Matlock (1986)
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney who charges $100,000 to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
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Episode 1 - The Billionaire
Release Date: 22 Sep. 1987An American businessman based in London is killed. His son would be charged, tried, and convicted for the crime. His sister believing in her brother's innocence decides to stage a mock trial hoping that something that they missed will be revealed, and she hires Ben to defend him.
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Episode 2 - Blind Justice
Release Date: 6 Oct. 1987A blind man kills the man who blinded him and frames the man's girlfriend.
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Episode 3 - The Annihilator
Release Date: 13 Oct. 1987Ben's assistant Cassie convinces Ben to defend a professional wrestler accused of killing a rival wrestler.
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Episode 4 - The Husband
Release Date: 20 Oct. 1987When a woman learns her husband has another wife, she confronts him even making threats. Later he is found dead. She is arrested and Ben defends her. He learns that the man has more secrets.
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Episode 5 - The Power Brokers: Part 1
Release Date: 27 Oct. 1987Ben defends a popular columnist framed for the murder of a source.
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Episode 6 - The Power Brokers: Part 2
Release Date: 3 Nov. 1987Add a Plot
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Episode 7 - The Gambler
Release Date: 10 Nov. 1987Ben defends an Atlanta police lieutenant who is accused of murdering his girlfriend after learning of her true identity.
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Episode 8 - The Network
Release Date: 1 Dec. 1987Matlock ventures to LA to defend TV producer Paul Bartel who is accused of murdering network programming chief Greg Titleman.
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Episode 9 - The Best Friend
Release Date: 8 Dec. 1987A writer is found shot to death while he was writing a tell-all book about Georgia's most prominent political family, the Douglases. James Douglas' ex-wife, Vanessa, is accused of the murder but Matlock agrees to defend her.
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Episode 10 - The Country Boy
Release Date: 15 Dec. 1987When a country singer who's a drinker makes a spectacle of himself, his wife decides to leave him. Her sister backs the decision, but then is later found victim of a hit and run. The singer is subsequently arrested and accused of the murder, but Ben decides to defend him.
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Episode 11 - The Gift
Release Date: 22 Dec. 1987Ben defends a man who is accused of murdering his ex-wife after having sneaked into her house to visit their daughter.
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Episode 12 - The Body
Release Date: 5 Jan. 1988Ben and Michelle stay at an exclusive health spa while investigating the employees after their client is accused of killing an aerobics instructor who had an affair with her husband.
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Episode 13 - The Reunion
Release Date: 12 Jan. 1988Ben has a reunion with some friends from law school who are partners in a law firm. The senior partner is killed and one of the partners is accused of killing him. Ben offers to defend him and he learns that the victim was not exactly liked by the other partners so he thinks one of them killed him.
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Episode 14 - The Gigolo
Release Date: 19 Jan. 1988Ben Matlock defends a handsome, young dance instructor who is accused of killing his married dance studio business partner after she catches him after hours with another woman.
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Episode 15 - The Umpire
Release Date: 26 Jan. 1988Matlock must defend an Insurance Salesman (Richard Kline) who has been accused of killing his boss, also the game's umpire, following a bad call during a softball game.
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Episode 16 - The Investigation: Part 1
Release Date: 2 Feb. 1988One of Ben's clients is the son of a mobster but he has chosen to cut all ties with his father, even change his name and not tell anyone about it. But a politician finds out and subpoenas him to appear before a commission. Later the politician is killed and he is arrested. Eventually his father shows up and tries to fix it but Ben tries to solve legally. Ben crosses paths with a couple of other organizations who may have wanted the man dead also.
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Episode 17 - The Investigation: Part 2
Release Date: 9 Feb. 1988Matlock decides to continue with the case even though he was the victim of a violent assault. When Tyler returns to the same bar to enquire the whereabouts of Juanita Martinez (Maria O'Brien) on the night of the murders, he meets with physical resistance and ends up lying on the floor. The Gentry Family almost ended up in the middle of the mob war with the Hernandez family.
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Episode 18 - The Hucksters
Release Date: 16 Feb. 1988An unscrupulous head of a pyramid scheme selling face cream, dies during a stage infomercial interview. One of the salespeople he swindled, Hal, is blamed for the murder. Ben takes the case despite Hal's lack of funds.
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Episode 19 - The Lovelorn
Release Date: 23 Feb. 1988A man pays an angry visit to the marriage counselor whom he believes ruined his marriage with the advice she gave to his wife. He picks up a desk lamp and threatens her. When she's found dead, murdered with that same lamp, Ben agrees to defend him. The lawyer discovers that the dead woman's own marriage situation was quite unusual, possibly revealing a different suspect and motive.
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Episode 20 - The Genius
Release Date: 15 Mar. 1988When Ben's own genius nephew is accused of murder, he assists his uncle in the defense.
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Episode 21 - The Magician
Release Date: 22 Mar. 1988Matlock intends to enjoy an evening watching the Amazing Zeigler but the illusionist's contentious relation with his assistant erupts. Her subsequent murder has Matlock defending the magician.
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Episode 22 - The Fisherman
Release Date: 29 Mar. 1988A Vietnamese fisherman has been clashing with another fisherman who's a bigot. When the man is killed the Vietnamese is arrested and Ben defends him. And the D.A. is quite helpful to Ben.
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Episode 23 - The Heiress
Release Date: 3 May 1988Ben and a friend defend a young heiress who is being tried for murdering the trustee of her trust.