Matlock
Season 8
199322 episodes
Episode 1
The Play
Sep 23, 19931h
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
After 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.
Episode 2
The Fatal Seduction (1)
Sep 30, 1993
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
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.
Episode 3
The Fatal Seduction (2)
Oct 7, 199350m
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.
Episode 4
The Diner
Oct 14, 1993
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
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.
Episode 5
The View
Oct 28, 1993
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
Episode 6
The Last Laugh
Nov 4, 19931h
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
Episode 7
The Capital Offense
Nov 11, 19931h
TMDB rating 10.0TMDB
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
Episode 8
The Haunted (1)
Nov 18, 1993
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
While 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.
Episode 9
The Haunted (2)
Nov 18, 1993
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
Episode 10
The Conspiracy
Nov 25, 19931h
Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
Episode 11
Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
Dec 2, 1993
Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
Episode 12
The Defendant
Dec 16, 1993
Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
Episode 13
The Kidnapping (1)
Jan 13, 1994
Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
Episode 14
The Kidnapping (2)
Jan 20, 1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
Episode 15
The Temptation
Jan 27, 19941h
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
Episode 16
The Crook
Feb 3, 19941h
A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
Episode 17
The Murder Game
Feb 10, 19941h
Matlock 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.
Episode 18
Brennen
Feb 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.
Episode 19
The P.I.
Mar 3, 1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
Episode 20
The Godfather
Apr 28, 19941h
Matlock 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.
Episode 21
The Idol (1)
May 19, 1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
Episode 22
The Idol (2)
May 19, 1994