Matlock (season 2)

Albert Gordon (Don Murray), an American business tycoon living in Britain and a wealthy patriarch, is found murdered. American lawyer Michelle Thomas, who works for him, finds his body. One of Albert's two sons, Eric (Greg Evigan), is found guilty of his murder. Albert's daughter, Laura (Michelle Greene), believes in her brother's innocence and sets up a mock trial, hoping it will lead to a retrial. Matlock travels to England to represent Eric. The mock trial is exactly like a real trial in the old Bailey, with the original prosecutor and a judge who came out of retirement. Matlock suffers a setback with the death of Albert's mistress, Fiona Maxwell (Claire Oberman).

Other guest stars: David McCallum as Philip Dudley, Bruce Greenwood as Mitchell Gordon, Alan Downer as Stanley Douglas, Leon Greene as Inspector Liggett, Linal Haft as Robert Harris, Barry Ingham as Butler, Preston Lockwood as Judge Woolsey, John Quayle as Stevenson Davies, Richard Ridings as Nicky, Richard Shaw as Security Guard, Oliver Parker as Man at Butler's School, Guy Standeveen as Sherwood, Guy Sweeney as Heavy and Lindy Whiteford as Maid.

Matlock asks Tyler to find the person behind Fiona Maxwell's murder. When Robert Harris (Linal Haft) was in a scheme that took advantage of Albert, where Fiona came in, he hired Tyler to crack a safe. At the end of the episode, Matlock asks Michelle to replace his daughter Charlene and become his junior partner, and they and Tyler fly back on the Concorde.

Other guest stars: David McCallum as Philip Dudley, Bruce Greenwood as Mitchell Gordon, Alan Downer as Stanley Douglas, Leon Greene as Inspector Liggett, Linal Haft as Robert Harris, Barry Ingham as Butler, Preston Lockwood as Judge Woolsey, John Quayle as Stevenson Davies, Richard Ridings as Nicky, Richard Shaw as Security Guard, Oliver Parker as Man at Butler's School, Guy Standeveen as Sherwood, Guy Sweeney as Heavy and Lindy Whiteford as Maid.

When Michelle's old collegemate (Kathleen Lloyd) is accused of killing her volatile husband, Clay (Greg Mullavey), Michelle is more than happy to take the case. Matlock later finds out that the actual killer was Clay's blind friend (David Ogden Stiers), a sculptor who blamed Clay for causing his blindness, but discovers it will take some good luck to prove how a blind man managed to carry off a near-perfect murder.

Matlock is more than glad to defend Cassie's friend Diane Jonas-Benson (Christopher Norris), because he is intrigued to find out that her husband and the victim, Kevin Benson (Terrence E. McNally), had two other wives: Judy Benson (Sherry Hursey) and Elizabeth Benson (Nancy Franglone).

Other guest stars: Julie Sommars as Julie March, Lucille Meredith as Judge Irene Sawyer, Gordon Pinkey as Lt. Mark Herrmann, Natalie Core as Mrs. Berino, H. Richard Greene as Clark Benson

Matlock travels to Washington, D.C. to reluctantly take on the case of Melinda Stuart (Isabella Hofmann), who was accused of killing her source. When Tyler gets dragged before Matlock by FBI Agent Paul Davies (Alan Fudge), he yells at the agent not to ruin his tuxedo (which was already ruined). For Melinda to plead guilty, she would rather be listening to Agent Davies than herself listening to him. Matlock also finds himself having to deal with a tough, egocentric judge (George Gaynes) overseeing the trial.

Matlock's up the creek when his client, Melinda, makes a confession, and retraces his steps. Tyler searches for Clarissa Irwin (Nancy Dussault) who's staying at the spa in Texas under heavy sedation. Notable guest stars: Robert Culp, Scott Bakula and Gregory Itzin.

Matlock and Michelle both travel to Los Angeles to defend a television executive (Granville Van Dusen) accused of murdering his boss. Guest stars: ALF, Betty White, Jason Bateman, Corbin Bernsen, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Cameron Mitchell as Lane Lockletter, Frank Collison as Unshaven Man, Mark Schneider as D.A. David Clark, John McCahn as Lt. Wallace, Aneta Corsaut as Ida Stillman, Mie Hunt as Judge Judith Nagata

Matlock's favorite country singer, Jimmy le Grand (David Carradine), has been accused of a hit-and-run attempt at his estranged wife, Kitty Carroll (Candy Clark), which, instead, killed her sister Luann (Beverly Leech); it is revealed that Kitty was planning to leave him because of his alcohol abuse. Despite the advice of Julie to not take the case, Matlock immediately defends him and, reluctantly, agrees to house the country legend in his place for the duration. However, Matlock soon finds out that Jimmy is a very difficult person to live with, but he also believes that deep down, there is still a good man inside Jimmy. Meanwhile, Matlock suspects that not only may Luann have been the intended target, but it may be related to suspicions she had about those in Jimmy's and Kitty's inner circle.

