Matlock/The Idol (1)

The Idol (1)
Season 8, Episode 21
Airdate	May 19, 1994
Teleplay by	Anne Collins
Story by	Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff
Directed by	Frank Thackery
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Matlock — Season Eight

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The Idol (1) is the twenty-first episode of the eighth season of Matlock, and the one hundred seventy-fourth episode overall.

Starring: Andy Griffith (Ben Matlock), Brynn Thayer (Leanne McIntyre), Daniel Roebuck (Cliff Lewis)

Guest Stars: John Beck (Paul Cox), Kale Brown (Brian Lowry), Marsha Dietlein (Joanne Walters), Michael C. Gwynne (Richard Pepp), Scott N. Stevens (Samuel Hoskins), Tara Winston (Judy Pohl), Stephen Michael Ayers (Lt. Ed Bronson), Paula Davis (Shelly), J. Don Ferguson (Harvey Walters), Mick McGovern (Assistant D.A. Lane), Michele Weiss (Yolanda Burke), Al Wiggins (Judge Claggett)

Featuring: Pilar Herrera (Salesperson), Andrea Powell (Ms. Morgan), Vic Ventura (Hot Dog Vendor), Ralph Wilcox (Perry / Bailiff), Micky Mills Steel Drum Band (Themselves)

Plot Overview

Leanne and Cliff are surprised to witness a young lawyer in action that reminds them of a certain other attorney, and after introducing him to Ben, are surprised to discover that he patterned his entire courtroom style after Matlock. The younger attorney soon needs Ben's help with a sticky situation...while vacationing with his girlfriend in St. Thomas, a beautiful girl kept coming on to him, and eventually a shady character snapped a picture of them in a very compromising position. On top of that, he chased the guy down and fought with him in front of witnesses, who also heard him threaten the other man. Once back in the States, he managed to track the guy down and threaten him for the pictures. Not long afterward, the man, who happened to be a shady private eye, is killed, and Matlock now has an accused killer to defend.