Matt Houston: Season 2
Season 2 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 Matt Houston Season 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
Heritage (1)
Sep 9, 1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Heritage (2)
Sep 9, 1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
The Woman in White
Sep 16, 1983
other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he di
Love You To Death
Sep 23, 1983
other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.
The Centerfold Murders
Sep 30, 1983
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
Needle In A Haystack
Oct 7, 1983
other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.
Marilyn
Oct 21, 1983
other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl call
The Ghost of Carter Gault
Oct 28, 1983
other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.
China Doll
Nov 4, 1983
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
Butterfly
Nov 18, 1983
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
The Crying Clown
Nov 25, 1983
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
The Outsider
Dec 2, 1983
other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.
Target: Miss World
Dec 23, 1983
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
The Monster
Jan 6, 1984
Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.
Waltz of Death
Jan 13, 1984
other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
Houston Is Dead
Jan 20, 1984
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
Criss-Cross
Jan 27, 1984
other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.
The Bikini Murders
Feb 3, 1984
other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering ma
Death Match
Feb 24, 1984
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
Blood Ties
Mar 2, 1984
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
The Secret Admirer
Mar 9, 1984
other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's
Cash and Carry
Mar 23, 1984
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
On The Run (1)
Mar 30, 1984
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.