List of Matlock episodes

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith, that ran from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC and from November 5, 1992, to May 4, 1995, on ABC. A total of 9 seasons and 194 episodes were produced.

Series overview Edit

Season	Episodes	Originally aired			Rank	Rating
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network	Rank	Rating
Pilot	1	March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03)		NBC	—	20.9
1	23	September 20, 1986 (1986-09-20)	May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12)		15	18.6
2	24	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)	May 3, 1988 (1988-05-03)		14	17.8
3	20	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)	May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16)		13	17.7
4	24	September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)	May 8, 1990 (1990-05-08)		20	16.6
5	22	September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18)	April 30, 1991 (1991-04-30)		17	15.5
6	22	October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)	May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08)		39 ^[1]	12.4 ^[2]
7	18	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06)	ABC	29 ^[3]	13.2 ^[4]
8	22	September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23)	May 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)		35 ^[5]	12.1 ^[6]
9	18	October 13, 1994 (1994-10-13)	May 4, 1995 (1995-05-04)		61 ^[7]	10.0 ^[8]

Episodes Edit

Pilot (1986) Edit

Actor	Character
Andy Griffith	Ben Matlock
Lori Lethin	Charlene Matlock
Alice Hirson	Hazel
Kene Holliday	Tyler Hudson

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Ratings (households)
"Diary of a Perfect Murder"	Robert Day	Dean Hargrove	March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03)	20.90^[9]
Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) and his daughter Charlene (Lori Lethin) defend TV journalist Steve Emerson (Steve Inwood) who is accused of killing Linda Coolidge (Katherine Cannon), his ex-wife. Note: It originally aired as a two-hour series premiere during the Spring of the 1985–86 network TV season, with subsequent two-part airings. In this TV movie it mentions that Ben's mom is still alive, but in later episodes it says that his mom died when he was young. The courtroom used is also different and larger, and the theme song and credits are uniquely composed to this story, when the full series would use a more upbeat rendition of the theme tune and footage as opposed to still photography with filters on it. Other guest stars: Billy Green Bush as Billy Ray Webber, Lawrence Pressman as Nelson White, Dennis Lipscomb as Les McCall, Richard Newton as Judge Reynolds, Robin Thomas Grossman as Prosecutor Burton Hawkins, Darrell Zwerling as Dr. Farnsworth, Peter White I as Attorney Harvey Ravanelle, James McEachin as Lt. Frank Daniels, Al Ruscio as Ernie "The Tailor" Marzell

Season 1 (1986–87) Edit

The two-part episode "The Don" served as a back-door pilot for Jake and the Fatman.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Ratings (households)
1	1	"The Judge"	Christopher Hibler	Robert Hamilton	September 20, 1986 (1986-09-20)	20.10^[10]
2	2	"The Stripper"	Daniel Haller	Story by : Rick Mittleman Teleplay by : Michael Petryni	September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30)	16.40^[10]
3	3	"The Affair"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Paul Savage	October 7, 1986 (1986-10-07)	19.60^[10]
4	4	"The Seduction"	Nicholas Sgarro	Anne Collins	October 14, 1986 (1986-10-14)	18.10^[10]
5	5	"The Don: Part 1"	Nicholas Sgarro	Anne Collins	October 28, 1986 (1986-10-28)	17.60^[10]
6	6	"The Don: Part 2"	Leo Penn	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	November 4, 1986 (1986-11-04)	17.30^[10]
7	7	"The Sisters"	Alan Cooke	Doc Barnett	November 11, 1986 (1986-11-11)	16.60^[10]
8	8	"The Cop"	Daniel Haller	Story by : Joel Steiger, Robert Schlitt & Dean Hargrove Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	November 18, 1986 (1986-11-18)	17.00^[10]
9	9	"The Angel"	Larry Elikann	Robin Bernheim	November 25, 1986 (1986-11-25)	17.10^[10]
10	10	"The Professor"	Bill Duke	Donald Ross	December 2, 1986 (1986-12-02)	17.00^[10]
11	11	"Santa Claus"	Daniel Haller	Story by : Joel Steiger & Dean Hargrove Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	December 9, 1986 (1986-12-09)	17.90^[10]
12	12	"The Chef"	Bob Sweeney	Story by : David R. Toddman, Joel Steiger & Dean Hargrove Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 6, 1987 (1987-01-06)	19.60^[10]
13	13	"The Author"	Michael O'Herlihy	Gerald Sanoff	January 13, 1987 (1987-01-13)	19.80^[10]
14	14	"The Rat Pack"	Nicholas Sgarro	Anne Collins	January 20, 1987 (1987-01-20)	20.20^[10]
15	15	"The Nurse"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Hamilton	February 3, 1987 (1987-02-03)	19.70^[10]
16	16	"The Convict"	Daniel Haller	Marvin Kupfer	February 10, 1987 (1987-02-10)	19.30^[10]
17	17	"The Court-Martial: Part 1"	Charles S. Dubin	Story by : Joel Steiger & Dean Hargrove Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 17, 1987 (1987-02-17)	20.60^[10]
18	18	"The Court-Martial: Part 2"	Charles S. Dubin	Story by : Joel Steiger & Dean Hargrove Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 24, 1987 (1987-02-24)	22.00^[10]
19	19	"The Therapist"	Christopher Hibler	Robert Hamilton	March 3, 1987 (1987-03-03)	20.30^[10]
20	20	"The People vs. Matlock"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Hamilton	March 24, 1987 (1987-03-24)	20.30^[10]
21	21	"The Photographer"	Bob Sweeney	Robin Bernheim	March 31, 1987 (1987-03-31)	21.20^[10]
22	22	"The Widow" "The Reporter"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Hamilton	May 5, 1987 (1987-05-05)	18.10^[10]
23	23	"The Doctors"	Tony Mordente	Dean Hargrove, Robin Bernheim & Joel Steiger	May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12)	18.30^[10]

