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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!

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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 Aaron Spelling.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 5 - Caged
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 17 - Beach Club Murders
    8.5/10(20 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 15 - Death Trap
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Death Trap

    S3:E15

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

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Richard Fisher

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  4. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 22 - Final Vows
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #4 - Final Vows

    S3:E22

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

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 9 - Death Stalk
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 14 - Breakpoint
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Breakpoint

    S3:E14

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

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 16 - The Honeymoon Murders
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #7 - The Honeymoon Murders

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 21 - Death Watch
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:William Crain
    Writer:Robert Earll

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  9. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 11 - Deadly Games
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Deadly Games

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  10. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 18 - New Orleans Nightmare
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #10 - New Orleans Nightmare

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Matt Houston Season 1 Episode 15 - Whose Party Is It Anyway?
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 3 - Eyewitness
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Ann Lewis Hamilton

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  13. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 20 - Killing Time
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Killing Time

    S3:E20

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

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 1 - Wanted Man (2)
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Directors:James L. Conway, Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 10 - Blood Money
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Stephen Lord

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  16. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 2 - Vanished
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 4 - Apostle of Death
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Skip Webster

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  18. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 6 - Return to Nam (1)
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  19. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 7 - Escape from Nam (2)
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  20. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 12 - Stolen
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Matt Houston Season 2 Episode 17 - Criss-Cross
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Criss-Cross

    S2:E17

    other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Stephen Lord

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  22. Matt Houston Season 3 Episode 13 - The Nightmare Man
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Matt Houston Season 2 Episode 3 - The Woman in White
    7.6/10(29 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.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Matt Houston Season 2 Episode 4 - Love You To Death
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  25. Matt Houston Season 2 Episode 12 - The Outsider
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #25 - The Outsider

    S2:E12

    other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Caged" is the best rated episode of "Matt Houston". It scored 8.5/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Cliff Bole and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/26/1984. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Beach Club Murders".