Matlock defends a Santa accused of murder — Brian Emerson (Bryan Cranston). Brian's ex-wife, Maggie Crowley (Lise Hilboldt), was murdered at 5 minutes past 10:00 PM, while hosting a Christmas party populated by Santa Clauses. Matlock also plays father Christmas to Wendy Crowley (Jandi Swanson), Maggie and Brian's daughter, and spreads some Christmas cheer on a judge who has lost his Christmas spirit.

Matlock defends a friend of his, a police Lieutenant (Bruce Weitz) against a murder charge in Las Vegas. Laura Norwood (Marg Helgenberger), the victim, was killed on the evening of the 19th, between 10:30 and 11:30. She was staying in the Princess Suite on the 6th floor of the Maxim Hotel and Casino, owned by Lewis Devlin (Ken Kercheval).

Matlock is more than glad to defend Donna Stewart (Penelope Windust), who was accused of killing aerobics instructor Christie Huntley (Michelle Zeitlin), who slept with her husband. Matlock later notices that Christine's death had nothing to do with who she slept with and everything to do with why she slept with them.

Matlock attends a law school class reunion with his oldest classmates, Ross, George, and Warren (Richard Roat, Bill Hayes and Fredd Wayne), who run a prestigious law firm together. But the reunion is short-lived when Warren is murdered, George is framed, and Matlock has no choice other than to prove that another classmate is the real killer. He also assigns Michelle and Tyler to follow the people who he suspects of killing Warren.

When one's married lover (Jane Hallaren) gets run over by a car, Matlock defends dance instructor Scott Lazar (Steven Memel) for this murder. Other guest stars: Julie Sommars as Julie March, Roy Fegan as Lt. Snell, Jason Wingreen as Judge Arthur Beaumont, David Froman as Lt. Bob Brooks, Chad Dee Block as Judge Archibald Smith, Sheilia Shaw as Letitia, Penny Fuller as Barbara Raymond, Gerald Prendergast as Dash Harrison, Jane Hallaren as Laura Frazier, William Prince as Garland Frazier

Matlock defends insurance salesman Charlie Bonham (Richard Kline), who is accused of killing his boss Walter Judd (Robert Harper) after a disputed play during a softball game in which Walter was the umpire.

At a television station, Matlock and Michelle both need to prove that Hal Simpson (Rob Winniger) didn't kill Robert Ullman (Robert Lesser), a scheming huckster.

Matlock and Michelle both represent Craig Moore (Jerry Houser) when he is accused of killing relationship advice columnist Marjorie Manners (Natalija Nogulich), whose response led to his wife Anna (Barbara Whinnery) leaving him. Ben discovers that the dead woman's own marriage situation was quite unusual, possibly revealing a different suspect and motive. The true murderer is then unmasked with the help of the used carbon film on an IBM Selectric typewriter.

Matlock's nephew (Bill Mumy) is charged with the murder of his boss, Vincent Redding (Gerald Hiken) in a high-tech computer firm, and Ben must count on the young man's high IQ to clear his name.

Matlock attends a magic show with Julie March one night. Afterwards, Daniel Fontaine (Michael E. Knight), the star of the magic show is framed for the murder of his lover/partner Sandy Farrell (Kim Johnston Ulrich), who was devious as she was beautiful. When the game of pool was over, Tyler questioned Jimmy (Peter Freschette) about his tiny gig with the Magic Castle. His contact with that company, set Tyler up, led both of them in jail, and Tyler is furious because Jimmy said to him it was Arthur Wolff (Michael Halsey) who told him to.

Matlock defends both the Vietnamese fisherman Ngyuen Tram (Dana Lee) and his own son (Jason Scott Lee) after a prejudiced fisherman, John Sampson (S.A. Griffin), is found murdered on his boat. Together, both the father and son had words. It turns out that there is more than just the fisherman Matlock is defending, as he also becomes a prime target of the racist townspeople.

When Allison Tate (Jill Carroll) was just a little girl, she finds the bodies of her parents, who were killed by an intruder. After she reached 21, she searched for Marsha Gold (Melinda O. Fee), and finds her dead in the same manner that her parents were murdered, years before. When she was put back into the Linder Sanitarium, where she resided since the murder of her parents, Bob Rainer (Mason Adams) (her father's former business partner, who was her surrogate uncle) hires Matlock to prove that Allison is not guilty of this murder, who in turn has a quarrel with Warren Kreitzer (Brian Benben), an insurance attorney who was about to head on vacation, but will do whatever he has to protect Allison.