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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
The Crying Clown
Nov 25, 1983 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
Criss-Cross
Jan 27, 1984 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
Blood Ties
Mar 2, 1984 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.