
Episodes List

Ep.1 Twenty Six Hours
Air Date: 1971-02-25
Matlock's town matriarch, Grace Falconer, is brutally attacked and robbed. Suspects include a group of hippies who become involved in town affairs when a local girl's horse is shot, two yobbos on a hunting trip who are found trespassing, and a handyman recently sacked by Mrs. Falconer - who refuses to account for his movements on the night in question.

Ep.2 The Big Gun
Air Date: 1971-03-04
Local tough guy Brownie Merkle becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man and the disappearance of another when he suddenly begins paying his debts, and Det. Sgt. Maddern finds his attention diverted from his marital problems.

Ep.3 Goodbye Tuesday
Air Date: 1971-03-11
The search for a trio of prison escapees, Carol Price, Judy Bennett and Bob Pollard, endangers many lives when searchers and escapees alike are caught in a bushfire.

Ep.4 End Of The Season
Air Date: 1971-03-18

Ep.5 Something After Death
Air Date: 1971-03-25

Ep.6 One Good Turn
Air Date: 1971-04-01

Ep.7 A Bit Of Freedom
Air Date: 1971-04-08

Ep.8 Cast A Black Shadow
Air Date: 1971-04-15

Ep.9 Cradle Song
Air Date: 1971-04-22

Ep.10 Rhythm And Blues
Air Date: 1971-04-29

Ep.11 Pressure Point
Air Date: 1971-05-06

Ep.12 The Outsiders
Air Date: 1971-05-13

Ep.13 The Word Is Progress
Air Date: 1971-05-20

Ep.14 The Crunch
Air Date: 1971-05-25

Ep.15 Tightrope
Air Date: 1971-06-03

Ep.16 Heroes Day
Air Date: 1971-06-10

Ep.17 The Hunting Ground
Air Date: 1971-06-17

Ep.18 A Second Opinion
Air Date: 1971-06-24

Ep.19 Hideaway
Air Date: 1971-07-01

Ep.20 The Price of Anger
Air Date: 1971-07-08

Ep.21 The Gypsies
Air Date: 1971-07-15

Ep.22 Cross Purposes
Air Date: 1971-07-22

Ep.23 Early One Morning
Air Date: 1971-07-29

Ep.24 Olsen's Ghost
Air Date: 1971-08-05

Ep.25 Escape To Nowhere
Air Date: 1971-08-12

Ep.26 A Case of Neglect
Air Date: 1971-08-19

Ep.27 Millbank Nugget
Air Date: 1971-08-26

Ep.28 The Loner
Air Date: 1971-09-02
A mysterious hermit, has lived in a shack outside Matlock for seven months. Suddenly, his past and present catch up with him, when he is terrorised by three local youths. When one is accidentally blinded, Chip Richardson burns down Herman's shack and later blames him for the accident. Herman takes off in panic and the police mount an intensive search for him.

Ep.29 The Milk And Honey Man
Air Date: 1971-09-02

Ep.30 No Way Out
Air Date: 1971-09-16
A motel robbery and the death of a young police constable in a car accident lead to the revelation of several Matlock townspeople's personal conflicts.

Ep.31 Still Life
Air Date: 1971-09-23
Matlock police investigate a complaint of carnal knowledge involving an itinerant artist and a young girl, but the accused has his own way of extricating himself from the situation.

Ep.32 Smoke Screen
Air Date: 1971-09-30
The Matlock saw-millers are a tough breed, but the builders of a new dam claim to be even tougher, A series of ugly incidents lead the two groups towards a violent showdown.

Ep.33 The Champ
Air Date: 1971-10-07
A broken down ex-heavyweight boxer, Dan Regan, is in Matlock on a sinister assignment. Unforseen events cause Regan's past, present and future to meet head-on in the biggest battle of his career.

Ep.34 Jimmy Woodser
Air Date: 1971-10-14
An important businessman, Eric Schneider, wants to set up a deal with a Matlock company. However, when he is arrested for assaulting a young girl, public feelings rise up against Det. Curtis who may have made a serious mistake. Schneider, with his lawyer Harrison, puts his money and his pressure in the right places to beat the charge.

Ep.35 Compassionate Leave
Air Date: 1971-10-21
When Johnny Marcelli returns from the Vietnam war on compassionate leave, he is told that his father has committed suicide. He refuses to believe it and sets out to solve the mystery.

Ep.36 The End of the Road
Air Date: 1971-10-28
The investigation of a series of wool thefts in the Matlock District uncover the problems of one of the suspects, and provide some surprises for the police - especially Cont. Hogan.

Ep.37 A Piece of Cake
Air Date: 1971-11-04
Ron Grey, an ex-Spitfire pilot embarks on a dubious mission as a courier to gain some quick money, because he only has a few years of active life lift - he is a chronic diabetic who keeps coma and semi-blindness at bay with insulin shots. While flying a light aircraft with his girlfriend Betty Holmes, the plane strikes trouble and they have to crash land in the Candowie Rangers. When the plane is found by a police search party, they discover that Gray and Holmes both fled into the bush.

Ep.38 The Foreigners
Air Date: 1971-11-11
A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.

Ep.39 Give A Man A Gun
Air Date: 1971-11-11

Ep.40 Any More at Home Like You
Air Date: 1971-11-25
When salesman Frank Ross finds himself in serious financial difficulties, he takes an illegal way out and starts an unexpected chain of events that bring surprise to the Matlock police.
