Episode
Matlock: The Secret (2)
Overview
Matlock sends Conrad to Chicago to collect the evidence that will prove his client is innocent.
Details
- Series
- Matlock
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1990-11-06
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Secret (2) is Episode 8 in Season 5 of Matlock. It aired on 1990-11-06. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 7: The Secret (1)
When a gambler is accused of killing his bookie, Matlock agrees to take the case, believing that someone from the bookie's past is the guilty party.
Episode 9: The Brothers
Lowell Carr is a brilliant plastic surgeon. When his partner is found murdered after the two had a loud argument about dissolving their business, he is the immediate suspect...until Matlock meets his twin brother, Gary.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: The Narc
When Ed Tobias is found murdered after exposing his dirty co-workers to the top brass (they sold the drugs they didn't turn in), Lt. Brooks asks Matlock to defend his accused killer, Johnny Bauer, the only one in the unit who wasn't on the take. In between playing catch with Conrad, Matlock agrees to defend Bauer, even though he feels Bauer is just as dirty as his friends were because he knew what they were up to and he kept quiet.
Episode 10: The Cover Girl
Conrad is thrilled to introduce Matlock to his new girlfriend Carla Royce. When Carla's boss is murdered, Matlock defends the accused at her bequest.
Episode 5: The Personal Trainer
When personal trainer Harry Slade is murdered, Matlock agrees to defend his roofer, George Wilton, on the condition that George finish Matlock's roof like he promised. The case is complicated when it turns out that not only was Harry sleeping with beautiful blonde DeeDee, but also Bridget Laird, and Harry's wife and step-daughter!
Episode 11: The Biker
After Nicky, a well-known actor with a bad reputation, is murdered on his way into a premiere, a judge friend of Matlock's asks Matlock to defend his son Cliff, a biker who had been fired earlier from his job as Nicky's bodyguard.
Episode 4: The Madam
A call girl blackmails her employer to stay on the payroll, and when one of them winds up dead, it's Matlock to the rescue.
Episode 12: The Broker
When stockbroker Richard Wagner is murdered, his former partner Avery Campbell needs Julie's help to prove his innocence.
Episode 3: Nowhere to Turn (2)
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Episode 13: The Fighter
When fighter Billy Leon is accused of murdering reporter Nick Underwood, a man he thought was his friend who announced in the paper that he was using steroids, Matlock agrees to take him on as a client.
Episode 2: Nowhere to Turn (1)
Matlock has to defend himself against a charge of murder when a judge who issued a contempt citation against him is found dead.
Episode 14: The Critic
Matlock has known Sam Spelvin since he was six years old, so he agrees to consult on Sam's play, Lovers and Lawyers. Unfortunately, the play is truly awful. When noted critic John Bosley Hackett, who felt the play was truly one of the worst in history, is found murdered, Sam is arrested. Matlock agrees to defend Sam, even deferring his payment while they wait to see if the play is a success, and manages to find a few more people who would be more than happy to see Hackett dead...and to see Sam's play fail.