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The Best Episodes of Matlock Season 5

Every episode of Matlock Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Matlock Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Matlock Season 5

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The...

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  1. Background image for The Mother
    7.3/10(151 votes)

    #1 - The Mother

    S5:E1

    Phyllis Todd confesses to the murder of her boss to protect her daughter. Matlock soon sees through his client's ruse.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Nowhere to Turn (1)
    7.6/10(187 votes)

    #2 - Nowhere to Turn (1)

    S5:E2

    Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Nowhere to Turn (2)
    7.2/10(127 votes)

    #3 - Nowhere to Turn (2)

    S5:E3

    Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Madam
    7.4/10(125 votes)

    #4 - The Madam

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Personal Trainer
    7.5/10(129 votes)

    #5 - The Personal Trainer

    S5:E5

    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!

    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Narc
    7.4/10(116 votes)

    #6 - The Narc

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Secret (1)
    7.4/10(110 votes)

    #7 - The Secret (1)

    S5:E7

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Secret (2)
    7.5/10(133 votes)

    #8 - The Secret (2)

    S5:E8

    Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Brothers
    7.1/10(128 votes)

    #9 - The Brothers

    S5:E9

    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.

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  11. Background image for The Cover Girl
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    #10 - The Cover Girl

    S5:E10

    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.

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  12. Background image for The Biker
    7.6/10(119 votes)

    #11 - The Biker

    S5:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Broker
    7.6/10(116 votes)

    #12 - The Broker

    S5:E12

    When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Fighter
    7.4/10(117 votes)

    #13 - The Fighter

    S5:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for The Critic
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #14 - The Critic

    S5:E14

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Parents
    6.5/10(119 votes)

    #15 - The Parents

    S5:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Man of The Year
    7.3/10(119 votes)

    #16 - The Man of The Year

    S5:E16

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Arsonist
    7.5/10(112 votes)

    #17 - The Arsonist

    S5:E17

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Formula
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #18 - The Formula

    S5:E18

    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!

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  20. Background image for The Trial (1)
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    #19 - The Trial (1)

    S5:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Trial (2)
    7.5/10(117 votes)

    #20 - The Trial (2)

    S5:E20

    Matlock manages to figure out what's going on, but his competition ices him out of the final round...or so it seems.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Accident
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Accident

    S5:E21

    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.

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  23. Background image for The Celebrity
    7.6/10(116 votes)

    #22 - The Celebrity

    S5:E22

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Mother" is the best rated episode of "Matlock" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 151 votes. Directed by Robert Scheerer and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1990. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Nowhere to Turn (1)".