7.1/1026 votes#1 - Heritage (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1030 votes
#2 - Heritage (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.4/1025 votes#3 - The Woman in White
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1983
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: N/A
7.7/1023 votes#4 - Love You To Death
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/1983
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
6.1/1022 votes#5 - The Centerfold Murders
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1983
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: N/A
5.6/1023 votes#6 - Needle In A Haystack
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1983
other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Scott Shepherd
6.5/1022 votes#7 - Marilyn
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1983
other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl called Marilyn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1029 votes#8 - The Ghost of Carter Gault
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1983
other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: N/A
6.6/1025 votes#9 - China Doll
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1983
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
Director: N/A
Writer: James L. Conway
6.2/1020 votes#10 - Butterfly
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1983
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: N/A
6.8/1020 votes#11 - The Crying Clown
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1983
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1023 votes#12 - The Outsider
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1983
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: N/A
6.8/1022 votes#13 - Target: Miss World
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1983
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
6.6/1022 votes#14 - The Monster
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1984
Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Scott Shepherd
7.2/1018 votes#15 - Waltz of Death
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1984
other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Scott Shepherd, Robert Bielak
6.3/1018 votes#16 - Houston Is Dead
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1984
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1024 votes#17 - Criss-Cross
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1984
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
6.7/1022 votes#18 - The Bikini Murders
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1984
other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering machine.
Director: Charlie Picerni
Writer: N/A
6.7/1022 votes#19 - Death Match
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1984
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
6.8/1025 votes#20 - Blood Ties
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/1984
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
Director: William Crain
Writer: Scott Shepherd
6.7/1022 votes#21 - The Secret Admirer
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1984
other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's helicopter is N58407 (different than the N10902 shown in the previous episode. ""Too Mean"" states that his fee for body guard services is $200 a day, plus expenses. After watching C.J. dial Matt we see that Matt's phone # at his Texas estate is 275-6206. The address for Matt's home in Pinewood is 1217 Overlook Drive. Derived from a closeup of C.J.'s check we know that C.J.'s home address is 12718 Alden Canyon Road, Los Angeles, Ca., 90046, and she banks at Federated Bank.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.1/1021 votes#22 - Cash and Carry
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/1984
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: James L. Conway
NaN/100 votes#23 - On The Run (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/30/1984
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Matt Houston Season 2
Every episode of Matt Houston Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Matt Houston Season 2!
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Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Heritage (1)" is the best rated episode of "Matt Houston" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Don Chaffey and written by N/A, it aired on 9/9/1983. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Heritage (2)".