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Matlock: Season 7

18 episodes Premiered Nov 5, 1992 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Matlock

Season 7 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Matlock Season 6.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 7 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 7: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S7·E1 Mytharc

The Vacation

Nov 5, 1992

Matlock and Leanne head to the beach where Leanne reunites with three good friends from college, and Matlock reunites with someone from his past who just happens to be the brother

S7·E3 Core

The Legacy (1)

Nov 19, 1992

After Brian Martell is arrested and charged with the murder of Arthur Kendall, Matlock decides to get involved because, years earlier, his father Charlie had been a suspect in the

S7·E4 Core

The Legacy (2)

Nov 19, 1992

Although Josh Winfield confessed to the murder of Arthur Kendall, it doesn't take long for the police to blow holes in his story. Matlock then has Conrad take a closer look at Yola

S7·E5 Core

The Ghost

Jan 14, 1993

Mike Wilson begs Matlock to help his wife Janice out when she is accused of a crime. Matlock approaches Janice's lawyer, who thinks Matlock is pulling his leg when he says that Mik

S7·E6 Core

The Class

Jan 21, 1993 · 60 min

Matlock talks to a law class about his career, and the subject of 'the perfect murder' comes up. When student Eddie Price disappears after getting into it with Mark Randall, the un

S7·E7 Core

The Singer

Jan 28, 1993 · 60 min

Matlock defends a producer accused of killing a singer, and treis to prove that one of the other men at the recording studio was guilty.

S7·E8 Core

The Mark

Feb 4, 1993 · 60 min

When Billy Wheeler comes back to town $250,000 richer after having won the lottery, he soon falls for contractor Judy Wilson. Unfortunately, when she takes him and every other part

S7·E9 Core

The Juror

Feb 11, 1993 · 60 min

Matlock is planning a birthday fishing trip with Leanne, but when he is called up for jury duty it puts a damper on their trip. Despite his convictions that no lawyer would want hi

S7·E10 Core

The Fortune (1)

Feb 18, 1993

The nephew of an eccentric millionaire is accused of murdering his uncle after they were seen arguing and Cliff is sent to work in the uncles' zoo in order to gather information to

S7·E12 Core

The Debt

Mar 18, 1993 · 60 min

When Leanne's ex-husband Peter is charged with the murder of his friend and boss, once the truth comes out about Peter's possible motive in the killing, Matlock despises his ex-son

S7·E13 Core

The Revenge

Mar 25, 1993 · 60 min

Matlock witnesses a robbery at a convenience store, but when things start happening that make him look like he's losing it, including messing with his papers, sending him to the wr

S7·E14 Core

The Obsession

Apr 1, 1993 · 60 min

Even from his hospital bed Matlock can't get the case of a TV star accused of killing a therapist out of his mind.

S7·E15 Core

The Divorce

Apr 8, 1993 · 60 min

Duncan and Clara Farmington seemed to have the perfect marriage. Now they want to have the perfect divorce. What starts out as a simple division of property turns nasty as Leanne r

S7·E16 Core

The Final Affair (1)

Apr 29, 1993

Matlock invites homeless man Lenny to live with him while trying to find out if the archbishop was meant to die in a plot including an ex-football player, his wife, her lover, and

S7·E18 Mytharc

The Competition

May 6, 1993 · 60 min

Matlock refuses to believe that a young piano player committed suicide, nor does the father of the girl who hires Matlock to find out what really happened.

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