A police officer and friend of Stottlemeyer is framed for a crime he didn't commit involving a ferris wheel. Meanwhile Monk tries to convince Stottlemeyer to get him reinstated.
When an abrasive, washed-up comic is found dead at a Community General benefit telethon, suspicion is cast on everyone from his son to his former writers.
Mark's cousin, Jonathan Nash, bequeaths his million-dollar fortune to Community General Hospital. His three dastardly children are the main suspects after Nash dies suspiciously... before he has a chance to alter his will.
Shouts of "kill the umpire" turn out to be deadly accurate when a softball-league ump calls his last strike, leaving Matlock to sort through a team full of suspects.
When Matlock gets caught in the middle of a full-scale mob war, his defense of a crime kingpin's son unravels with each gunshot fired and each witness eliminated.
A pyramid-scheming huckster is murdered, and Matlock hopes to sell the jury on the idea that his client was framed by one of three suspects, all with motive and opportunity.
Matlock sorts through the complicated family 'affairs' of a popular romantic advice columnist, while he offers his own advice to his client who's accused of the columnist's murder.
Matlock defends his nephew, a certified genius charged with murder, who helps his own case by matching wits with a computer to identify the person who killed a think-tank director.
As Hannah and Mike experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding planning. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven.
