Jessica is delighted to return to New York City with the announcement of her nephew's impending engagement. A rude maitre d' is murdered at the New York restaurant in which Jessica has just invested.
Campaign manager Harry Stone manufactures a story that Senatorial candidate, Nelson Hayward, is the target of a murder plot to gain votes. Believing that his campaign manager knows too much, Hayward commits a murder of his own.
Carter and Caitlin kidnap Mark, forcing him to mastermind a 100 million-dollar theft. On the outside, Steve and Ron collaborate to find Mark. Meanwhile, Jesse and the Sloans buy a barbecue joint.
Two fiancées plot to murder the bride's father on their wedding day. The two review their perfect plan the night before the wedding. Unfortunately murder is never as easy as one might plan.
Mark stumbles onto a kidnapping case when the kidnapper accidentally calls the Sloan residence with a ransom demand. Steve runs to phone booths across the city a la Dirty Harry to safely rescue the child.
A distraught man (Mitchell Laurance) takes Matlock's friends hostage and, while they wait for his return, Michelle, Julie and Tyler try to dissuade the gunman with tales of Ben's sly detective work and courtroom heroics.
Reporter O'Neill tracks the mayor's killer to Texas while, back in Chicago, Matlock uncovers the motive - a dirty real-estate deal involving a respected judge.
Matlock analyzes the case of a psychiatrist accused of murdering the abusive husband of an emotionally disturbed patient, whose missing diary may hold the key.
An old flame of Matlock's asks him to represent her daughter, a talent-show contestant who's been accused of murdering the blackmailer who came in second.
Shannon Hughes has taken on a charity project renovating an old Victorian mansion. When a local banker is found murdered inside, Shannon must dust off the clues and cement the truth before her renovation becomes a demolition.
When a guest at the college book festival is killed, Amy and Travis clash after he arrests an unlikely person for murder. Amy must fight to prove he's got the wrong person behind bars. Starring Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha.
Jessica moonlights as campaign speechwriter for her friend Kathleen Lane, only to become involved in clearing Kathleen of the murder of her campaign manager.
