Lawrence Gordon
Director
Matt Houston (1982)
Season 1
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
None+
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - X-22 (1)
Synopsis coming soon.
Sept. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - X-22 (2)
Synopsis coming soon.
Sept. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Stop The Presses
other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani
A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.
Oct. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Deadly Fashion
Houston's old flame (Cristina Ferrare), a model, hires him when she is accused of killing her employer, a famous fashion designer.
Oct. 17, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Killing Isn't Everything
A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.
Oct. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Who Would Kill Ramona?
other characters: Todd Gallager, Rick
Matt enters the film world to investigate after a drink from a faded star's (Janet Leigh) glass instantly kills her new leading man.
Oct. 31, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Recipe For Murder
other characters: Roger Marsden (murdered)
A restaurant critic's (James Coco) dinner is disrupted when a gelatin mold brought to his table contains his partner's severed head.
Nov. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Shark Bait
other characters: Alice, Wyndell Murdock, Glenda Collins, Sam Gleason
Matt steps in when the mother of a Malibu lifeguard fears her daughter will be the next victim of a series of fatal shark attacks.
Nov. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - The Kidnapping
other characters: Tony
An old friend (Hugh O'Brian) calls in Matt when kidnappers snatch a seriously ill Arab prince during a jet flight to Los Angeles.
Nov. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - Joey's Here
other characters: Riley (Security Guard), Ms. Stevenson (Secretary)
A robot designed by an electronics genius (David Cassidy) murders the brother (Troy Donahue) of it's creator.
Dec. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - The Good Doctor
other characters: Landlord
After a research scientist is murdered during a party at Matt's place, a mutual friend of the victim asks Matt to investigate.
Dec. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - The Rock and The Hard Place
An upcoming fight appears rigged when murder uncovers the champion's (Dorian Harewood) physical problems and his wife's alcoholism.
Jan. 2, 1983, midnight
S1E13 - The Purrfect Crime
other characters: John
The four ex-wives of a wealthy cat-food manufacturer mauled to death by a pet tiger hire Matt to solve the crime so they can collect the money from the will.
Jan. 9, 1983, midnight
S1E14 - The Yacht Club Murders
other characters: Dorian
After a reunion with a secret childhood love, she asks Matt for help, fearing someone may die at a yacht-club party.
Jan. 16, 1983, midnight
S1E15 - Whose Party Is It Anyway?
Fake telegrams summon five famous people to Matt's penthouse for a Sunday meeting with murder on the agenda.
Jan. 23, 1983, midnight
S1E16 - Get Houston
other characters: Cletus Simms
From his padded cell, an institutionalized madman (Chuck Connors) hires escaped convicts to kill Houston.
Feb. 20, 1983, midnight
S1E17 - The Visitors
Matt must verify or disprove an alleged UFO encounter during which a scientist suffered a fatal heart attack.
Feb. 27, 1983, midnight
S1E18 - Here's Another Fine Mess
After costumed killers try to kill C.J. by forcing her off the road, she learns all her college sorority sisters are also in danger.
March 6, 1983, midnight
S1E19 - The Beverly Hills Social Club
other characters: Carter
A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.
March 13, 1983, midnight
S1E20 - The Showgirl Murders
other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer)
When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.
March 20, 1983, midnight
S1E21 - Fear For Tomorrow
other characters: Kitchen Worker (possibly Randy or Tyler)
A codebook and a cryptic message provide Matt his only clues to preventing the predicted deaths of thousands.
April 3, 1983, midnight
S1E22 - A Deadly Parlay
After Matt is found leaning over the dead body of a jockey (Lynn-Holly Johnson), he is charged with murder.
April 10, 1983, midnight
S1E23 - A Novel Way To Die
When a novelist (Terry Moore) at a mystery-writers' convention is murdered, Matt finds himself involved in a real murder mystery.
April 17, 1983, midnight
S1E24 - The Hunted
other characters: Senator Delaney, Sony
C.J. is held hostage by a famous criminal (Martin Landau) in order to free his terrorist son held by authorities on Matt's eyewitness testimony.
April 24, 1983, midnight
ABC
60 min/ep
4140 min
Sept. 26, 1982
March 29, 1985, midnight
Ended
NR
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