Matlock (1986 TV series) season 8

The eighth season of Matlock originally aired in the United States on ABC from September 23, 1993, and concluded with a two-hour season finale on May 19, 1994.

Matlock
Season 8
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23) – May 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Cast

Main

• Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
• Brynn Thayer as Leanne McIntyre
• Daniel Roebuck as Cliff Lewis

Recurring

• Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Conrad McMasters

Cast notes

• Brynn Thayer departed at the end of the season
• Brynn Thayer was absent for one episode
• Daniel Roebuck was absent for six episodes

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
154	1	"The Play"	Christoper Hibler	Phil Mishkin	September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23)	14.0[1]
155	2	"The Fatal Seduction: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	September 30, 1993 (1993-09-30)	15.8[2]
156	3	"The Fatal Seduction: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	October 7, 1993 (1993-10-07)	18.5[3]
157	4	"The Diner"	Frank Thackery	Max Eisenberg & Lonon F. Smith	October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14)	17.6[4]
158	5	"The View"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	October 28, 1993 (1993-10-28)	18.2[5]
159	6	"The Last Laugh"	Russ Mayberry	Milton Berle & Stephen Lord	November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04)	16.9[6]
160	7	"The Capital Offense"	Robert Scheerer	Brian Alan Lane	November 11, 1993 (1993-11-11)	20.5[7]
161	8	"The Haunted"	Harvey S. Laidman	Story by : Gerald Sanoff and Joel Steiger Teleplay by : Gerry Conway	November 18, 1993 (1993-11-18)	18.5[8]
162	9
163	10	"The Conspiracy"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	November 25, 1993 (1993-11-25)	11.1[9]
164	11	"Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad, Dream"	Russ Mayberry	Robin Madden	December 2, 1993 (1993-12-02)	14.0[10]
165	12	"The Defendant"	Leo Penn	David Hoffman	December 16, 1993 (1993-12-16)	14.4[11]
166	13	"The Kidnapping: Part 1"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 13, 1994 (1994-01-13)	17.8[12]
167	14	"The Kidnapping: Part 2"	Christopher Hibler	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	January 20, 1994 (1994-01-20)	18.6[13]
168	15	"The Temptation"	Harvey S. Laidman	Gerald Sanoff	January 27, 1994 (1994-01-27)	19.2[14]
169	16	"The Crook"	Leo Penn	Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 3, 1994 (1994-02-03)	15.3[15]
170	17	"The Murder Game"	Frank Thackery	Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt Story by : Donald Paul Ross and Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 10, 1994 (1994-02-10)	15.4[16]
171	18	"Brennen"	Robert Scheerer	Teleplay by : Michael McGuire Story by : Michael McGuire and Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff	February 17, 1994 (1994-02-17)	15.2[17]
172	19	"The P.I."	Christopher Hibler	J.I. Henderson & Michael Moore	March 3, 1994 (1994-03-03)	16.9[18]
173	20	"The Godfather"	Christopher Hibler	Richard Collins	April 28, 1994 (1994-04-28)	15.8[19]
174	21	"The Idol"	Frank Thackery	Story by : Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff Teleplay by : Anne Collins	May 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)	16.1[20]
175	22