Episode
Matlock: The Investigation (1)
Overview
Sam Gerard is a well-known mobster who is about to be exposed. His estranged son, Craig Gentry, is arrested for murder, but refuses to go to Sam for help, and instead, goes to Ben Matlock.
Details
- Series
- Matlock
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1988-02-02
Episode context
The Investigation (1) is Episode 17 in Season 2 of Matlock. It aired on 1988-02-02.
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Episode 16: The Umpire
When a baseball umpire is murdered, Matlock has a whole team full of suspects. It seems like everyone had a reason to...kill the ump.
Episode 18: The Investigation (2)
Craig continues to turn away from his father as Matlock keeps trying to investigate the case. When the Gentry family is almost caught in the middle of a mob war with the Hernandez family, Matlock realises that someone on the inside is pulling the strings.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: The Gigolo
Matlock agrees to defend dance instructor Scott Lazar after he is charged with the murder of his married lover. It would be a lot easier to prove Scott's innocence if there wasn't another woman in the wings also claiming to be his lover.
Episode 19: The Hucksters
Matlock needs to prove that one of three people murdered a scheming huckster. This Episode also aired at later dates with a total of 3 alternate endings. Only the last 2:24 of the show is altered for each version.
Episode 14: The Reunion
Matlock heads to an old law school reunion where he meets up with his former classmates. After the reunion, one is murdered, and another stands accused of the crime, and Matlock faces the unpleasant task of having to prove that one of his former classmates murdered another.
Episode 20: The Lovelorn
Matlock agrees to defend a man who has been accused of murdering the relationship columnist whose response ended his relationship.
Episode 13: The Body
Matlock agrees to defend Donna Stewart when she's accused of murdering Christie Huntley, an aerobics instructor at Pinewood Spa who slept with her husband. Matlock soon realises that Christie's death had nothing to do with who she slept with and everything to do with why she slept with them.
Episode 21: The Genius
When Matlock's nephew Irwin is charged with murder, Matlock investigates at a high-tech computer firm to clear his name.
Episode 12: The Gambler
Matlock goes to Las Vegas to defend his friend, Jim Manning, after Jim is accused of murdering his girlfriend Laura, who worked for the mob laundering money.
Episode 22: The Magician
After a night at the magic show with Julie, Matlock agrees to defend magician Daniel Fontaine when he's charged with the murder of his assistant / lover Sandy Farrell, a woman who was as devious as she was beautiful.
Episode 11: The Gift
When Brian Emerson is arrested and charged with his wife's murder, Matlock takes the case, waiving his usual fee. His efforts to get the father out on bail fail when he lands a judge who has lost his Christmas spirit, and Matlock takes the young girl in with him.
Episode 23: The Fisherman
Matlock defends a Vietnamese fisherman and his son when a racist fisherman is killed, and the Vietnamese fisherman is charged with his murder because the two had words. It isn't just the fisherman that Matlock ends up defending, as he also becomes a target of the racist townspeople.