Matt Houston
Each week Matt Houston, a successful private investigator, takes on a new case. The cases usually involve murder, and always involve beautiful women in skimpy outfits. Drawing on his years of experience and investigative skills, and with a little help from his assistant, C.J., Houston always manages to bring the bad guys (or girls) to justice.
- 1982-1985
- 3 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
Each week Matt Houston, a successful private investigator, takes on a new case. The cases usually involve murder, and always involve beautiful women in skimpy outfits. Drawing on his years of experience and investigative skills, and with a little help from his assistant, C.J., Houston always manages to bring the bad guys (or girls) to justice.
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
Heritage
Fri, Sep 9, 1983 70 mins
A trip to back home to Texas to investigate suspicious stalkers proves unsettling when Matt learns the truth about his heritage.
Episode 2
The Woman in White
Fri, Sep 16, 1983
Loyal family man and former police officer Wade Kimball is jailed and under arrest for murder, but he might not have committed the crime. Matt looks for the real guilty party.
Episode 3
Love You to Death
Fri, Sep 23, 1983 48 mins
Matt meets and dates beautiful nurse Erin Brown in the hospital after he is injured on a case. He soon realizes that he has made a big mistake when Erin's true nature reveals she's jealous, clingy, obsessed and psychotic so he breaks things off with her. Erin is hellbent on having Matt so much that she begins stalking Matt going do far as to break into his home, destroy his property, and kill two people. Her biggest mistake is going after and attacking CJ Parson Matt's friend and business partner who she believes is the cause of why Matt doesn't love her, causing Matt to shoot and wound her.
Episode 4
The Centerfold Murders
Fri, Sep 30, 1983 48 mins
Three stunning women have been murdered, their connection: they are all top centerfolds.
Episode 5
Needle in a Haystack
Fri, Oct 7, 1983 48 mins
Matt must rescue an insulin-dependent, special-needs boy who has been wrongfully deported to Mexico.
Episode 6
Marilyn
Fri, Oct 21, 1983
Houston searches for a mobster's mistress, a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe, before she is killed.
Episode 7
The Ghost of Carter Gault
Fri, Oct 28, 1983 47 mins
A man trying to expose dirty union tactics is murdered right after asking Matt to take the case.
Episode 8
China Doll
Fri, Nov 4, 1983 48 mins
C.J. asks Matt to solve the murder of an old college friend, Connie Ling, who was involved with heroin dealers.
Episode 9
Butterfly
Fri, Nov 18, 1983 47 mins
A teenage prostitute asks Matt to rescue her younger sister from a pimp.
Episode 10
The Crying Clown
Fri, Nov 25, 1983
When one of Matt's friends, a struggling artist, is murdered, he acquires a painting wanted by several ruthless art collectors.
Episode 11
The Outsider
Fri, Dec 2, 1983
Matt sets out to prove that a blind psychic is actually a phony, responsible for several kidnappings and murders.
Episode 12
Target: Miss World
Fri, Dec 23, 1983
Matt has to find the connection between the death of Navajo woman and an international beauty contest.
Episode 13
The Monster
Fri, Jan 6, 1984
F. Lee Bailey asks C.J. to defend a criminal in hostile town.
Episode 14
Waltz of Death
Fri, Jan 13, 1984 60 mins
Matt sets out to prove that a touring classical pianist is responsible for strangling and murdering several women.
Episode 15
Houston Is Dead
Fri, Jan 20, 1984
While on a case investigating unnecessary drugging of convalescent patients, Matt is seriously wounded.
Episode 16
Criss-Cross
Fri, Jan 27, 1984 60 mins
Lt. Vince Novelli asks Matt to help clear his name when he is framed for stealing drugs.
Episode 17
The Bikini Murders
Fri, Feb 3, 1984
A secretary is murdered after uncovering a plot to blackmail her boss.
Episode 18
Death Match
Fri, Feb 24, 1984
A serial killer who killed Matt's fiancee in the past reveals that he has struck again.
Episode 19
Blood Ties
Fri, Mar 2, 1984
Matt's ailing father becomes the target of psychopath.
Episode 20
The Secret Admirer
Fri, Mar 9, 1984
While Matt is out of town, C.J. has to deal with the murder of her boyfriend and an obsessed stalker.
Episode 21
Cash and Carry
Fri, Mar 23, 1984
Matt goes after the mob after a small-time thief is murdered for returning laundered money.
Episode 22
On the Run
Fri, Mar 30, 1984
Houston wakes up and calls C.J. who tells him that he has been missing for 30 days. He then discovers that he's the prime suspect in a murder. And when the evidence is overwhelming, he goes on the run to prove his innocence.
