Matlock (Season 8)

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.

The Play 9.0
Air date: 1993-09-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
The Fatal Seduction (1) 9.0
Air date: 1993-09-30
Overview: 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.
The Fatal Seduction (2) 9.0
Air date: 1993-10-07
The Diner 9.0
Air date: 1993-10-14
Overview: 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.
The View 9.0
Air date: 1993-10-28
Overview: Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
The Last Laugh 9.0
Air date: 1993-11-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
The Capital Offense 10.0
Air date: 1993-11-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
The Haunted (1) 9.0
Air date: 1993-11-18
Overview: 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.
The Haunted (2) 9.0
Air date: 1993-11-18
The Conspiracy 0.0
Air date: 1993-11-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream 0.0
Air date: 1993-12-02
Overview: Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
The Defendant 0.0
Air date: 1993-12-16
Overview: Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
The Kidnapping (1) 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-13
Overview: Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
The Kidnapping (2) 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-20
Overview: The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
The Temptation 0.0
Air date: 1994-01-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
The Crook 0.0
Air date: 1994-02-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
The Murder Game 0.0
Air date: 1994-02-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Brennen 0.0
Air date: 1994-02-17
Overview: 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.
The P.I. 0.0
Air date: 1994-03-03
Overview: A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
The Godfather 0.0
Air date: 1994-04-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
The Idol (1) 0.0
Air date: 1994-05-19
Overview: A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
The Idol (2) 0.0
Air date: 1994-05-19