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Matlock : Season 8
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Air date: 23 Sep '93 - 22 episodesMatlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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List of Episodes (22)
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Matlock (1986)
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1. The Play
23 Sep '93After 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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2. The Fatal Seduction (1)
30 Sep '93Matlock, 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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3. The Fatal Seduction (2)
07 Oct '93
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Matlock (1986)
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4. The Diner
14 Oct '93Matlock 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 c
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Matlock (1986)
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5. The View
28 Oct '93Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
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Matlock (1986)
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6. The Last Laugh
04 Nov '93A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
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Matlock (1986)
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7. The Capital Offense
11 Nov '93Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
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Matlock (1986)
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8. The Haunted (1)
18 Nov '93While 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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9. The Haunted (2)
18 Nov '93
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Matlock (1986)
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10. The Conspiracy
25 Nov '93Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
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Matlock (1986)
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11. Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
02 Dec '93Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
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Matlock (1986)
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12. The Defendant
16 Dec '93Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
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Matlock (1986)
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13. The Kidnapping (1)
13 Jan '94Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
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Matlock (1986)
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14. The Kidnapping (2)
20 Jan '94The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
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Matlock (1986)
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15. The Temptation
27 Jan '94A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
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Matlock (1986)
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16. The Crook
03 Feb '94A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
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Matlock (1986)
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17. The Murder Game
10 Feb '94Matlock 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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18. Brennen
17 Feb '94Ben 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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19. The P.I.
03 Mar '94A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
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Matlock (1986)
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20. The Godfather
28 Apr '94Matlock 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.
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Matlock (1986)
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21. The Idol (1)
19 May '94A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
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Matlock (1986)
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22. The Idol (2)
19 May '94
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