Matlock (1986 TV series) season 3

The third season of Matlock originally aired in the United States on NBC from November 29, 1988, through May 16, 1989.

Matlock
Season 3
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29) – May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Cast

• Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
• Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas
• Julie Sommars as ADA Julie March
• Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson

Cast notes

• Julie Sommars joined the cast this season
• Don Knotts begins making recurring appearances as Matlock's neighbor Les Calhoun.
• Kene Holliday departed at the end of the season, but appeared twice more early in Season 4. He missed 7 episodes, because he was sent to a rehabilitation clinic, for his drug and alcohol abuse.
• Kene Holliday was absent for eight episodes
• Julie Sommars was absent for fifteen episodes
• Nancy Stafford was absent for six episodes

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
48	1	"The Lemon"	Leo Penn	Diana Kopald Marcus	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)	28.0[1]
49	2	"The Ambassador: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06)	23.7[2]
50	3	"The Ambassador: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Anne Collins	December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13)	26.0[3]
51	4	"The Mistress"	Harvey S. Laidman	Robert Hamilton	December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20)	24.6[4]
52	5	"The D.J."	Tony Mordente	Bill Dana	January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)	25.6[5]
53	6	"The Captain"	Frank Thackery	Lincoln Kibbee	January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)	25.9[6]
54	7	"The Vendetta"	David Solomon	Robert Schlitt	January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)	27.6[7]
55	8	"The Mayor: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	January 31, 1989 (1989-01-31)	26.4[8]
56	9	"The Mayor: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)	26.5[9]
57	10	"The Black Widow"	Christopher Hibler	Gerald Sanoff	February 14, 1989 (1989-02-14)	26.8[10]
58	11	"The Other Woman"	Robert Scheerer	Phil Mishkin	February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21)	27.3[11]
59	12	"The Starlet"	Harvey S. Laidman	Marvin Kupfer	February 28, 1989 (1989-02-28)	28.3[12]
60	13	"The Psychic"	Frank Thackery	Beth Austin & Ron Austin (television story and teleplay by) From a story by: Sue Downey	March 7, 1989 (1989-03-07)	27.1[13]
61	14	"The Thief: Part 1"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	March 28, 1989 (1989-03-28)	26.5[14]
62	15	"The Thief: Part 2"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	April 4, 1989 (1989-04-04)	23.7[15]
63	16	"The Thoroughbred"	Leo Penn	Mary Ann Kasica & Michael Scheff	April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18)	22.0[16]
64	17	"The Model"	Tony Mordente	Robert Schlitt	April 25, 1989 (1989-04-25)	22.4[17]
65	18	"The Cult"	Harvey S. Laidman	Marvin Kupfer	May 2, 1989 (1989-05-02)	23.5[18]
66	19	"The Blues Singer"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger	May 9, 1989 (1989-05-09)	23.6[19]
67	20	"The Priest"	Harvey S. Laidman	Max Eisenberg	May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16)	22.7[20]