Season 2 (1987–88) Edit

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
24	1	"The Billionaire: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Teleplay by : Anne Collins Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)	18.70^[11]
25	2	"The Billionaire: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Teleplay by : Anne Collins Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)	18.70^[11]
26	3	"Blind Justice"	Christian I. Nyby II	Sam Bernard	September 29, 1987 (1987-09-29)	15.90^[12]
27	4	"The Husband"	Tony Mordente	Story by : Leigh Vance & Robert Schlitt Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	October 20, 1987 (1987-10-20)	25.50^[13]
28	5	"The Power Brokers: Part 1"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Hamilton	October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27)	22.60^[14]
29	6	"The Power Brokers: Part 2"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Hamilton	November 3, 1987 (1987-11-03)	21.30^[15]
30	7	"The Annihilator"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Rift Fournier Teleplay by : Anne Collins	November 10, 1987 (1987-11-10)	21.80^[16]
31	8	"The Network"	Christopher Hibler	Teleplay by : Phillip Mishkin Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01)	23.70^[17]
32	9	"The Best Friend"	Tony Mordente	Gerald Sanoff	December 8, 1987 (1987-12-08)	21.30^[18]
33	10	"The Country Boy"	Charles S. Dubin	Doc Barnett	December 15, 1987 (1987-12-15)	22.00^[19]
34	11	"The Gift"	Tony Mordente	Robert Schlitt	December 22, 1987 (1987-12-22)	23.40^[20]
35	12	"The Gambler"	Tony Mordente	Robert Hamilton	December 29, 1987 (1987-12-29)	21.50^[21]
36	13	"The Body"	Charles S. Dubin	Gerald Sanoff	January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05)	26.60^[22]
37	14	"The Reunion"	Charles S. Dubin	Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff	January 12, 1988 (1988-01-12)	26.30^[23]
38	15	"The Gigolo"	Tony Mordente	Stephen Black & Henry Stern	January 19, 1988 (1988-01-19)	25.30^[24]
39	16	"The Umpire"	Harvey S. Laidman	Phil Mishkin	January 26, 1988 (1988-01-26)	25.40^[25]
40	17	"The Investigation: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Teleplay by : Anne Collins Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	February 2, 1988 (1988-02-02)	25.70^[26]
41	18	"The Investigation: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Teleplay by : Anne Collins Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	February 9, 1988 (1988-02-09)	24.60^[27]
42	19	"The Hucksters"	Charles S. Dubin	Teleplay by : Phil Mishkin Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger	February 16, 1988 (1988-02-16)	26.70^[28]
43	20	"The Lovelorn"	Christopher Hibler	Max Eisenberg	February 23, 1988 (1988-02-23)	24.20^[29]
44	21	"The Genius"	Frank Thackery	Lincoln Kibbee	March 15, 1988 (1988-03-15)	25.60^[30]
45	22	"The Magician"	Christopher Hibler	Gerald Sanoff	March 22, 1988 (1988-03-22)	26.00^[31]
46	23	"The Fisherman"	Harvey S. Laidman	Marvin Kupfer	March 29, 1988 (1988-03-29)	19.00^[32]
47	24	"The Heiress"	Leo Penn	Diana Kopald Marcus	May 3, 1988 (1988-05-03)	19.10^[33]

