Matt Houston - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

X-22 (1)

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1982

Matt Houston, a conglomerate head and part-time detective, is hired by a young woman to clear her of charges that she murdered her blackmailing billionaire father.

X-22 (2)

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1982

Stop the Presses

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1982

Deadly Fashion

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1982

A flamboyant couturier (Mr. Blackwell) is murdered at his own fashion show, and his top model is a prime suspect.

Killing isn't Everything

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1982

Who Would Kill Ramona?

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1982

Recipe for Murder

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1982

Shark Bait

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1982

The Kidnapping

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1982

Joey's Here

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1982

The Good Doctor

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1982

The Rock and the Hard Place

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1983

The Purrfect Crime

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1983

A cat-food tycoon is killed by his own feline, and each of his ex-wives suspects that one of the others unleashed the big cat.

The Yacht Club Murders

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1983

Whose Party is It Anyway?

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1983

Get Houston

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1983

The Visitors

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1983

Matt Houston investigates the death of a scientist who was killed while awaiting a visit from extraterrestrials.

Here's Another Fine Mess

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1983

The Beverly Hills Social Club

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1983

The Showgirl Murders

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1983

Fear for Tomorrow

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1983

A Deadly Parlay

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1983

A Novel Way to Die

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1983

Horror story author Emily Armor is killed at a party attended by writers and some witnesses claim that Slocum is the murderer. However, Matt thinks that he is innocent. Emily had been talking to Slocum when she was shot dead. Investigation lead Matt to suspect some novelists who are jealous of Emily's success.

The Hunted

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Apr 24, 1983

When Matt's testimony puts Duval Sr's son in prison, the man kidnaps CJ in an effort to blackmail Matt in order to get his son's sentence's lifted.

Season 2

Heritage (1)

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1983

Matt leaves for Texas to help Sharon, an old and dear friend who is at her wit's end. Sharon thinks somebody's trying to kill her and she has no idea why anyone would want to kill her. Houston's old adversary, Elgin Cody, lures the detective to Texas. There he wants to kill him and replace him with a doppelganger. The reason: Houston owns a property that Cody also suspects contains oil.