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The Best Episodes of Matlock Season 9

Every episode of Matlock Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Matlock Season 9!

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 Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.

Genres:CrimeDrama
Networks:NBCABC

Season 9 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Matlock" season 9 is "The Accused (1)", rated 7.9/10 from 106 user votes. It was directed by Christopher Hibler and written by N/A. "The Accused (1)" aired on 10/13/1994 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Accused (2)".

  • The Accused (1)
    7.9/10 106 votes

    #1 - The Accused (1)

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/1994

    Matlock defends a journalist who killed an underworld figure in self-defense after meeting with him for an interview.

    Director: Christopher Hibler

    Writer: N/A

  • The Accused (2)
    7.7/10 106 votes

    #2 - The Accused (2)

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1994

    Part two of the episode The Scandal.

    Director: Frank Thackery

    Writer: Brian Alan Lane

  • The Scandal
    8.3/10 160 votes

    #3 - The Scandal

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1994

    When Matlock defends an attorney accused of murdering her boss, he also uncovers a history of sexual harrassment involving the law firm.

    Director: Frank Thackery

    Writer: Brian Alan Lane

  • The Dare
    7.6/10 85 votes

    #4 - The Dare

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1994

    An eccentric millionare tells Matlock that he couldn't solve the perfect murder if it were handed to him on a silver platter. To prove his point, he kills Matlock's friend, detective Bob Brooks, and successfully frames another man for the crime.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Joel Steiger

  • The Tabloid
    7.7/10 87 votes

    #5 - The Tabloid

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1994

    Michael defends U.S. senatorial candidate Carol Davis when she's accused of murdering tabloid editor Ross Buckley. Jerri goes undercover at the paper to prove that someone there may have had an even bigger motive than Carol.

    Director: Christopher Hibler

    Writer: N/A

  • The Coach
    7.7/10 90 votes

    #6 - The Coach

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1994

    A basketball coach is accused of murdering an influential booster.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dating Game
    8.1/10 93 votes

    #7 - The Dating Game

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1994

    When Cliff's friend Fred is accused of murdering Melissa, a woman he met through the dating service Perfect Harmony, he and Matlock take the case, and Jerri goes undercover to investigate. She sets herself up as one of the datees, much to the frustration of a loca police officer. Unfortunately, she has better luck than she hoped, as one of her dates is a killer in disguise.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Confession
    7.3/10 105 votes

    #8 - The Confession

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1994

    Julie returns to Atlanta from L.A. for a legal conference, and when a former snitch calls her to the jailhouse and admits that she lied, Julie convinces Ben to defend the man, an admitted thief who had one cardinal rule...never break into a house when anyone is home. After Jerri talks with Susan Kellogg, a woman who lost her daughter to a hit-and-run driver around the same time that Brenda Chaney was murdered, Matlock realises there may be more to this case than meets the eye.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: Robert Schlitt

  • Dead Air
    8.1/10 105 votes

    #9 - Dead Air

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1994

    A radio personality is accused of killing his partner, but Ben suspects the victim's girlfriend. The only problem is that she seems to have an airtight alibi...Ray's neighbor, Mr. Yates, watched her 'find' the body.

    Director: Christopher Hibler

    Writer: N/A

  • The Getaway
    7.8/10 91 votes

    #10 - The Getaway

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1995

    Matlock takes the case of an ex-convict when he's arrested for robbing a bank he had robbed years before. Matt Ahern saw the whole thing, but the young boy isn't willing to tell the truth unless Matlock promises to get his father out of jail.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Joel Steiger

  • The Verdict
    7.9/10 93 votes

    #11 - The Verdict

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1995

    Katie Clark is a hot new prosecutor in town, fresh from St. Louis, but originally from Atlanta. Her first case involves prosecuting a building contractor who has been accused of murdering one of his employees, who just happens to be Clark's former lover. Despite his reservations about Clark prosecuting a former lover, Matlock agrees to let her continue on the case, impressed by her desire to not allow her personal past with Gibson to affect her judgment.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadly Dose
    7.4/10 93 votes

    #12 - The Deadly Dose

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/1995

    Jeri's sister Rachel comes to Atlanta looking for help when she is fired from her job as a nurse after a doctor (Gray) blames her for a mistake that cost a surgery patient her kidney. When the doctor is murdered, Rachel is blamed with the crime, and Matlock agrees to defend her.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Target
    8.3/10 110 votes

    #13 - The Target

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/1995

    Matlock is the unlikely witness when a boat blows up killing Judge Michael Sterns. Had it not been for Ben's sea-sickness, he would have been on the boat. Convinced that someone was out to get him and not Judge Sterns, Matlock, Cliff and Jerri take a look through some of Ben's old cases to find out who did it, and Matlock takes on the case of the man accused of the crime, a former lawyer who had been disbarred for jury tampering exactly five years earlier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joel Steiger

  • The Assault
    8.3/10 116 votes

    #14 - The Assault

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/1995

    While Cliff, Jerri and Billy plan to throw Ben a surprise party for his birthday, Ben goes to the city to pick up barbecue. While there, his car breaks down, he's mugged, the phone eats his last quarter ... and by the time he is rescued by activist Stan Johnson and returned to his car, it's half-stripped and they've stolen his barbecue. Matlock is very impressed by the young man, and when he's accused of trying to kill the landlord of the apartment complex he lives in, Matlock steps in to defend him and to stand up to the landlord, who is a very respected man in the legal community.

    Director: Christopher Hibler

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heist (1)
    8.2/10 105 votes

    #15 - The Heist (1)

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 4/27/1995

    Matlock and Jerri head out to the beach with Billy and Cliff as Cliff prepares for an upcoming triathlon. Once there, Matlock is surprised to run into retired F.B.I. agent Ed Wingate, who is investigating a case of his own. While Matlock keeps himself busy occasionally running into Ed, Cliff throws himself into the competition, and Billy throws himself at Anita Montrose, the real estate agent who rented them the beach house they're staying at. When one of the people Ed is investigating is found dead, Matlock agrees to defend his old friend.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heist (2)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #16 - The Heist (2)

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 4/27/1995

    While at a triathlon, Matlock runs into a former client, a retired FBI agent trying to solve an old case.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Scam (1)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #17 - The Scam (1)

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 5/7/1995

    Cliff's old college chum Craig Browning is defending Cameron Ivers on charges of vehicular manslaughter, and is being blackmailed about an affair he had to plead his client a certain way. Craig hires Cliff to meet the blackmailer to keep his hands clean, but when Scott Aston turns out dead, suspicion turns to Cliff, who needs to find the real killers. With Jerri's help, they manage to find out that Aston worked for John Robinson and Mark Reeves, two men who frequently like to get one-up on Ivers in the business world, and that the woman Craig has been having an affair with was their secretary. Ben prepares for his fortieth reunion by dieting to fit into his old choral suit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Scam (2)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #18 - The Scam (2)

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/1995

    When Cameron Ivers is killed in a hit and run accident, Matlock decides to take a closer look at Robinson and Reeves, hoping that if he can tie them to Cameron Ivers' death he'll be able to tie them to Scott Aston's death and clear Cliff. After gathering together a number of people Scott Aston had been investigating who were supposed to be dead, Matlock heads to Florida where he finds Chuck Ratner, and Cliff and Jerri learn that the people are all connected because they all turned down the same kind of life insurance. Matlock continues his quest to lose weight by his reunion, but fires his personal trainer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A