Season 3 (1988–89) Edit

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
48	1	"The Lemon"	Leo Penn	Diana Kopald Marcus	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)	28.0^[34]
49	2	"The Ambassador: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06)	23.7^[35]
50	3	"The Ambassador: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13)	26.0^[36]
51	4	"The Mistress"	Harvey S. Laidman	Robert Hamilton	December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20)	24.6^[37]
52	5	"The D.J."	Tony Mordente	Bill Dana	January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)	25.6^[38]
53	6	"The Captain"	Frank Thackery	Lincoln Kibbee	January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)	25.9^[39]
54	7	"The Vendetta"	David Solomon	Robert Schlitt	January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)	27.6^[40]
55	8	"The Mayor: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	January 31, 1989 (1989-01-31)	26.4^[41]
56	9	"The Mayor: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)	26.5^[42]
57	10	"The Black Widow"	Christopher Hibler	Gerald Sanoff	February 14, 1989 (1989-02-14)	26.8^[43]
58	11	"The Other Woman"	Robert Scheerer	Phil Mishkin	February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21)	27.3^[44]
59	12	"The Starlet"	Harvey S. Laidman	Marvin Kupfer	February 28, 1989 (1989-02-28)	28.3^[45]
60	13	"The Psychic"	Beth Austin	Story by : Sue Downey Teleplay by : Beth Ronald & Ronald Austin	March 7, 1989 (1989-03-07)	27.1^[46]
61	14	"The Thief: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	March 28, 1989 (1989-03-28)	26.5^[47]
62	15	"The Thief: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	April 4, 1989 (1989-04-04)	23.7^[48]
63	16	"The Thoroughbred"	Leo Penn	Mary Ann Kasica & Michael Scheff	April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18)	22.0^[49]
64	17	"The Model"	Tony Mordente	Robert Schlitt	April 25, 1989 (1989-04-25)	22.4^[50]
65	18	"The Cult"	Harvey S. Laidman	Marvin Kupfer	May 2, 1989 (1989-05-02)	23.5^[51]
66	19	"The Blues Singer"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger	May 9, 1989 (1989-05-09)	23.6^[52]
67	20	"The Priest"	Harvey S. Laidman	Max Eisenberg	May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16)	22.7^[53]

Season 4 (1989–90) Edit

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
68	1	"The Hunting Party: Part 1"	Robert Scheerer	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)	28.40^[54]
69	2	"The Hunting Party: Part 2"	Robert Scheerer	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19)	28.40^[54]
70	3	"The Good Boy"	Christopher Hibler	David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg	September 26, 1989 (1989-09-26)	23.90^[54]
71	4	"The Best Seller"	Christopher Hibler	Robert Schlitt	October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10)	20.50^[54]
72	5	"The Ex"	Harvey S. Laidman	Diana Kopald Marcus	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17)	19.00^[54]
73	6	"The Clown"	Leo Penn	Lincoln Kibbee	October 24, 1989 (1989-10-24)	23.70^[54]
74	7	"The Star"	Seymour Robbie	Story by : Joyce Burditt, Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 31, 1989 (1989-10-31)	25.10^[54]
75	8	"The Con Man"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff	November 7, 1989 (1989-11-07)	24.10^[54]
76	9	"The Prisoner: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Marvin Kupfer & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Gerald Sanoff	November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)	22.30^[54]
77	10	"The Prisoner: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Marvin Kupfer & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Gerald Sanoff	November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21)	23.70^[54]
78	11	"The Fugitive"	Tony Mordente	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	November 28, 1989 (1989-11-28)	24.40^[54]
79	12	"The Buddies"	Frank Thackery	Phil Mishkin	December 12, 1989 (1989-12-12)	24.70^[54]
80	13	"The Scrooge"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19)	25.60^[54]
81	14	"The Witness"	Tony Mordente	Susan Woollen	January 2, 1990 (1990-01-02)	27.80^[54]
82	15	"The Student"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Story by : Marvin Kupfer Teleplay by : Gerald Sanoff	January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09)	25.40^[54]
83	16	"The Talk Show"	Robert Scheerer	David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg	January 16, 1990 (1990-01-16)	25.50^[54]
84	17	"The Victim"	Robert Scheerer	Michael Marks	January 23, 1990 (1990-01-23)	27.00^[54]
85	18	"The Kidnapper"	Frank Thackery	Joyce Burditt	February 6, 1990 (1990-02-06)	24.10^[54]
86	19	"The Pro"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Max Eisenberg	February 13, 1990 (1990-02-13)	25.40^[54]
87	20	"The Informer: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Sam Rolfe & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Gerald Sanoff	February 20, 1990 (1990-02-20)	25.20^[54]
88	21	"The Informer: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Sam Rolfe & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Gerald Sanoff	February 27, 1990 (1990-02-27)	25.70^[54]
89	22	"The D.A."	Russ Mayberry	Diana Kopald Marcus	March 20, 1990 (1990-03-20)	23.40^[54]
90	23	"The Blackmailer"	Christopher Hibler	Gerald Sanoff	May 1, 1990 (1990-05-01)	19.90^[54]
91	24	"The Cookie Monster"	Harvey S. Laidman	Michele S. Chodos & Bonnie L. DeSouza	May 8, 1990 (1990-05-08)	19.00^[54]

