The fourth season of Matlock began airing on NBC on September 19, 1989 and ended on May 8, 1990.
Cast
Main
- Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
- Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas
- Julie Sommars as ADA Julie March
- Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Conrad McMasters
Recurring
- Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 69 |
1 2 |
"The Hunting Party" | September 19, 1989 |
| Matlock braves the wilds of North Carolina to defend a man accused of murdering the duck hunter who "accidentally" shot his brother. | |||
| 70 | 3 | "The Good Boy" | September 26, 1989 |
| When a smooth-talking son frames his mother for the murder of her husband, Matlock has to find a way to prove the "good boy" isn't. | |||
| 71 | 4 | "The Best Seller" | October 10, 1989 |
| The husband of a best-selling author is accused of killing a woman with poison meant for his wife. | |||
| 72 | 5 | "The Ex" | October 17, 1989 |
| Julie makes news when she travels to Baltimore to defend a man charged with murdering a newspaper editor, and learns her ex-husband is the case's prosecutor. | |||
| 73 | 6 | "The Clown" | October 24, 1989 |
| Conrad runs away to join the circus on orders from Matlock, who juggles the defense of a clown accused of strangling his partner. | |||
| 74 | 7 | "The Star" | October 31, 1989 |
| Matlock isn't afraid of the case against a horror-film director, who's charged with stabbing his star in an all-too-realistic murder scene. | |||
| 75 | 8 | "The Con Man" | November 7, 1989 |
| Michelle tries to con a con man, a suspect in the murder of his partner, who scammed Matlock's client out of thousands of dollars. | |||
| 76 | 9 | "The Prisoner: Part 1" | November 14, 1989 |
| Matlock goes behind bars to defend a guard accused of murder in a kangaroo court set up by inmates in a riot-torn prison. | |||
| 77 | 10 | "The Prisoner: Part 2" | November 21, 1989 |
| Matlock finds the murder weapon, while Conrad tries to unravel the plot from outside. | |||
| 78 | 11 | "The Fugitive" | November 28, 1989 |
| Matlock has his hands full with a contentious client who walks out on his murder trial to conduct his own investigation. | |||
| 79 | 12 | "The Buddies" | December 12, 1989 |
| Matlock reluctantly noses around when his dying friend's last wish is for him to find out which of their hunting buddies committed a murder 35 years ago. | |||
| 80 | 13 | "The Scrooge" | December 19, 1989 |
| Matlock defends the Scrooge-like owner of a toy store accused of killing his business partner after firing the Santa his partner hired. | |||
| 81 | 14 | "The Witness" | January 2, 1990 |
| Matlock hands Michelle her first big case, in which the eyewitness to the crime is a lawyer. | |||
| 82 | 15 | "The Student" | January 9, 1990 |
| Matlock returns to university to brush up on a few subjects, and winds up defending a classmate accused of killing a professor. | |||
| 83 | 16 | "The Talk Show" | January 16, 1990 |
| Matlock's gift of gab serves him well in his defense of a TV producer accused of giving an obnoxious talk-show host the ax—literally. | |||
| 84 | 17 | "The Victim" | January 23, 1990 |
| When a woman is stabbed to death, her lover is charged with the murder, but Matlock theorizes that her embittered paraplegic husband committed the crime. | |||
| 85 | 18 | "The Kidnapper" | February 6, 1990 |
| When Matlock is kidnapped, Michelle and Conrad run through their list of suspects, but Matlock may also be the bait to hook another victim. | |||
| 86 | 19 | "The Pro" | February 13, 1990 |
| When his tennis-pro client is accused of murdering a rival, Matlock rallies his players to volley with the suspects. | |||
| 87 | 20 | "The Informer: Part 1" | February 20, 1990 |
| A lawyer becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his client after it's discovered that the man was having an affair with the lawyer's wife. | |||
| 88 | 21 | "The Informer: Part 2" | February 27, 1990 |
| Conrad and Angela scurry to catch an informer who they hope will rat on Matlock's murder suspects. | |||
| 89 | 22 | "The D.A." | March 20, 1990 |
| Matlock puts Conrad on the case when Julie is harassed after being threatened by an angry witness. | |||
| 90 | 23 | "The Blackmailer" | May 1, 1990 |
| A state senator isn't amused when a comic strip implies that he's having an affair with a colleague's wife. | |||
| 91 | 24 | "The Cookie Monster" | May 8, 1990 |
| Matlock investigates the murder of a cookie queen who was out to crumble her competitors with a hostile takeover. | |||