Season 2

episodes

1. 1. The Billionaire (1) 1987-09-22 Matlock flies all the way the England to represent Eric Gordon, a man accused of murdering his wealthy businessman father. His sister Laura is convinced of his innocence, but brother Mitch isn't so su...
2. 2. The Billionaire (2) 1987-09-22 120 min 10.0 Matlock flies all the way the England to represent Eric Gordon, a man accused of murdering his wealthy businessman father. His sister Laura is convinced of his innocence, but brother Mitch isn't so su...
3. 3. Blind Justice 1987-09-29 60 min Michelle agrees to defend college chum Andrea Morrow after she is accused of murdering her abusive lover, Clay Graham. Matlock soon becomes convinced that the murderer was Clay's blind 'friend', Arthu...
4. 4. The Annihilator 1987-10-13 60 min Matlock reluctantly agrees to represent a famous wrestler when he's accused of killing a long-time rival, but only when Cassie begs him to. The key witness in the case is a young girl who was a die-ha...
5. 5. The Husband 1987-10-20 When Matlock agrees to defend Cassie's friend Judy, he is shocked to learn that Judy's husband had another wife. As the case continues, Matlock learns that there was also a third Mrs. Benson, and that...
6. 6. The Power Brokers (1) 1987-10-27 60 min 7.0 Matlock reluctantly takes the case when Melinda Stuart's source is murdered. The biggest problem is that she's more interested in listening to what FBI Agent Paul Davies has to say than she is in list...
7. 7. The Power Brokers (2) 1987-11-03 After Agent Davies offers Melinda an exclusive, she changes her plea to guilty. Matlock tries to talk to her, especially after it's revealed that the person Melinda was talking to was an imposter.
8. 8. The Network 1987-12-01 Network programming chief Paul J. Bartel is murdered, leaving Hollywood baffled as to the identity of the killer. Matlock comes to town to represent the television producer accused of killing him, and...
9. 9. The Best Friend 1987-12-08 60 min Matlock agrees to defend Vanessa Douglas when she's accused of murdering Stephen Cassidy, and author who destroyed a political families ambitions with a tell-all book. When Matlock realises his client...
10. 10. The Country Boy 1987-12-15 60 min Jimmy le Grand is Matlock's favorite country singer of all time. When he's accused of a hit-and-run, Matlock leaps at the chance to defend him and to house the country legend in his own home, and soon...
11. 11. The Gift 1987-12-22 60 min When Brian Emerson is arrested and charged with his wife's murder, Matlock takes the case, waiving his usual fee. His efforts to get the father out on bail fail when he lands a judge who has lost his...
12. 12. The Gambler 1987-12-29 Matlock goes to Las Vegas to defend his friend, Jim Manning, after Jim is accused of murdering his girlfriend Laura, who worked for the mob laundering money.
13. 13. The Body 1988-01-05 60 min Matlock agrees to defend Donna Stewart when she's accused of murdering Christie Huntley, an aerobics instructor at Pinewood Spa who slept with her husband. Matlock soon realises that Christie's death...
14. 14. The Reunion 1988-01-12 Matlock heads to an old law school reunion where he meets up with his former classmates. After the reunion, one is murdered, and another stands accused of the crime, and Matlock faces the unpleasant t...
15. 15. The Gigolo 1988-01-19 Matlock agrees to defend dance instructor Scott Lazar after he is charged with the murder of his married lover. It would be a lot easier to prove Scott's innocence if there wasn't another woman in the...
16. 16. The Umpire 1988-01-26 60 min When a baseball umpire is murdered, Matlock has a whole team full of suspects. It seems like everyone had a reason to...kill the ump.
17. 17. The Investigation (1) 1988-02-02 Sam Gerard is a well-known mobster who is about to be exposed. His estranged son, Craig Gentry, is arrested for murder, but refuses to go to Sam for help, and instead, goes to Ben Matlock.
18. 18. The Investigation (2) 1988-02-09 60 min Craig continues to turn away from his father as Matlock keeps trying to investigate the case. When the Gentry family is almost caught in the middle of a mob war with the Hernandez family, Matlock real...
19. 19. The Hucksters 1988-02-16 Matlock needs to prove that one of three people murdered a scheming huckster. This Episode also aired at later dates with a total of 3 alternate endings. Only the last 2:24 of the show is altered for...
20. 20. The Lovelorn 1988-02-23 Matlock agrees to defend a man who has been accused of murdering the relationship columnist whose response ended his relationship.
21. 21. The Genius 1988-03-15 When Matlock's nephew Irwin is charged with murder, Matlock investigates at a high-tech computer firm to clear his name.
22. 22. The Magician 1988-03-22 After a night at the magic show with Julie, Matlock agrees to defend magician Daniel Fontaine when he's charged with the murder of his assistant / lover Sandy Farrell, a woman who was as devious as sh...
23. 23. The Fisherman 1988-03-29 Matlock defends a Vietnamese fisherman and his son when a racist fisherman is killed, and the Vietnamese fisherman is charged with his murder because the two had words. It isn't just the fisherman tha...
24. 24. The Heiress 1988-05-03 As a young child, Allison Tate had discovered the bodies of her parents, apparently killed by an intruder. Shortly after her twenty-first birthday, she found the body of Marsha Gold, killed in a simil...