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Matlock defends young, streetwise Amy Adler when she's accused of killing her boss, a photographer whose beautiful, well-known patrons harbor secret motives for murder. Matlock discovers a web of blackmail involving old racy photos of prominent women in the community.

Matlock takes on the defense of Gerald O'Hara, president of a builders union, who has been framed for murder. The sizzling trial is brought to a screeching halt when mild-mannered witness Harry Craven claims that Matlock offered him a bribe to lie on the witness stand. Julie March, the case's tough prosecutor and long-time friend and admirer of Matlock, is so sure of her opponent's integrity that she quits her job to defend Matlock, in a sensational turn of events.

When movie idol Brett Cassidy makes a strictly confidential visit to a clinic for some relaxation and therapy the news is soon leaked to the press, making Cassidy furious. When Cassidy's therapist is found murdered all evidence points to the movie star. Matlock takes on the scandalous "front-page" case. Meanwhile, a bold, enterprising young law student, Cassie Phillips, camps out at Matlock's office, hoping to talk her way into a job as Ben's assistant.

Framed for the murder of his sadistic lieutenant, a frightened Pvt. Chris Hughes faces a court martial. Matlock, amid resentment from the military because he's a civilian attorney, works to uncover a scandal meticulously buried among four officers. Meanwhile, Charlene discovers that the murdered lieutenant was blackmailing Lt. Jim Lynch. Tyler, posing as a private, discovers that cocaine is being shipped out of the supply depot. Matlock's investigation of Capt. Campbell, Major Hamiliton and Colonel McRae yields surprising evidence.

Matlock defends Kathy Dawson, a young live-in nurse charged with the murder of her multi-millionaire patient, who left her his vast fortune.

Young, good looking and very successful Adam Gardner is arrested for the murder of a Hollywood starlet. Matlock believes Gardner was framed and heads to California to find the real murderer, one of Gardner's rowdy "rat pack" friends.

When author Mary Ann Newton writes a scandalous book exposing people in a small town she becomes the target of a bullet that kills a priest instead. Matlock defends the accused man, the town doctor, Phillip Eagen.

Matlock defends curmudgeonly Tom McCabe, a street-corner Santa accused of murdering his landlord, who was determined to demolish the building where McCabe and some other poor people live. While TV cameras are filming McCabe anthem other tenants picketing the building, they catch landlord Alan Rollins shoving McCabe out of his way. When McCabe's fingerprints are found on a letter opener that was used to stab Rollins, he is arrested for murder. But McCabe's neighbors band together and hire Ben Matlock, insisting that McCabe may be a grouchy Santa but he's no killer.

Matlock defends a flashy rock star named Angel, who is accused of murdering her manager. Both the mounting evidence and Angel's refusal to tone down her appearance and behavior in the courtroom endanger the defense and exasperate Matlock. An incorrigible party girl, the inebriated Angel passes out in the bathtub of her manager's mansion and awakens to find him dead. Angel is seen fleeing from the mansion by the housekeeper minutes after the murder. Convinced of Angel's innocence, Charlene persuades Matlock to take the case, though he and his new client suffer a severe personality clash. Angel can't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation, nor can she recall what she was really doing on the night of the murder.

When an elusive mobster is murdered, the detective who has tried for years to arrest and convict the dead man is accused of the murder. Frustrated by his inability to arrest mobster Larry Landers, Detective Joe Peters roughs him up. For that action, Peters is stripped of his badge and gun by his superiors. The mob uses this opportunity to murder Landers and frame Peters for the crime. Matlock takes the case, even though the last time he saw Peters in court the controversial cop was trying to railroad Matlock's client into jail.

Matlock won't let harassment keep him from defending organized-crime boss Nicholas Baron whose grown children are among those with motives for framing the frail, dying Don for murder. Baron has had two heart attacks in prison. His son Dan tells Matlock the anxiety of a court case could kill his father. Son Paul and daughter Cathy each has his own reason for wanting Matlock off the case. Baron insists on clearing his name before he dies, and Matlock is determined to keep his reputation and win the case against his nemesis, prosecuting attorney J. L. Brackett.

Jose Ferrer guest stars as Nicholas Baron, a powerful organized-crime boss. Baron, who has just been released after a long prison term, is accused of murdering the man who put him behind bars. Despite his son Paul's objections, the fatally ill Baron hires Ben Matlock to defend him. Baron believes Matlock is the only one who can vindicate him before he dies. Matlock's longtime adversary District Attorney J.L. Brackett prosecutes the highly publicized and controversial case.

Matlock takes on the defense of an aging football star, who is accused of murdering the team's owner. Over-the-hill football star Brad Bingham is having an affair with the team's majority owner, Cynthia Hyland. Rumor has it that Brad is dating Cynthia so he won't be axed from the team. When Cynthia is found murdered in Brad's apartment, Matlock steps in to defend Brad in a sensational front-page case. There's only one problem - Brad's only alibi is an elusive young woman who denies she spent the night with him.

Matlock defends an exotic dancer, Carla Evans, charged with murdering Jason Hardiman, her vindictive ex-husband, who aimed to prove her an unfit mother. Hardiman intended to sue Evans for custody of their 5-year-old son, so an upset Evans confronted him. Later, Hardiman was found shot, and while he recovered in the hospital, someone disconnected his life-support system. As the circumstantial evidence mounts against Evans, Matlock steps in to defend her in this headline grabbing case.