While attending a reunion in his home town, Matlock gets embroiled in a murder case in which a young man is framed for the murder of another home-town boy who was writing a tell all tome about some of the town's prominent citizens.

Matlock plays a game of cat and mouse with the real murderer when he defends his accountant.

A bump on the head transports Matlock to the Old West, where he tries to save Conrad from a hanging. Conrad proclaims his innocence, but being found on the floor right beside the deceased, doesn't help his case.

When Ben's insurance agent is accused of murdering a marriage counselor that is having an affair with his wife, Ben defends him.

In this legal drama, Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, a criminal-defense lawyer based in Atlanta. Matlock typically identifies and confronts the perpetrator in a dramatic courtroom scene. His goal, most often, is to prove reasonable doubt of his client's guilt. Rumor suggests that the character is based on lawyer Bobby Lee Cook, Georgia's colorful dean of criminal-defense attorneys. Written by writermaia

Matlock tells a story to Julie about the time when he and his father were investigating the death of a friend, who may or may not have been killed by his widow.

Matlock defends a young man accused of killing his father in order to protect his mother.

A vindictive game show producer is found murdered one day after firing the show host, who immediately becomes the prime suspect, seeing as his apple peeler was used to stab the victim. But everyone on the show staff had reason to kill him! Enter Ben Matlock.

Ben's rich and unpleasant client Ellis Blake strongly disapproves of his daughter's fiancee, who also happens to be his caddie and a very successful blackmailer. Then, the boy is found shot with Blake's own gun, and 10,000 dollars - the exact sum Blake promised him if the engagement were to ever be broken - is found scattered around his apartment. The case seems fairly open and shut, which delights the new deputy D.A. Lauren Richmond, as this is not only her first case but also a chance to score big against a famous defense lawyer. She is able to bring enough witnesses and evidence to ensure a guilty verdict and leave Matlock helpless, unable to even file an appeal. However, this case turns out to be much deeper and darker than at first glance. Written by Eebuchanan

While looking for a cousins cheating husband, Ben finds a photo that may help solve a murder.

While defending his hotheaded cousin, Ben stumbles onto more than just murder.

Overworked and distracted, Ben decides to retire and go fishing where he encounters a dead farmhand in an unfriendly town.

Michelle gets kidnapped by the mob. Ben and Conrad try to save her.

Matlock's defense of a young waitress charged with murder is greatly aided by her talented young son, who drew a comic book that eerily depicts the crime.

A wealthy man and a reporter conspire in a real estate swindle. An innocent reporter is framed and Ben defends.

Ben goes to court (traffic court) and the murder case continues as the investigation of gang violence and arson related to the real estate swindle expand.

Ben and his visiting daughter believe there is a connection between Ben's client and the assassination of Atlanta's mayor.

While defending Judge Eller in his murder trial, Conrad uncovers the connection between the killing of a mayor and a pornography production using underage girls.