Lawrence Gordon
Director
Matt Houston (1982)
Season 2
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
Released Sept. 26, 1982
Episode 60 min
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Heritage (1)
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy
Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Sept. 9, 1983, midnight
S2E2 - Heritage (2)
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy
Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
Sept. 9, 1983, midnight
S2E3 - The Woman in White
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.
Sept. 16, 1983, midnight
S2E4 - Love You To Death
other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress)
After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.
Sept. 23, 1983, midnight
S2E5 - The Centerfold Murders
other characters: Henry Omant
Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
Sept. 30, 1983, midnight
S2E6 - Needle In A Haystack
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.
Oct. 7, 1983, midnight
S2E7 - Marilyn
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.
Oct. 21, 1983, midnight
S2E8 - The Ghost of Carter Gault
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.
Oct. 28, 1983, midnight
S2E9 - China Doll
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
Nov. 4, 1983, midnight
S2E10 - Butterfly
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
Nov. 18, 1983, midnight
S2E11 - The Crying Clown
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
Nov. 25, 1983, midnight
S2E12 - The Outsider
other characters: Charles (Chauffer)
Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.
Dec. 2, 1983, midnight
S2E13 - Target: Miss World
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
Dec. 23, 1983, midnight
S2E14 - The Monster
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.
Jan. 6, 1984, midnight
S2E15 - Waltz of Death
other characters: Marla Pierce
A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
Jan. 13, 1984, midnight
S2E16 - Houston Is Dead
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
Jan. 20, 1984, midnight
S2E17 - Criss-Cross
other characters: Arnie (boy)
Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.
Jan. 27, 1984, midnight
S2E18 - The Bikini Murders
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.
Feb. 3, 1984, midnight
S2E19 - Death Match
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
Feb. 24, 1984, midnight
S2E20 - Blood Ties
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
March 2, 1984, midnight
S2E21 - The Secret Admirer
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.
March 9, 1984, midnight
S2E22 - Cash and Carry
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return $3 million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
March 23, 1984, midnight
S2E23 - On The Run (1)
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered)
Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.
March 30, 1984, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 4140 min.
Released: Sept. 26, 1982
Last Air Date: March 29, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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