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Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove and starring Andy Griffith that ran from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC and from November 5, 1992, to May 4, 1995, on ABC. A total of 9 seasons and 193 episodes were produced, including a pilot movie.
S1.E8 ∙ The Sisters. Tue, Nov 11, 1986. Sisters Julia and Emily McCullough murder their wealthy Aunt Esther with a heavy object and frame her dull husband Harold Scully, a golf partner of Ben's.
In this legal drama, Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, a criminal-defense lawyer based in Atlanta. Matlock typically identifies and confronts the perpetrator in a dramatic courtroom scene. His goal, most often, is to prove reasonable doubt of his client's guilt.
S6.E1 ∙ The Witness Killings. While attending a reunion in his home town, Matlock gets embroiled in a murder case in which a young man is framed for the murder of another home-town boy who was writing a tell all tome about some of the town's prominent citizens.
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy & Emmy Award Winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.
Matlock aired a total of 193 episodes across nine seasons and began with a TV-movie. 12 two-hour and 15 two-part episodes of the program were aired. Six of the episodes were clip shows with mostly minor plots that paved the way for scenes from previous stories.
Episode 167: The Defendant Matlock worries when Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner. Episode 168: The Kidnapping (1) Abductors try to kidnap Leanne but take Billy instead and hold him for ransom.
