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Matlock/Season 8/Episode 21

Episode 20 Episode 22

S8 · E21

May 19, 1994

The Idol (1)

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Synopsis

A lawyer who is a fan of Matlock's is accused of murdering a blackmailing P.I.

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John Beck

Paul Cox

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Kale Browne

Brian Lowry

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Al Wiggins

Judge Clagett

Eugene Casassa

Judge Stillwell

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Mitchell Laurance

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Stephen Michael Ayers

Lt. Ed Bronson

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