Season 5 (1990–91) Edit

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
92	1	"The Mother"	Robert Scheerer	Michael Marks	September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18)	23.60^[55]
93	2	"Nowhere to Turn: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 25, 1990 (1990-09-25)	22.80^[55]
94	3	"Nowhere to Turn: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 25, 1990 (1990-09-25)	22.80^[55]
95	4	"The Madam"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff	October 2, 1990 (1990-10-02)	23.10^[55]
96	5	"The Personal Trainer"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Lincoln Kibbee	October 9, 1990 (1990-10-09)	24.00^[55]
97	6	"The Narc"	Harvey S. Laidman	Phil Mishkin	October 23, 1990 (1990-10-23)	24.10^[55]
98	7	"The Secret: Part 1"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff	October 30, 1990 (1990-10-30)	22.60^[55]
99	8	"The Secret: Part 2"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff	November 6, 1990 (1990-11-06)	21.90^[55]
100	9	"The Brothers"	Christopher Hibler	Anne Collins & Gerald Sanoff	November 13, 1990 (1990-11-13)	23.80^[55]
101	10	"The Cover Girl"	Christopher Hibler	Max Eisenberg	November 20, 1990 (1990-11-20)	23.70^[55]
102	11	"The Biker"	Harvey S. Laidman	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	November 27, 1990 (1990-11-27)	24.40^[55]
103	12	"The Broker"	Robert Scheerer	Diana Kopald Marcus	December 4, 1990 (1990-12-04)	22.20^[55]
104	13	"The Fighter"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Phil Combest, David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg Teleplay by : David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg	December 11, 1990 (1990-12-11)	22.20^[55]
105	14	"The Critic"	Robert Scheerer	Phil Mishkin	January 8, 1991 (1991-01-08)	24.30^[55]
106	15	"The Parents"	Harvey S. Laidman	Michael Marks	January 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)	25.30^[55]
107	16	"The Man of the Year"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 29, 1991 (1991-01-29)	19.90^[55]
108	17	"The Arsonist"	Robert Scheerer	Jim McGrath	February 5, 1991 (1991-02-05)	22.70^[55]
109	18	"The Formula"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 12, 1991 (1991-02-12)	22.20^[55]
110	19	"The Trial: Part 1"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 19, 1991 (1991-02-19)	23.20^[55]
111	20	"The Trial: Part 2"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26)	23.20^[55]
112	21	"The Accident"	Christopher Hibler	Max Eisenberg & Lonon F. Smith	March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)	22.10^[55]
113	22	"The Celebrity"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff	April 30, 1991 (1991-04-30)	18.60^[55]

