Judge Carter Addison murders his cheating mistress and frames her lover. Then the judge presides over the man's trial with Ben Matlock as the defense counsel.

Ben defends an exotic dancer accused of murdering her ex-husband, a man determined to have her declared an unfit mother.

Christina Ward hires Ben to defend Sonia Cardenas, the maid accused of knifing her cheating husband Richard. Sonia was one of Richard's dalliances and is reluctant to help Ben; is she covering for someone else?

Ben defends an over-the-hill quarterback (John Beck) with a reputation as a womanizer who is accused of killing his team-owner girlfriend.

Ben and Charlene take the case of Mafia don Nicholas Baron accused of murdering business rival Don Kovacs; Charlene is attracted to Baron's son Paul.

Ben defends a organized-crime boss.