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The Best Episodes of Matlock Season 8

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Every episode of Matlock Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Matlock Season 8!

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  1. 8.2/10(101 votes)

    #1 - The Kidnapping (1)

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    S8:E13

    Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.

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  2. 8.0/10(115 votes)

    #2 - The Capital Offense

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    S8:E7

    Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.

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  3. 7.9/10(108 votes)

    #3 - The View

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    S8:E5

    Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.

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  4. 7.7/10(123 votes)

    #4 - The Diner

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    S8:E4

    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.

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  5. 7.7/10(112 votes)

    #5 - The Last Laugh

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    S8:E6

    A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.

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  6. 7.7/10(121 votes)

    #6 - The Haunted (1)

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    S8:E8

    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.

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  8. 7.7/10(97 votes)

    #7 - The Haunted (2)

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  9. 7.7/10(95 votes)

    #8 - The Murder Game

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    S8:E17

    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.

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  10. 7.6/10(168 votes)

    #9 - The Godfather

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    S8:E20

    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.

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  11. 7.4/10(117 votes)

    #10 - Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream

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    S8:E11

    Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.

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  12. 7.4/10(152 votes)

    #11 - The Defendant

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    S8:E12

    Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.

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  13. 7.4/10(117 votes)

    #12 - The Kidnapping (2)

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    S8:E14

    The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.

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  14. 7.4/10(92 votes)

    #13 - The Temptation

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    S8:E15

    A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.

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  15. 7.3/10(113 votes)

    #14 - The Play

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    S8:E1

    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.

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  16. 7.3/10(132 votes)

    #15 - The Fatal Seduction (1)

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    S8:E2

    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.

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  17. 7.3/10(163 votes)

    #16 - The Fatal Seduction (2)

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  18. 7.3/10(137 votes)

    #17 - Brennen

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    S8:E18

    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.

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  19. 7.0/10(99 votes)

    #18 - The P.I.

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    S8:E19

    A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.

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  20. 6.4/10(106 votes)

    #19 - The Crook

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    S8:E16

    A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.

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  21. 6.1/10(113 votes)

    #20 - The Conspiracy

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    S8:E10

    Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.

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    #21 - The Idol (1)

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    S8:E21

    A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.

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    #22 - The Idol (2)

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Kidnapping (1)" is the best rated episode of "Matlock" season 8. It scored 8.2/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Christopher Hibler and written by N/A, it aired on 1/13/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Capital Offense".