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 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Wanted Man
Fri, Sep 21, 1984
Houston is still on the run and is trying to find the one responsible but has no leads. But when he meets a gifted child who tells him to seek out the help of his family. But Houston says he has no family except for his Uncle Roy who is a former member of the CIA. That's when Houston realizes that the man he is looking is probably a former CIA man too. So he goes to his uncle and the man he is looking tracks him there and tries to kill him but he and his uncle escape. Roy takes him to someone who can help him find the man and when he learns who he is and where he is, along with his uncle, C.J., Murray and Hoyt they try to get him.
Episode 2
Vanished
Fri, Sep 28, 1984
When three children are abducted and one of them is Hoyt's, he and Houston do whatever they have to find her. Eventually they find the man who got them but he claims they're dead. And since Houston and Hoyt didn't exactly go by the book, the man's released. And Hoyt sets out to get him.
Episode 3
Eyewitness
Fri, Oct 12, 1984
Accused of being jealous, Matt is reluctantly faced with proving that C.J.'s newscaster boyfriend is a murderer.
Episode 4
Apostle of Death
Fri, Oct 19, 1984
Houston is hired to rescue a girl from a cult. It seems that anyone who joins has to turn everything they have. And she's about to inherit a fortune. And it also seems that anyone who after turning over a fortune, dies shortly after.
Episode 5
Caged
Fri, Oct 26, 1984 60 mins
Matt sets out to rescue C.J. who has been mistaken for a prostitute and imprisoned after suffering amnesia in a freak car accident.
Episode 6
Return to Nam: Part 1
Fri, Nov 2, 1984
Houston and Roy get information that Roy's son who is an MIA in Vietnam is alive. They go to the government who tell them that they can't do anything. So Houston decides to go and find him himself; Too Mean accompanies him. They meet a mercenary who tells them that the man who has the one they are looking for is a warlord. So they go to try and rescue him.
Episode 7
Escape from Nam: Part 2
Fri, Nov 9, 1984
After getting captured by the warlord holding his cousin, Houston tries to find a way out. The warlord demands a ransom which C.J. is about deliver but a government agent stops her. Roy decides to ask someone from his days as a spy to help him.
Episode 8
The High Fashion Murders
Fri, Nov 16, 1984
Two models have been murdered, and Matt can't accept the alibi of the most likely suspect.
Episode 9
Death Stalk
Fri, Nov 23, 1984
An old enemy of Houston's, Andre 'Allen' Garvey - AKA the 'Wolf-Witch' - is released from prison after bribing a corrupt judge, Malcolm Granger. The fiend begins taunting & stalking Houston on a single-minded mission of revenge.
Episode 10
Blood Money
Fri, Nov 30, 1984
An old high school friend of Matt's is unaware she is being used as a decoy when she asks for his help to find her boyfriend.
Episode 11
Deadly Games
Fri, Dec 7, 1984
The most dangerous game is revisited when a sporting goods mogul hunts athletes.
Episode 12
Stolen
Fri, Dec 21, 1984
Matt stumbles upon an illegal adoption ring when a woman hires him to find her kidnapped son.
Episode 13
The Nightmare Man
Fri, Jan 4, 1985
After getting a lead on the man who kidnapped him when he was a little boy, Matt sets out to find him and bring him to justice.
Episode 14
Breakpoint
Fri, Jan 11, 1985
A birthday party for Cousin Will turns sour when Matt is informed that he's parked on a roof, ready to jump.
Episode 15
Death Trap
Fri, Jan 18, 1985
C.J. is contacted by a man who works for a friend of hers. It seems like her friend wants to build a cancer research center but her friend's cousin took the money she gave and tells the townsfolk that he's drilling for oil. But there is no oil where they are. Roy accompanies her and the cousin tries to stop them and plans to kill his cousin who is coming. When they are captured Houston, who's on vacation has to come save them.
Episode 16
The Honeymoon Murders
Fri, Jan 25, 1985
An old college friend asks for Matt's help in solving the murder of his wife, killed hours after their wedding.
Episode 17
The Beach Club Murders
Fri, Feb 1, 1985
Matt meets his female counterpart while investigating the murder of two guests at a resort.
Episode 18
New Orleans Nightmare
Fri, Feb 8, 1985
A stewardess accidentally happens upon and photographs a murder and asks Matt to protect her.
Episode 19
Company Secrets
Fri, Feb 15, 1985
One of Roy's former intelligence associates tells him that a Russian agent whom they took down years ago and who swore vengeance is back. It's not long after that that the man is killed. So Roy tries to find the agents who helped him before the man gets them all.
Episode 20
Killing Time
Fri, Feb 22, 1985
After suffering his umpteenth concussion, Matt falls head over heals in love with an Irish heiress who is being brainwashed by her Irish-terrorist brother.
Episode 21
Death Watch
Fri, Mar 15, 1985
Matt Houston and his company investigate a drug ring and end up in a bar, where a hood shoots and gravely wounds Lieutenant Hoyt.
Episode 22
Final Vows
Fri, Mar 29, 1985
Houston's about to marry Elizabeth. But when a serial killer who's looking for some notoriety sees that the press is not paying attention to him. He decides to bring Houston into it. And it threatens to jeopardizes his plans with Elizabeth.