Season 6 (1991–92) Edit

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
114	1	"The Witness Killings: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)	21.20^{[citation needed]}
115	2	"The Witness Killings: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)	21.20^{[citation needed]}
116	3	"The Strangler"	Leo Penn	Lincoln Kilbee	October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25)	14.90^{[citation needed]}
117	4	"The Nightmare"	Robert Scheerer	Anne Collins	November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)	14.00^{[citation needed]}
118	5	"The Marriage Counselor"	Christopher Hibler	Phil Mishkin	November 8, 1991 (1991-11-08)	19.10^{[citation needed]}
119	6	"The Dame"	Leo Penn	David Hoffman	November 15, 1991 (1991-11-15)	17.70^{[citation needed]}
120	7	"The Suspect: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff & Joel Stieger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	November 29, 1991 (1991-11-29)	19.40^{[citation needed]}
121	8	"The Suspect: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff & Joel Stieger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	November 29, 1991 (1991-11-29)	19.40^{[citation needed]}
122	9	"The Defense"	Peter Ellis II	Gerald Sanoff	December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06)	16.20^{[citation needed]}
123	10	"The Game Show"	Robert Scheerer	Max Eisenberg & Lonon F. Smith	December 13, 1991 (1991-12-13)	16.50^{[citation needed]}
124	11	"The Foursome"	Harvey S. Laidman	Diana Kopald Marcus	December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20)	18.00^{[citation needed]}
125	12	"The Picture: Part 1"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff & Joel Stieger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 17, 1992 (1992-01-17)	20.60^{[citation needed]}
126	13	"The Picture: Part 2"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff & Joel Stieger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 24, 1992 (1992-01-24)	18.40^{[citation needed]}
127	14	"The Outcast: Part 1"	Frank Thackery	Robert Schlitt	February 7, 1992 (1992-02-07)	22.10^{[citation needed]}
128	15	"The Outcast: Part 2"	Frank Thackery	Robert Schlitt	February 7, 1992 (1992-02-07)	22.10^{[citation needed]}
129	16	"The Big Payoff"	Leo Penn	Story by : Joel Stieger Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	February 28, 1992 (1992-02-28)	18.70^{[citation needed]}
130	17	"The Abduction"	Robert Scheerer	Lincoln Kibbee	March 6, 1992 (1992-03-06)	19.20^{[citation needed]}
131	18	"Mr. Awesome"	Harvey S. Laidman	William T. Conway	April 17, 1992 (1992-04-17)	14.20^{[citation needed]}
132	19	"The Evening News: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	April 24, 1992 (1992-04-24)	13.60^{[citation needed]}
133	20	"The Evening News: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 1, 1992 (1992-05-01)	13.40^{[citation needed]}
134	21	"The Assassination: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08)	24.70^{[citation needed]}
135	22	"The Assassination: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08)	24.70^{[citation needed]}

Season 7 (1992–93) Edit

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
136	1	"The Vacation: Part 1"	Harvey Laidman	Gerry Conway	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	20.90^[56]
137	2	"The Vacation: Part 2"	Harvey Laidman	Gerry Conway	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	20.90^[56]
138	3	"The Legacy: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : D.O'Brien	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)	16.60^[56]
139	4	"The Legacy: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : D.O'Brien	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)	16.60^[56]
140	5	"The Ghost"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerry Conway	January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)	22.40^[57]
141	6	"The Class"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Joel Steiger Teleplay by : D.O'Brien	January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)	19.30^[57]
142	7	"The Singer"	Harvey S. Laidman	Robert Brennen	January 28, 1993 (1993-01-28)	14.40^[57]
143	8	"The Mark"	Harvey S. Laidman	Robert Schlitt	February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)	20.90^[57]
144	9	"The Juror"	Frank Thackery	Gerald Sanoff	February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)	21.20^[57]
145	10	"The Fortune: Part 1"	Leo Penn	Story by : Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18)	19.00^[57]
146	11	"The Fortune: Part 2"	Leo Penn	Story by : Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18)	19.00^[57]
147	12	"The Debt"	Christopher Hibler	Richard Collins	March 18, 1993 (1993-03-18)	18.50^[57]
148	13	"The Revenge"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25)	19.00^[57]
149	14	"The Obsession"	Christopher Hibler	Max Eisenberg and Lonon F. Smith	April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)	18.80^[57]
150	15	"The Divorce"	Leo Penn	William T. Conway	April 8, 1993 (1993-04-08)	16.90^[57]
151	16	"The Final Affair: Part 1"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29)	17.90^[57]
152	17	"The Final Affair: Part 2"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29)	17.90^[57]
153	18	"The Competition"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06)	15.90^[57]

