Matlock
Drama • Series

Matlock

"AMERICA'S GREATEST LAWYER. CASE CLOSED."

7.1/10 1986 9 Seasons 194 Episodes Ended

Matlock 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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Season 6 Episodes

E1
The Witness Killings (1)
60 min 1991

Matlock goes back to his hometown for a family reunion, but things turn sticky when a good friend of his nephew's son di…

E2
The Witness Killings (2)
1991

After a second young man dies under mysterious circumstances, Matlock continues to do his best to defend Russ Gifford, a…

E3
The Strangler
1991

Serial killer Jeffrey Speidel strangles his victims. When Matlock gets inovlved in the case, Speidel makes a point of tu…

E4
The Nightmare
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 …

E5
The Marriage Counselor
60 min 1991

When a marriage counselor is murdered, the suspects include not only his fellow co-workers, but also the couples he was …

E6
The Dame
60 min 1991

While dining with Julie, a chance meeting with a woman causes Ben to relate the story of his investigation, many years e…

E7
The Suspect (1)
1991

Matlock defends a wealthy widow charged with the murder of her husband, while Michelle helps to defend a father accused …

E8
The Suspect (2)
1991

Matlock defends a wealthy widow charged with the murder of her husband, while Michelle helps to defend a father accused …

E9
The Defense
1991

Teenager Danny Hayes is on trial for the murder of his father. Danny honestly believed that his father was about to kill…

E10
The Game Show
1991

When the producer of the popular It's About Time gameshow is murdered, Matlock defends the aging host at the request of …

E11
The Foursome
1991

Matlock reluctantly agrees to defend millionaire Ellis Blake when he's accused of murdering his daughter's fiancé, Jeff…

E12
The Picture (1)
60 min 1992

After much persuasion, Matlock agrees to help his disagreeable cousin locate her erstwhile husband, using a doctored pho…

E13
The Picture (2)
1992

Matlock successfully defends his cousin on charges of murder, but when it's all said and done, he still can't stand the …

E14
The Outcast (1)
90 min 1992

Matlock retires from law after bungling up a case and forgetting his client's name. He heads out of town to do some fish…

E15
The Outcast (2)
1992

Matlock retires from law after bungling up a case and forgetting his client's name. He heads out of town to do some fish…

E16
The Big Payoff
1992

Michelle helps an insurance investigator prove that a man killed his wealthy wife to collect on the insurance money.

E17
The Abduction
1992

Matlock has every intention of preserving lawyer/client confidentiality, but when a group of mobsters kidnap Michelle to…

E18
Mr. Awesome
60 min 1992

Conrad asks Matlock to defend Anne Johnson when she's charged with the murder of her cheating ex-boyfriend Dwayne Meeks.…

E19
The Evening News (1)
1992

A TV anchorwoman plans to frame a TV reporter for murder. When the intended victim fakes their own death, the reporter i…

E20
The Evening News (2)
1992

The real murdered winds up murdered himself, which doesn't help Matlock's client much...not only that, but there's a rea…

E21
The Assassination (1)
1992

When the local mayor is assassinated, Matlock's daughter Leanne comes to town to prove the case. The case takes a differ…

E22
The Assassination (2)
1992

While defending Judge Eller in his murder trial, Conrad uncovers the connection between the killing of a mayor and a por…

Cast

Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith
Ben Matlock
Daniel Roebuck
Daniel Roebuck
Cliff Lewis
Carol Huston
Carol Huston
Jerri Stone

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