Matt Houston - Episode Guide

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.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1982

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1982

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.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1982

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1982

Who would have the poor taste to poison the orange juice of an aging movie queen (Janet Leigh) on the day of her big comeback?

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1982

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1982

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1982

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1982

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1982

During a medical-research fund-raiser in Houston's office, a doctor is murdered by an orderly he fired—and who may have been hired as a hit man by a member of the doctor's research team.

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1983

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. 

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1983

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1983

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1983

From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) sends thugs to attack Matt's friends and finally Houston himself. A maniac has kidnapped CJ, which is enough to make Matt's stetson curl. Then, at his birthday party, one of his presents explodes.

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1983

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

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1983

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1983

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1983

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1983

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1983

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.

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.

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.

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1983

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1983

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1983

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1983

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1983

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1983

A Marilyn Monroe look-alike is scared of her patron, a deadly mobster intent on having her to himself. Matt comes to her aid. 

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1983

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1983

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1983

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1983

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1983

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1983

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1984

The man (John P. Ryan) who kidnapped and terrorized Houston (Lee Horsley) as a boy resurfaces after 20 years, and Houston's only lead is the man's accomplice, who is in a mental hospital.

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1984

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1984

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1984

Houston's old friend, Novelli (John Aprea), who is now an ex-cop, has been framed for a drug theft and a murder. 

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1984

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1984

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1984

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1984

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1984

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1984

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1984

Falsely accused of two murders, fugitive Matt Houston (Lee Horsley) turns to his uncle (Buddy Ebsen), a retired criminologist, to help pin down the real killer (Andrew Prine).

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1984

A killer kidnaps Hoyt's daughter, but when Hoyt and Houston nail a suspect, they learn that their Illegal tactics may set him free.

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1984

C.J falls in love with Robert Tyler, an old school chum who is now a television anchorman, and Houston thinks that Tyler is in cahoots with a gang of kidnappers. 

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1984

Matt wants to know if young Peg Allyson has been coerced into joining a religious cult, but before he can check out the evidence, C.J. is gravely wounded by one of the cult leader's disciples.

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1984

Stricken with amnesia after a car accident, C.J. (Pamela Hensley) lands in a women's prison where inmates are forced to work for politicians. 

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1984

Despite disapproval from the federal government, Matt plans to rescue his cousin (Michael Goodwin) after learning the man is alive in a Vietnamese prison. (Part 1 of 2)

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1984

A Vietnamese warlord captures Matt and holds him for ransom after Matt is double-crossed by a soldier of fortune (Max Baer). (Part 2 of 2).

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1984

Matt's only suspect (James Read) in the murder of a fashion model and her chauffeur has a seemingly airtight alibi. 

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1984

A killer (Judson Scott) Houston put behind bars is freed on a technicality and tells Houston (Lee Horsley) that he's going to kill him

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1984

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1984

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1984

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1985

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1985

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1985

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1985

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1985

CJ is holidaying at a beach club when a guest is mysteriously murdered. She asks Matt to help the club owner solve the murder, which is the second one to happen. A detective (Deborah Adair) has a personal stake in Houston's murder extortion case: one of the victims was her sister.

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1985

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1985

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1985

A man plans to brainwash his wealthy sister (Kerrie Keane) into signing their father's estate over to him.

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1985

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1985