7.3/10111 votes#1 - The Play
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1993
After an actress in The Last Cry of the Hounds is murdered, Matlock agrees to represent the director of a local community play...on the condition that the director not cut him from the play.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10125 votes
#2 - The Fatal Seduction (1)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1993
Matlock, Leanne and Cliff go to North Carolina to attend Billy's sister's funeral. While there, they end up getting involved in a pair of murders connected to two young women. As a way to catch them, Leanne sets up a trap using Cliff as bait.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10159 votes
#3 - The Fatal Seduction (2)
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1993
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10120 votes
#4 - The Diner
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1993
Matlock takes Leanne to meet Martha Jordan, the wife of his very first client back in 1962. Stan Shaw was the cook at the local diner when he was accused of killing the local sheriff after a disagreement in the diner. Charlie Matlock pushed Ben, who had recently quit his job as a district attorney to take the case, but not everyone in town was happy with the Matlocks siding with the black cook accused of killing the white sheriff. Despite Cyrus Jordan's attempts to get the Matlocks to drop his case for their own safety, father and son were determined to prove that Cyrus never killed anyone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10106 votes
#5 - The View
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1993
Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10109 votes
#6 - The Last Laugh
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1993
A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Stephen Lord
- 8.0/10111 votes
#7 - The Capital Offense
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1993
Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10118 votes
#8 - The Haunted (1)
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1993
While Cliff investigates a suit of medical malpractice and ends up getting more involved than he should with his client, Matlock investigates the case of the mysterious Rod Greenwood, who happens to bear an eerie resemblance to a dead businessman. Soon Cliff and Matlock realise that their cases are tied together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1093 votes
#9 - The Haunted (2)
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1993
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/10111 votes
#10 - The Conspiracy
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1993
Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10115 votes
#11 - Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1993
Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10151 votes
#12 - The Defendant
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1993
Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1099 votes
#13 - The Kidnapping (1)
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1994
Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10116 votes
#14 - The Kidnapping (2)
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1994
The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1092 votes
#15 - The Temptation
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1994
A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10106 votes
#16 - The Crook
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1994
A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Joel Steiger
- 7.7/1094 votes
#17 - The Murder Game
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1994
Matlock reluctantly agrees to spend the weekend as part of a murder mystery with Cliff, Leanne, and three people who each paid $10,000 for the privilege of matching wits with Ben Matlock. When the pretend victim turns up really dead, they know that one of the three paying visitors killed him. Leanne has her father keep the three suspects occupied with stories of previous cases while she and Cliff investigate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Schlitt
- 7.3/10135 votes
#18 - Brennen
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1994
Ben vies with a formidable D.A. while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman, and discovers a secret hiding in the D.A.'s past that is affecting his judgment in this case.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1099 votes
#19 - The P.I.
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1994
A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10164 votes
#20 - The Godfather
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1994
Matlock reluctantly agrees to host a reception for his goddaughter's wedding at Leanne's prompting, but when one of the best men is murdered after the bachelor party, Matlock agrees to defend the brother of the bride when he is accused of murder. The case is hindered by cheating lovers, a bad history between the victim and the accused, and an increasing number of houseguests at Matlock's home, none of which were invited.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Idol (1)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 5/19/1994
A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Idol (2)
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1994
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Matlock Season 8
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Play" is the best rated episode of "Matlock" season 8. It scored 7.3/10 based on 111 votes. Directed by Christopher Hibler and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1993. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Fatal Seduction (1)".