
Don't be fooled by his down-home demeanor and country-boy ways; criminal defense lawyer Ben Matlock is worth every penny of his fee. Count on Matlock to visit the crime scene, scope out the clues everyone else missed, and dramatically reveal the real criminal (usually a killer) during a climactic trial sequence.
On his way to a dude ranch, Ben is knocked unconscious and dreams of himself as a frontier lawyer, with Conrad as a gunslinging client and Julie as the owner of a boardinghouse.
After a college basketball coach clashes with a booster over recruiting techniques, he is accused of murder.
Ben and Jerri pose as video-dating customers to find a murderer who may have used the service.
Ben's visiting friend Julie discovers she may have sent an innocent man to prison.