S05 Episode 1
The Mother
Phyllis Todd confesses to the murder of her boss to protect her daughter. Matlock soon sees through his client's ruse.
Tue, 18 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 1
The Mother
A secretary is accused of murdering her boss for having an affair with her daughter. Matlock soon sees through the whole planned charade.
47 mins · Tue, 18 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 2
Nowhere to Turn (1)
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Tue, 25 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 2
Nowhere to Turn
When the judge presiding over Ben's latest case is found murdered, Ben is accused of the crime. This time, Matlock must defend himself against charges of murder.
48 mins · Tue, 25 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 3
Nowhere to Turn
The folksy and occassionally cantankerous attorney Ben Matlock works hard for his clients, investigating cases so that he can expose the real perpetrator.
45 mins · Tue, 25 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 3
Nowhere to Turn (2)
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Tue, 25 Sep 1990
S05 Episode 4
The Madam
Ben finds himself enchanted by a case of a madam who is accused of killing a former employee who was blackmailing famous clients.
46 mins · Tue, 2 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 4
The Madam
A call girl blackmails her employer to stay on the payroll, and when one of them winds up dead, it's Matlock to the rescue.
Tue, 2 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 5
The Personal Trainer
A jealous roofing contractor is charged for the murder of the personal trainer, who was sleeping with his wife. Ben agrees to defend him despite holding his own grudge against the contractor.
46 mins · Tue, 9 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 5
The Personal Trainer
When personal trainer Harry Slade is murdered, Matlock agrees to defend his roofer, George Wilton, on the condition that George finish Matlock's roof like he promised. The case is complicated when it turns out that not only was Harry sleeping with beautiful blonde DeeDee, but also Bridget Laird, and Harry's wife and step-daughter!
Tue, 9 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 6
The Narc
A group of undercover cops steal half of a drug dealer's supply for their own profit. When one of the cops is killed, Ben defends another officer who is accused of murdering him.
46 mins · Tue, 23 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 6
The Narc
When Ed Tobias is found murdered after exposing his dirty co-workers to the top brass (they sold the drugs they didn't turn in), Lt. Brooks asks Matlock to defend his accused killer, Johnny Bauer, the only one in the unit who wasn't on the take. In between playing catch with Conrad, Matlock agrees to defend Bauer, even though he feels Bauer is just as dirty as his friends were because he knew what they were up to and he kept quiet.
Tue, 23 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 7
The Secret
Ben uncovers information about a 15-year-old unsolved killing during his defence of Tyler Mullins, a compulsive gambler and blues singer accused of the murder of his boss.
46 mins · Tue, 30 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 7
The Secret (1)
When a gambler is accused of killing his bookie, Matlock agrees to take the case, believing that someone from the bookie's past is the guilty party.
Tue, 30 Oct 1990
S05 Episode 8
The Secret
Ben uncovers information about a 15-year-old unsolved killing during his defence of Tyler Mullins, a compulsive gambler and blues singer who is accused of murdering his boss.
37 mins · Tue, 6 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 8
The Secret (2)
Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.
Tue, 6 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 9
The Brothers
A plastic surgeon is charged with the murder of his partner, but evidence later shows the doctor's twin brother may be the culprit.
47 mins · Tue, 13 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 9
The Brothers
Lowell Carr is a brilliant plastic surgeon. When his partner is found murdered after the two had a loud argument about dissolving their business, he is the immediate suspect...until Matlock meets his twin brother, Gary.
Tue, 13 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 10
The Cover Girl
Conrad is thrilled to introduce Matlock to his new girlfriend Carla Royce. When Carla's boss is murdered, Matlock defends the accused at her bequest.
Tue, 20 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 10
The Cover Girl
Conrad and his fashion model girlfriend ask Ben to defend a photographer, who is accused of murdering the head of a modelling agency.
47 mins · Tue, 20 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 11
The Biker
After Nicky, a well-known actor with a bad reputation, is murdered on his way into a premiere, a judge friend of Matlock's asks Matlock to defend his son Cliff, a biker who had been fired earlier from his job as Nicky's bodyguard.
Tue, 27 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 11
The Biker
A movie star's former bodyguard, now a rebellious biker, is the primary suspect in the actor's murder. Matlock is called on to defend the ex-bodyguard.
47 mins · Tue, 27 Nov 1990
S05 Episode 12
The Broker
Julie suspects that a murder and the perpetrator's apparent suicide are actually a double homicide, and pursues her own investigation.
47 mins · Tue, 4 Dec 1990
S05 Episode 12
The Broker
When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.
Tue, 4 Dec 1990
S05 Episode 13
The Fighter
When fighter Billy Leon is accused of murdering reporter Nick Underwood, a man he thought was his friend who announced in the paper that he was using steroids, Matlock agrees to take him on as a client.
Tue, 11 Dec 1990
S05 Episode 13
The Fighter
Matlock agrees to defend a boxer accused of murdering a journalist who wrote a damaging article about him.
