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The Critic

Drama

46

Jan 7, 1991

Matlock reluctantly becomes an angel for a Broadway-bound musical about lawyers when the playwright Sam Spelvin is accused of murdering an acerbic theater critic.

Full Episodes

Season 5, 22 episodes

Nowhere To Turn (Part 1),

Ben Matlock is in a lousy mood. He took a crowded red-eye flight to Los Angeles, arrived on a foggy morning and, before sunset, he was mugged, drugged, jailed for contempt of court, robbed, accused of murder.

46m Sep 24, 1990

Nowhere To Turn (Part 2),

Ben Matlock defends himself against a charge of murder in L.A.

46m Sep 24, 1990

Ben Matlock is confronted with a dilemma. He knows his client, Phyllis Todd, is innocent of murder, but he strongly suspects she has allowed herself to be accused of the crime to protect her daughter.

46m Sep 17, 1990

Albeit with some reluctance, Ben Matlock defends one of Atlanta’s most successful madams, Ann Rawls, when she is accused of murdering one of her working girls.

46m Oct 1, 1990

The Personal Trainer,

Ben Matlock discovers the private life of a personal trainer includes sizzling secrets that might shatter the reputations of several socialites. Harry Slade puts Casanova to shame, but it costs him his life.

46m Oct 8, 1990

Ben Matlock exposes skimming and corruption when he defends undercover narcotics officer Johnny Bauer against murder charges.

46m Oct 22, 1990

The Secret (Part 1),

Matlock’s client, a hot blues singer and compulsive gambler, is accused of murdering his boss/bookmaker, but Matlock discovers that a lot of people wanted the victim dead.

46m Oct 29, 1990

The Secret (Part 2),

Defending a compulsive gambler accused of killing his bookie, Matlock uncovers an unsolved I5-year-old art theft and murder, as well as a blackmail scheme that followed the crime.

46m Nov 5, 1990

Ben Matlock has a hunch his client, Dr. Lowell Carr, could be guilty of murdering his partner and framing a patient for the crime.

46m Nov 12, 1990

The Cover Girl,

Three high fashion cover girls are suspects in the death of a powerful agent who was stabbed to death in a famous photographer’s darkroom. Ben Matlock takes the case at the insistence of his investigator, Conrad McMasters.

46m Nov 19, 1990

Ben Matlock inherits a major problem when he agrees to defend Cliff Lockwood, an anti-social biker with an attitude the size of downtown Detroit.

46m Nov 26, 1990

D.A. Julie March refuses to back away from a closed case in which her prime murder suspect commits suicide and, after his death, allegedly disposes of a missing murder weapon.

46m Dec 3, 1990

Ben Matlock finds no shortage of shady characters when scandal and murder rocks the training camp of boxer Billy Leon just before the biggest match of his career.

46m Dec 10, 1990

Matlock reluctantly becomes an angel for a Broadway-bound musical about lawyers when the playwright Sam Spelvin is accused of murdering an acerbic theater critic.

46m Jan 7, 1991

Ben Matlock has an unusual problem defending a young married couple accused of murdering the woman who gave birth to a baby they were prepared to adopt.

46m Jan 14, 1991

The Man Of The Year,

It’s good news/bad news for Ben Matlock on the day he will be honored as Atlanta’s Man of the Year.

46m Jan 28, 1991

An arsonist is about to torch Matlock’s favorite men’s store and one of the owners will become Matlock’s next case after his partner is murdered.

46m Feb 4, 1991

A chemist has developed a miracle hair restorer. He cons a man into swiping the multi-million dollar formula so that he can then sell it out from underneath his employers. Murder ensues and the man finds himself in a "hairy" situation.

46m Feb 11, 1991

The Trial (Part 1),

When an Assistant District Attorney is murdered, Matlock is asked to switch sides and act as Special Prosecutor for the state of Georgia.

46m Feb 18, 1991

The Trial (Part 2),

Matlock’s investigation as the state’s Special Prosecutor uncovers a judicial conspiracy involving two judges and a corporate lawyer.

46m Feb 25, 1991

Matlock’s client is accused of killing his ambulance-chasing lawyer who specializes in cases of personal injury – especially when the injuries occur at a local amusement park.

46m Mar 25, 1991

Ben Matlock flies out to Hollywood to defend a beautiful former actress, Catherine Welden, who formed a lucrative cosmetic business only to be accused of murdering an ex-lover who was blackmailing her.

46m Apr 29, 1991