Heritage (1)
E1
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Heritage (2)
E2
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
The Woman in White
E3
other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he did not commit.
Love You To Death
E4
other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.
The Centerfold Murders
E5
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
Needle In A Haystack
E6
other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.
Marilyn
E7
other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl called Marilyn.
The Ghost of Carter Gault
E8
other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.
China Doll
E9
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
Butterfly
E10
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
The Crying Clown
E11
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
The Outsider
E12
other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.
Target: Miss World
E13
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
The Monster
E14
Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.
Waltz of Death
E15
other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
Houston Is Dead
E16
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
Criss-Cross
E17
other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.
The Bikini Murders
E18
other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering machine.
Death Match
E19
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
Blood Ties
E20
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
The Secret Admirer
E21
other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's helicopter is N58407 (different than the N10902 shown in the previous episode. ""Too Mean"" states that his fee for body guard services is $200 a day, plus expenses. After watching C.J. dial Matt we see that Matt's phone # at his Texas estate is 275-6206. The address for Matt's home in Pinewood is 1217 Overlook Drive. Derived from a closeup of C.J.'s check we know that C.J.'s home address is 12718 Alden Canyon Road, Los Angeles, Ca., 90046, and she banks at Federated Bank.
Cash and Carry
E22
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
On The Run (1)
E23
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.