Matlock: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
The Play
Sep 23, 1993 · 60 min
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 Fatal Seduction (1)
Sep 30, 1993
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
The Fatal Seduction (2)
Oct 7, 1993 · 50 min
Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.
The Diner
Oct 14, 1993
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 sheri
The View
Oct 28, 1993
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
The Last Laugh
Nov 4, 1993 · 60 min
A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
The Capital Offense
Nov 11, 1993 · 60 min
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
The Haunted (1)
Nov 18, 1993
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 Greenwo
The Conspiracy
Nov 25, 1993 · 60 min
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
Dec 2, 1993
Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
The Defendant
Dec 16, 1993
Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
The Kidnapping (1)
Jan 13, 1994
Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
The Kidnapping (2)
Jan 20, 1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
The Temptation
Jan 27, 1994 · 60 min
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
The Crook
Feb 3, 1994 · 60 min
A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
The Murder Game
Feb 10, 1994 · 60 min
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 M
Brennen
Feb 17, 1994
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
The P.I.
Mar 3, 1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
The Godfather
Apr 28, 1994 · 60 min
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 agree
The Idol (1)
May 19, 1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.