The sixth season of Matlock began airing on October 18, 1991 and ended on May 8, 1992.
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
- Brynn Thayer as Leanne McIntyre
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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114 115 |
1 2 |
"The Witness Killings" | October 18, 1991 |
Matlock gets the same cold shoulder from his hometown folk as did a writer who was slain while investigating a killing he witnessed 15 years before. | |||
116 | 3 | "The Strangler" | October 25, 1991 |
Matlock becomes the target of a killer who's first driven to humiliate his victims. | |||
117 | 4 | "The Nightmare" | November 1, 1991 |
A bump on the head transports Matlock to the Old West, where he tries to save Conrad from a hanging when he's found over the sheriff's dead body. | |||
118 | 5 | "The Marriage Counselor" | November 8, 1991 |
Matlock discovers that it was till death they do part for a marriage counselor and one or more of the wives he had in therapy. | |||
119 | 6 | "The Dame" | November 15, 1991 |
Flashbacks recount a murder investigation that Matlock and his father conducted in 1956. | |||
120 121 |
7 8 |
"The Suspect" | November 29, 1991 |
Matlock defends two clients charged with murder: a wealthy widow accused of slaying her husband, and a dad charged with killing a drug dealer. | |||
122 | 9 | "The Defense" | December 6, 1991 |
Matlock fights a murder charge for a teen who admits shooting his abusive father—but only after his father threatened to kill the teen's mother. | |||
123 | 10 | "The Game Show" | December 13, 1991 |
Matlock is hired by a game-show host to answer the question, "Who killed the producer?" And Michelle puts herself in jeopardy by posing as a contestant. | |||
124 | 11 | "The Foursome" | December 20, 1991 |
Matlock reluctantly agrees to defend millionaire Ellis Blake when he's accused of murdering his daughter's fiancé, Jeffrey Holden, an enterprising golf caddy who supplemented his living by blackmailing the men he caddied for. At the same time, Matlock is dealing with a brand new deputy district attorney, Lauren Richmond, who just seems too sweet to be real. | |||
125 | 12 | "The Picture: Part 1" | January 17, 1992 |
While looking for his cousin's missing husband, Matlock happens upon a doctored photograph, focusing his attention on a developing murder plot. | |||
126 | 13 | "The Picture: Part 2" | January 24, 1992 |
Matlock hopes he's not short of proof when it comes to destroying one of the counterfeiter's phony alibis in court. | |||
127 | 14 | "The Outcast: Part 1" | February 7, 1992 |
Matlock goes fishing, but his trip is interrupted by a death in a small town, where he ingratiates himself to the locals, angling for a line on the killer. | |||
128 | 15 | "The Outcast: Part 2" | February 14, 1992 |
Matlock closes in on a killer responsible for a murder in the small town where the retiring lawyer took off to go fishing. | |||
129 | 16 | "The Big Payoff" | February 28, 1992 |
An insurance investigator asks Michelle to help him disprove the alibi of a man suspected of killing his wife; Matlock hires a singer to paint his house. | |||
130 | 17 | "The Abduction" | March 6, 1992 |
Mobsters make Matlock an offer he can't refuse: give them the information a mob lawyer passed to him or Michelle will be fitted for cement shoes. | |||
131 | 18 | "Mr. Awesome" | April 17, 1992 |
A comic-book artist, whose mom is up for murder, could come to the rescue when Matlock tries to draw out the real killer. | |||
132 | 19 | "The Evening News: Part 1" | April 24, 1992 |
An anchorwoman sets up a TV reporter for a murder charge to divert attention from a real-estate scam involving a false news story. | |||
133 | 20 | "The Evening News: Part 2" | May 1, 1992 |
Conrad infiltrates a street gang to expose the real-estate scam. | |||
134 135 |
21 22 |
"The Assassination" | May 8, 1992 |
A judge's investigation of the mayor's assassination triggers a frame-up, but Matlock's daughter aims to shoot down the conspiracy's coverup. |