47 mins · Tue, 11 Dec 1990
S05 Episode 14
The Critic
The creator of a Broadway bound musical is accused of murdering its powerful critic. Matlock agrees to defend the young playwright.
47 mins · Tue, 8 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 14
The Critic
Matlock has known Sam Spelvin since he was six years old, so he agrees to consult on Sam's play, Lovers and Lawyers. Unfortunately, the play is truly awful. When noted critic John Bosley Hackett, who felt the play was truly one of the worst in history, is found murdered, Sam is arrested. Matlock agrees to defend Sam, even deferring his payment while they wait to see if the play is a success, and manages to find a few more people who would be more than happy to see Hackett dead...and to see Sam's play fail.
Tue, 8 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 15
The Parents
Howard and Amy have all their dreams answered when Jill plans to give them the child she was carrying. After Jill changes her mind and is found dead, Howard and Amy are the prime suspects in her murder, and Matlock sets out to prove that the birth father may have also had a motive.
Tue, 15 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 15
The Parents
Matlock defends a couple accused of murdering a new mother, who changed her mind about giving up her baby for adoption.
47 mins · Tue, 15 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 16
The Man of The Year
Matlock is all set to be honored as the man of the year, but when his car breaks down and he's forced to ask his housekeeper for a ride, a simple twenty minute trip turns into a flat tire, a hostage situation, and an afternoon in jail.
Tue, 29 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 16
The Man of the Year
On his way to a luncheon where he is to be honoured as `Man of the Year,' Ben and his housekeeper have car trouble, are robbed, and then arrested.
47 mins · Tue, 29 Jan 1991
S05 Episode 17
The Arsonist
Marvin Sheam and Sid Franklin have been in business for 32 years. When their bank loan is denied and they can't pay their bills, Marv tries to talk Sid into hiring an arsonist to torch their business so they can collect the insurance money and rebuild from scratch. Just before Marv has a chance to talk to the arsonist again, he winds up dead outside his daughter's wedding reception, and Sid gets blamed.
Tue, 5 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 17
The Arsonist
Ben defends a man accused of murder, when a fight with his business partner over hiring an arsonist to burn down their failing store, results in death.
47 mins · Tue, 5 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 18
The Formula
Matlock receives a call in the middle of the night from a young man who once painted his house who claims he's been arrested for stealing the formula to cure baldness from a company who fired his friend and stole his work. Twenty-four hours later Ben gets another call from the same young man, who has been accused of murdering the man he claims he stole the formula for. The biggest problem is that none of what Jeff Duvall claims seems to be true; not only did Tim Crider not ask him to steal the formula, but he was never fired in the first place!
Tue, 12 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 18
The Formula
Ben seeks the truth on behalf of a chemist accused of stealing a hair-growth formula and murdering its inventor.
47 mins · Tue, 12 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 19
The Trial
Newly appointed special prosecutor Matlock investigates the murder of an assistant district attorney and finds evidence pointing to members of the legal profession.
46 mins · Tue, 19 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 19
The Trial (1)
When assistant D.A. Howard Wright is murdered in his workshop, the attorney general approaches Matlock and asks him to take on the assignment of special prosecutor. With Michelle and Conrad's help, Matlock begins to investigate Wright's past, and realises the man was spending money that he could not have earned legitimately. In investigating names that Wright had left behind, Matlock finds himself embroiled in a lawsuit involving Maxwell Toys.
Tue, 19 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 20
The Trial
Ben's investigation has him trapped as a special prosecutor against one of the nation's top defence attorneys, as part of the case about the murder of a crooked prosecutor.
46 mins · Tue, 26 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 20
The Trial (2)
Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.
Tue, 26 Feb 1991
S05 Episode 21
The Accident
Eugene Dobbs and Nolan Wheeler are the perfect combination -- Dobbs presents the cases, and Wheeler does all the legwork. After Dobbs is unable to keep the promises he makes to football coach John Kramer, Dobbs meets his maker one night at the office, with Kramer as the prime suspect. Matlock takes the case, in part to prove to Kramer that not all lawyers are schmucks like Dobbs, and in part because the list of people who want Dobbs dead is getting longer by the minute as Matlock and Conrad find an interesting link between Dobbs, the owner of a local water park, and Dobbs' wife.
Tue, 26 Mar 1991
S05 Episode 21
The Accident
Matlock defends a man charged with killing an ambulance-chasing lawyer who specialised in personal injury claims against a local water-slide park.
47 mins · Tue, 26 Mar 1991
S05 Episode 22
The Celebrity
Ben defends a movie queen turned cosmetics mogul, who is accused of murdering her former lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos.
47 mins · Tue, 30 Apr 1991
S05 Episode 22
The Celebrity
Ben defends a one time movie queen who is now a cosmetics mogul who is accused of murdering her ex-lover to prevent the publication of some revealing photos of her.
Tue, 30 Apr 1991