Season 8 (1993–94) Edit

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
154	1	"The Play"	Christoper Hibler	Phil Mishkin	September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23)	14.00^{[citation needed]}
155	2	"The Fatal Seduction: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 30, 1993 (1993-09-30)	15.80^{[citation needed]}
156	3	"The Fatal Seduction: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 7, 1993 (1993-10-07)	18.50^{[citation needed]}
157	4	"The Diner"	Frank Thackery	Max Eisenberg & Lonon F. Smith	October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14)	17.60^{[citation needed]}
158	5	"The View"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	October 28, 1993 (1993-10-28)	18.20^{[citation needed]}
159	6	"The Last Laugh"	Russ Mayberry	Milton Berle & Stephen Lord	November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04)	16.90^{[citation needed]}
160	7	"The Capital Offense"	Robert Scheerer	Brian Alan Lane	November 11, 1993 (1993-11-11)	20.50^{[citation needed]}
161	8	"The Haunted"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	November 18, 1993 (1993-11-18)	18.50^{[citation needed]}
162	9	"The Haunted"	Harvey S. Laidman		November 18, 1993 (1993-11-18)	18.50^{[citation needed]}
163	10	"The Conspiracy"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	November 25, 1993 (1993-11-25)	11.10^{[citation needed]}
164	11	"Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad, Dream"	Russ Mayberry	Robin Madden	December 2, 1993 (1993-12-02)	14.00^{[citation needed]}
165	12	"The Defendant"	Leo Penn	David Hoffman	December 16, 1993 (1993-12-16)	14.40^{[citation needed]}
166	13	"The Kidnapping: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 13, 1994 (1994-01-13)	17.80^{[citation needed]}
167	14	"The Kidnapping: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 20, 1994 (1994-01-20)	18.60^{[citation needed]}
168	15	"The Temptation"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	January 27, 1994 (1994-01-27)	19.20^{[citation needed]}
169	16	"The Crook"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 3, 1994 (1994-02-03)	15.30^{[citation needed]}
170	17	"The Murder Game"	Frank Thackery	Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt Story by : Donald Paul Ross and Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 10, 1994 (1994-02-10)	15.40^{[citation needed]}
171	18	"Brennen"	Robert Scheerer	Teleplay by : Michael McGuire Story by : Michael McGuire and Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 17, 1994 (1994-02-17)	11.20^{[citation needed]}
172	19	"The P.I."	Christopher Hibler	J.I. Henderson & Michael Moore	March 3, 1994 (1994-03-03)	16.90^{[citation needed]}
173	20	"The Godfather"	Christopher Hibler	Richard Collins	April 28, 1994 (1994-04-28)	15.80^{[citation needed]}
174	21	"The Idol"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)	16.10^{[citation needed]}
175	22	"The Idol"	Frank Thackery		May 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)	16.10^{[citation needed]}

Season 9 (1994–95) Edit

No. in season	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
176	1	"The Accused: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 13, 1994 (1994-10-13)	14.20^{[citation needed]}
177	2	"The Accused: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 13, 1994 (1994-10-13)	14.20^{[citation needed]}
178	3	"The Scandal"	Frank Thackery	Brian Alan Lee	October 20, 1994 (1994-10-20)	14.10^{[citation needed]}
179	4	"The Dare"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger	October 27, 1994 (1994-10-27)	14.80^{[citation needed]}
180	5	"The Tabloid"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	November 3, 1994 (1994-11-03)	13.20^{[citation needed]}
181	6	"The Coach"	Russ Mayberry	William T. Conway	November 10, 1994 (1994-11-10)	13.30^{[citation needed]}
182	7	"The Dating Game"	Robert Scheerer	Barry M. Scholnick	November 17, 1994 (1994-11-17)	13.10^{[citation needed]}
183	8	"The Confession"	Robert Scheerer	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	December 1, 1994 (1994-12-01)	14.60^{[citation needed]}
184	9	"Dead Air"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 8, 1994 (1994-12-08)	12.40^{[citation needed]}
185	10	"The Getaway"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger	January 5, 1995 (1995-01-05)	15.80^{[citation needed]}
186	11	"The Verdict"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 12, 1995 (1995-01-12)	16.20^{[citation needed]}
187	12	"The Deadly Dose"	Robert Scheerer	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02)	15.70^{[citation needed]}
188	13	"The Target"	Frank Thackery	Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger	February 9, 1995 (1995-02-09)	16.00^{[citation needed]}
189	14	"The Assault"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	February 16, 1995 (1995-02-16)	16.20^{[citation needed]}
190	15	"The Heist: Part 1"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	April 27, 1995 (1995-04-27)	16.80^{[citation needed]}
191	16	"The Heist: Part 2"	Leo Penn	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	April 27, 1995 (1995-04-27)	16.80^{[citation needed]}
192	17	"The Scam: Part 1"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 4, 1995 (1995-05-04)	18.80^{[citation needed]}
193	18	"The Scam: Part 2"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 4, 1995 (1995-05-04)	18.80^{[citation needed]}

Home media Edit

DVD - September 20, 2005 (Paramount Pictures)
DVD & Blu-ray - September 17, 2013 (Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros.)
DVD - 2019 (Paramount Pictures)
Blu-ray - TBA (Paramount Pictures)

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