You don’t have to feel bad for Gilyard since he’d quickly find work as Chuck Norris’ pal on Walker, Texas Ranger. From this point on, Cliff Lewis (Daniel Roebuck) filled this role. But did he see the right suspect? This is the last episode with Conrad McMasters (Clarence Gilyard Jr.) as Matlock’s muscle.
“The View” turns Matlock into the witness of a homicide. He takes the tough road of defending a black cook charged with killing a white cop. “The Diner” flashes us back to Matlock’s first court case.
Jeri Ryan ( Star Trek: Voyager) needs some Tarheel justice. But he also lands work when a blackmail scheme goes bad. “The Fatal Seduction” sends Matlock to North Carolina for real to attend a funeral. Along with Matlocks’ usual legal fees is a promise to keep him in the play. His shot at stage stardom is clinched when the lead actress dies and the director ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s Rene Auberjonois) becomes a prime suspect. The comic twist is that the director thinks Matlock is holding up the performance. “The Play” starts the season with Matlock making a cameo in a local play. While Matlock: The Eighth Season might be the penultimate season, Matlock isn’t looking to retire from the law and focus on hotdog eating. The crimes and killings seems a bit more polite for the viewers wanting a down home murder mystery. The lawn in front of victims house looked more real than the manufactured turf on a Hollywood backlot. While Wilmington was faking Atlanta, truth Southern comfort surrounded him. Right off the bat Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) seemed revitalized by the smell of Magnolias and true sweet tea on the sets. Luckily Matlock had the opposite effect when it loaded up the production vans and moved from Los Angeles to Wilmington, North Carolina. The X-Files seemed to lose its mojo when if left woodsy Vancouver for Los Angeles. A change in location can alter a show’s outlook.
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