Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead.
Julie opens the book on her own investigation when her friend, the husband of a bestselling author, is accused of killing a woman with poison supposedly meant for his wife.
Julie makes news when she travels to Baltimore to defend a man charged with murdering a newspaper editor, and runs into her ex-husband, who's prosecuting the case.
Conrad runs away to join the circus on orders from Matlock, who juggles the defense of a clown accused of strangling his partner during a center-ring routine.
Michelle tries to con a con man, a suspect in the murder of his partner, who scammed Matlock's client out of thousands of dollars using a fake murder scam.
Matlock reluctantly sniffs around when his dying friend's wish is for Matlock to find out which one of their hunting buddies committed a 35-year-old murder.
Matlock decks the halls of justice, defending the Scrooge-like owner of a toy store accused of killing his business partner after firing the Santa he hired.
