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Matlock/The Judge
| The Judge | |
| Season 1, Episode 1 | |
| Airdate | September 23, 1986 |
| Written by | Robert Hamilton |
| Directed by | Christopher Hibler |
| ← pilot Diary of a Perfect Murder |
1x02 → The Stripper |
| Matlock — Season One | |
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The Judge is the first episode of the first season of Matlock.
Starring: Andy Griffith (Matlock), Linda Purl (Charlene Matlock)
and Kene Holliday (Tyler Hudson)
Special Guest Appearance by: Dick Van Dyke (Judge Carter Addison)
Guest Stars: Michael Durrell (Lloyd Burgess), Brian L. Green (Kevin Meredith), Richard McKenzie (Judge Richard Cook), Kit McDonough (Assistant D.A.)
and Special Guest Star: Piper Laurie (Claire Leigh)
Co-Starring: Toni Sawyer (Mrs. Meredith), Richard Newton (Judge Richard Cooksey), Richard Wright (Harry Hobson), Bobbie Eakes (Joanne Leigh), Kahlil Wheaton (Bailiff)
Contents |
Plot Overview
While defending a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend, Matlock suspects that her other lover is the killer...the judge presiding over the trial!
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
Dick Van Dyke normally wouldn't play a villain role such as this--he'd already received a mountain of negative mail for his turn as a killer in a 1974 Columbo--but he did so as a favor to Andy Griffith.
