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Matlock · S8 · E13

The Kidnapping (1)

  • TV-PG
  • Jan 13, 1994

Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.

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Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.

Season 8

22 episodes
  1. 1The Play

    60 minSep 23, 1993

    After an actress in The Last Cry of the Hounds is murdered, Matlock agrees to represent the director of a local community play...on the condition that the director not cut him from the play.

  2. 2The Fatal Seduction (1)

    Sep 30, 1993

    Matlock, Leanne and Cliff go to North Carolina to attend Billy's sister's funeral. While there, they end up getting involved in a pair of murders connected to two young women. As a way to catch them, Leanne sets up a trap using Cliff as bait.

  3. 3The Fatal Seduction (2)

    50 minOct 7, 1993

    Ben defends a man against murder charges stemming from a date-rape shakedown scheme.

  4. 4The Diner

    Oct 14, 1993

    Matlock takes Leanne to meet Martha Jordan, the wife of his very first client back in 1962. Stan Shaw was the cook at the local diner when he was accused of killing the local sheriff after a disagreement in the diner. Charlie Matlock pushed Ben, who had recently quit his job as a district attorney to take the case, but not everyone in town was happy with the Matlocks siding with the black cook accused of killing the white sheriff. Despite Cyrus Jordan's attempts to get the Matlocks to drop his case for their own safety, father and son were determined to prove that Cyrus never killed anyone.

  5. 5The View

    Oct 28, 1993

    Matlock realizes he has become a witness in a murder case involving two theater actors and an unhappy husband.

  6. 6The Last Laugh

    60 minNov 4, 1993

    A comedian becomes accused of murdering another comic who had insulted him on stage.

  7. 7The Capital Offense

    60 minNov 11, 1993

    Matlock continues his five-year struggle to save a con artist from the electric chair.

  8. 8The Haunted (1)

    Nov 18, 1993

    While Cliff investigates a suit of medical malpractice and ends up getting more involved than he should with his client, Matlock investigates the case of the mysterious Rod Greenwood, who happens to bear an eerie resemblance to a dead businessman. Soon Cliff and Matlock realise that their cases are tied together.

  9. 9The Haunted (2)

    Nov 18, 1993

  10. 10The Conspiracy

    60 minNov 25, 1993

    Matlock defends a lawyer accused of murdering an associate who'd accused him of botching a lawsuit involving toxic waster polluters.

  11. 11Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream

    Dec 2, 1993

    Matlock dreams that he, Leanne, Billy and Cliff are in 1932 and are involved with the murder of a sax player.

  12. 12The Defendant

    Dec 16, 1993

    Leanne falls for Matlock's new client, a philanthropist accused of murdering his business partner.

  13. 13The Kidnapping (1)

    Jan 13, 1994Now viewing

    Abductors tries to kidnap Leanne but takes Billy instead and hold him for ransom.

  14. 14The Kidnapping (2)

    Jan 20, 1994

    The FBI agent who was in charge of Billy's kidnapping case is now accused of killing another agent.

  15. 15The Temptation

    60 minJan 27, 1994

    A thug tries to make Leanne fall in love with him by using her journal that he stole from her house.

  16. 16The Crook

    60 minFeb 3, 1994

    A stealer is accused of murdering the man who closed the book on his thefts.

  17. 17The Murder Game

    60 minFeb 10, 1994

    Matlock reluctantly agrees to spend the weekend as part of a murder mystery with Cliff, Leanne, and three people who each paid $10,000 for the privilege of matching wits with Ben Matlock. When the pretend victim turns up really dead, they know that one of the three paying visitors killed him. Leanne has her father keep the three suspects occupied with stories of previous cases while she and Cliff investigate.

  18. 18Brennen

    Feb 17, 1994

    Ben vies with a formidable D.A. while defending a client accused of killing a city councilwoman, and discovers a secret hiding in the D.A.'s past that is affecting his judgment in this case.

  19. 19The P.I.

    Mar 3, 1994

    A P.I.'s daughter shoots some photos that get the wrong man accused of murder.

  20. 20The Godfather

    60 minApr 28, 1994

    Matlock reluctantly agrees to host a reception for his goddaughter's wedding at Leanne's prompting, but when one of the best men is murdered after the bachelor party, Matlock agrees to defend the brother of the bride when he is accused of murder. The case is hindered by cheating lovers, a bad history between the victim and the accused, and an increasing number of houseguests at Matlock's home, none of which were invited.

  21. 21The Idol (1)

    May 19, 1994

    A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.

  22. 22The Idol (2)

    May 19, 1994

Guest stars

Barry BellKurt Becker
Warren FrostBilly Lewis
J. Kenneth CampbellEd Wingate
Leah LailTracey Riggins
Richard K. OlsenBink
Peter SpearsBarry Feldman
Arthur TaxierAgt. Alan Pierce
Dan AlbrightDr. Sanborn
Stephen Michael AyersLt. Ed Bronson
Banks HarperFBI Agent Brenda Farrell
John ShearinDet. Schroeder
Robert C. TreveilerAgt. Dennis Spiers
Kate FinlaysonReceptionist
Elizabeth HayesMrs. Sanborn
Brett KelleyMatthew Sanborn