The BEST episodes written by Richard Christian Matheson

Beauties and the Beasts
star
8.50
2 votes

#1 - Beauties and the Beasts

B.J. and the Bear - Season 3 - Episode 7

Captain Grant is coercing independent truckers to pay for a so-called protection. B.J. steps in and the sly cop sends B.J. and his girlfriends to jail.B.J. proposes a football game to regain his and the girls freedom

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The Beach Boy
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8.00
7 votes

#2 - The Beach Boy

Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 15

Drug dealers are feeling the wrath of a supplier they refused and the penalty is death.

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Deadly Maneuvers
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7.96
204 votes

#3 - Deadly Maneuvers

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 21

Criminals foiled in the past by the A-Team hire a crew of mercenaries to pick off each member one by one.

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Whatever Happened to Guts
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7.86
7 votes

#4 - Whatever Happened to Guts

Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2 - Episode 6

When star of a television court show has to go into the hospital for surgery, he asks Hardcastle to fill in as the show's star. But, his enthusiasm for the show comes to a halt when the station's public relations person is murdered.

Too Rich and Too Thin
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7.86
7 votes

#5 - Too Rich and Too Thin

Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2 - Episode 13

A friend of Hardcastle's, a lawyer dies. At the funeral, he catches his young wife with another man. He talks to his friend's partner who was forced out of the practice by the wife and he tells Hardcastle the wife was only interested in his money. Hardcastle learns the man died while at some health spa for the elderly. So he goes there as a client and McCormick goes as a trainer who puts Hardcastle through the wringer.

Angie's Choice
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7.75
8 votes

#6 - Angie's Choice

Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2 - Episode 22

After seeing reputed mobster Stevie Ray kill a man named Tommy Chen, former prostitute Angie Bloom goes into hiding. Before disappearing, she decides to leave Nicky and Lindsey, her young children, with Hardcastle for safekeeping. While the kids initially refuse to tell the judge their name, the judge eventually realizes that they are Angie's children. Meanwhile, Hardcastle and McCormick discover something is amiss when some men unsuccessfully try to kidnap the kids. Following a hunch, Hardcastle pays a visit on a former madam named Dolores. The hunch pays off and the judge locates Angie. Convinced that Hardcastle has her best interests in mind, Angie tells the judge the whole story. Recognizing that the best way to protect Angie is to put Stevie in prison, Hardcastle arranges for her to testify. To his regret, the officers that pick up Angie are actually Stevie's men. Upon learning the truth, Hardcastle and McCormick "convince" one of Stevie's men to tell them where to find Angie. Following up on their lead, the two men capture Stevie and rescue Angie.

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Fire Man
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7.67
9 votes

#7 - Fire Man

Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 18

A television news crew get in the way of Hunter and McCall while they are trying to investigate the arsonist the news crew helped identify.

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Split Second
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7.40
159 votes

#8 - Split Second

Tales from the Crypt - Season 3 - Episode 11

Dixon is a lumberjack who marries a sexy barmaid named Liz Kelly. Soon after, he turns from sweet Dr. Jekyll into cruel Mr. Hyde. He is jealous of her when the boys find her attractive. One day a new lumberjack comes to town and Liz finds Ted attractive. When he catches them in the bed together, Dixon goes in a jealous rage and whacks him blinding him. The boys help him seek revenge on Dixon and Liz.

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747
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7.37
97 votes

#9 - 747

The Incredible Hulk - Season 1 - Episode 5

David boards a flight to visit another doctor whom he thinks has information that might help him with his problem. But, when the pilot and stewardess drugs the rest of the crew in an attempt to bail out of the airplane with stolen property, David and a young boy named Kevin try to land the jetliner.

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The Snare
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7.32
71 votes

#10 - The Snare

The Incredible Hulk - Season 3 - Episode 9

After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.

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Bad Time on the Border
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7.17
207 votes

#11 - Bad Time on the Border

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 4

Hannibal goes undercover as an illegal alien when the A-Team is asked to find a sick woman who was apparently left behind by alien smugglers.

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There's Always a Catch
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7.15
253 votes

#12 - There's Always a Catch

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 9

The A-Team must once again duck Decker as they try to stop an extortionist plaguing a small fishing village.

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Forget Me Not
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7.14
316 votes

#13 - Forget Me Not

Knight Rider - Season 1 - Episode 13

Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.

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Labor Pains
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7.11
200 votes

#14 - Labor Pains

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 8

The A-Team helps migrant workers to organize against a landowner that is forcing them to live and work under slave-labor conditions.

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Say It with Bullets
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7.03
202 votes

#15 - Say It with Bullets

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 16

A WAC asks the A-Team to investigate the death of her brother, who was involved in arms trafficking at a military base.

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Like a Brother
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6.93
40 votes

#16 - Like a Brother

The Incredible Hulk - Season 2 - Episode 14

While working at a car wash in a black neighborhood, David befriends a co-worker who is being exploited by a drug lord.

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Never My Love
star
6.67
6 votes

#17 - Never My Love

Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2 - Episode 5

Mark attends the funeral of an old friend, only to be surprised later to receive a message from her on his answering machine. After searching for evidence to her supposed "death," Mark and the judge find political reasons may be to blame for her disappearance.

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Magic Saturday
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6.62
86 votes

#18 - Magic Saturday

Amazing Stories (1985) - Season 2 - Episode 3

A man temporarily exchanges bodies with his grandson so that he can relive his youth on the baseball field. While the man enjoys his new life, the boy discovers his grandfather's old body is dying.

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The Damned Thing
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6.51
173 votes

#19 - The Damned Thing

Masters of Horror - Season 2 - Episode 1

The Damned Thing is the apocalyptic tale of a mysterious creature that terrorizes a small Texas town.

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Battleground
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6.38
403 votes

#20 - Battleground

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Season 1 - Episode 1

A professional hitman, Renshaw, finds himself the target when he kills a toymaker and the victim’s mother sends Renshaw a present: a toy foot locker filled with toy soldiers equipped to kill.

Dance of the Dead
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5.98
269 votes

#21 - Dance of the Dead

Masters of Horror - Season 1 - Episode 3

This story revolves around a post-apocalyptic town where re-animated corpses of friends and enemies dance on stage for the few people who survived a nuclear holocaust. Peggy a naïve girl learns of the dangers of the outside world and the sacrifices made to guarantee her survival.

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