charlene (Lori Lethin) defend a TV journalist charged with murder.

Tuesday, February 4

Diary of a Perfect Murder

Season 1 • Episode 2

An Atlanta lawyer and his daughter defend a TV journalist accused of killing his ex-wife.

Tuesday, February 4

The Judge

Season 1 • Episode 3

A repugnant judge murders his lover and then presides over the murder trial.

Tuesday, February 4

The Stripper

Season 1 • Episode 4

Matlock defends a stripper accused of murdering her ex-husband.

Tuesday, February 4

The Affair

Season 1 • Episode 5

A socialite hires Matlock to defend a maid who is charged with murdering the master of the house.

Tuesday, February 4

The Seduction

Season 1 • Episode 6

A veteran football star is accused of murdering his girlfriend -- the team's owner.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Tuesday, February 4

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

The Outcast

Season 6 • Episode 14

Ben's decision to retire is shelved in the aftermath of a farmhand's mysterious death.

Wednesday, February 5

The Don

Season 1 • Episode 7

Matlock defends a dying crime boss, who is being framed for murder.

Wednesday, February 5

The Don

Season 1 • Episode 8

Matlock faces harassment for his defense of dying crime boss Nicholas Baron.

Wednesday, February 5

The Sisters

Season 1 • Episode 9

Two murder-mystery buffs frame their doltish uncle in the slaying of their wealthy aunt.

Wednesday, February 5

The Cop

Season 1 • Episode 10

Matlock defends a hard-nosed cop accused of murdering an elusive mobster.

Wednesday, February 5

The Angel

Season 1 • Episode 11

Matlock defends a rock star (Kari Lizer) implicated in the murder of her manager.

Wednesday, February 5

The Professor

Season 1 • Episode 12

Matlock defends his former law professor who is being framed for a homicide.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Wednesday, February 5

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

The Outcast

Season 6 • Episode 15

Ben's decision to retire is shelved in the aftermath of a farmhand's mysterious death.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Thursday, February 6

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, February 7

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, February 7

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, February 7

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, February 7

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.

Friday, February 7

The Abduction

Season 6 • Episode 17

Michelle is held for ransom for information Ben was given by a slain mob attorney.

Friday, February 7

Santa Claus

Season 1 • Episode 13

Matlock takes on the case of a street corner Santa accused of murdering his landlord.

Friday, February 7

The Chef

Season 1 • Episode 14

The host of a TV cooking show is accused of murdering her ex-husband on the air.

Friday, February 7

The Author

Season 1 • Episode 15

The author of a racy novel is believed to have been the target of a bullet that killed a clergyman.

Friday, February 7

The Rat Pack

Season 1 • Episode 16

Matlock defends a popular Beverly Hills man accused of murdering a starlet.

Friday, February 7

The Nurse

Season 1 • Episode 17

Ben defends a live-in nurse accused of killing her affluent patient to expedite her inheritance.

Friday, February 7

The Convict

Season 1 • Episode 18

Matlock gets a second chance to clear the name of a man who was unjustly jailed.

Friday, February 7

A brilliant attorney takes on tough cases.