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The Best Episodes of Matt Houston

Every episode of Matt Houston ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Matt Houston!

The Best Episodes of Matt Houston

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by...

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  1. 8.5/10(25 votes)

    #1 - Final Vows

    S3:E22

    Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.4/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Deadly Games

    S3:E11

    Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.

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    Director:N/A
  3. 8.1/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Vanished

    S3:E2

    other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered) When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Stolen

    S3:E12

    After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.0/10(17 votes)

    #5 - The Nightmare Man

    S3:E13

    Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Death Trap

    S3:E15

    C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.

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  8. 7.9/10(37 votes)

    #7 - Whose Party Is It Anyway?

    S1:E15

    Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.9/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Wanted Man (2)

    S3:E1

    Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.

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  10. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Caged

    S3:E5

    other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Death Stalk

    S3:E9

    other characters: Mickey (the chimp) An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.9/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Blood Money

    S3:E10

    Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  13. 7.9/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Breakpoint

    S3:E14

    Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.

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    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.9/10(18 votes)

    #13 - The Honeymoon Murders

    S3:E16

    Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.

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    Director:N/A
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  15. 7.9/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Beach Club Murders

    S3:E17

    Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.9/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Death Watch

    S3:E21

    Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.

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  17. 7.8/10(18 votes)

    #16 - Eyewitness

    S3:E3

    other characters: Guard Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.

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  18. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #17 - New Orleans Nightmare

    S3:E18

    A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.

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  19. 7.7/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Apostle of Death

    S3:E4

    Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  20. 7.7/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Killing Time

    S3:E20

    Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.6/10(24 votes)

    #20 - Love You To Death

    S2:E4

    other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  22. 7.6/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Escape from Nam (2)

    S3:E7

    Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.

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  23. 7.5/10(29 votes)

    #22 - A Novel Way To Die

    S1:E23

    When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.

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    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.5/10(26 votes)

    #23 - The Woman in White

    S2:E3

    other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he did not commit.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.5/10(16 votes)

    #24 - Return to Nam (1)

    S3:E6

    Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.

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  26. 7.4/10(73 votes)

    #25 - X-22 (1)

    S1:E1

    Synopsis coming soon.

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    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Final Vows" is the best rated episode of "Matt Houston". It scored 8.5/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by James L. Conway and written by N/A, it aired on 3/29/1985. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deadly Games".