The BEST episodes of Matlock
Every episode of Matlock ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Matlock!
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.
#1 - The Temptation
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1994
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
#2 - The Kidnapping (1)
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1994
Abductors try to kidnap Leanne but take Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
#3 - The Confession
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/1994
Prosecutor Julie March (Julie Sommars) returns, looking for Matlock's help to vindicate a thief she wrongly convicted.
#4 - The Kidnapping (2)
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
#5 - The Heist (1)
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/27/1995
While at the beach to cheer on Cliff in a triathlon, Ben runs into an old friend and retired FBI agent who's handling unfinished business. VVhen the Fed is accused of murder, Matlock defends him.
#6 - The P.I.
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
#7 - The Madam
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1990
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.
#8 - The Getaway
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1995
Matlock defends an ex-con accused of robbing the same bank he knocked off years earlier. But the young witness who can clear the ex-con's name demands a favor from Ben before he will tell the truth.
#9 - The Capital Offense
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1993
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
#10 - The Trial (2)
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1991
Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.
#11 - Brennen
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1994
Ben 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.
#12 - The Outcast (1)
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/1992
Matlock retires from law after bungling up a case and forgetting his client's name. He heads out of town to do some fishing, but after a hitchhiker he gave a lift to dies mysteriously, he sticks around to investigate the case.
#13 - The Conspiracy
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1993
Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
#14 - The Dare
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1994
To prove that Matlock could not solve the perfect murder, a demented millionaire (Terry O'Quinn) kills Ben's friend and challenges Ben to solve the crime.
#15 - Dead Air
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1994
When a radio personality is accused of murdering his on-air partner, Matlock comes to his defense and must discover who left the DJ DOA
#16 - The Verdict
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1995
An assistant district attorney, who's new in town, is assigned a tricky first case: prosecuting a contractor and alleged killer who is also her ex-flame ... and who is now Matlock's client
#17 - The Diner
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1993
Matlock 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 case for their own safety, father and son were determined to prove that Cyrus never killed anyone.
#18 - The Obsession
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/1993
Even from his hospital bed Matlock can't get the case of a TV star accused of killing a therapist out of his mind.
#19 - The Nightmare
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1991
After a bump on the head, Matlock has a nightmare where he is trapped in the Old West, and needs to save Conrad from an angry lynch mob when he is accused of murder. His is frequently distracted by Michelle, a beautiful saloon girl, and Julie, the vengeance-seeking sister of the dead man.
#20 - The Strangler
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/1991
Serial killer Jeffrey Speidel strangles his victims. When Matlock gets inovlved in the case, Speidel makes a point of turning Matlock into his next target...his goal is to ruin Matlock publicly before killing him.
#21 - The View
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1993
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
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Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/19/1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
#23 - The Fatal Seduction (1)
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1993
Matlock, 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.
#24 - The Fatal Seduction (2)
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1993
Matlock and Leanne are convinced that Carrie and Ashley are guilty of not only extortion but murder as well, but the two girls seem to have perfect alibis.
#25 - The Suspect (1)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1991
Matlock defends a wealthy widow charged with the murder of her husband, while Michelle helps to defend a father accused of murdering the drug dealer who got his child hooked...a dealer who just happened to be a cop.
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