Lawrence Gordon
Director
Matt Houston (1982)
Season 3
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
S3E1 - Wanted Man (2)
Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.
Sept. 21, 1984, midnight
S3E2 - Vanished
other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered)
When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.
Sept. 28, 1984, midnight
S3E3 - Eyewitness
other characters: Guard
Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.
Oct. 12, 1984, midnight
S3E4 - Apostle of Death
Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.
Oct. 19, 1984, midnight
S3E5 - Caged
other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh
C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.
Oct. 26, 1984, midnight
S3E6 - Return to Nam (1)
Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.
Nov. 2, 1984, midnight
S3E7 - Escape from Nam (2)
Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.
Nov. 9, 1984, midnight
S3E8 - High Fashion Murders
other characters: Kirby Andrews (Chauffeur), Monica, Beverly Roberts
Matt can't accept the perfect alibi of his chief suspect (James Read) in the deaths of two models, until he learns a family secret.
Nov. 16, 1984, midnight
S3E9 - Death Stalk
other characters: Mickey (the chimp)
An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.
Nov. 23, 1984, midnight
S3E10 - Blood Money
Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.
Nov. 30, 1984, midnight
S3E11 - Deadly Games
Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.
Dec. 7, 1984, midnight
S3E12 - Stolen
After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.
Dec. 21, 1984, midnight
S3E13 - The Nightmare Man
Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.
Jan. 4, 1985, midnight
S3E14 - Breakpoint
Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.
Jan. 11, 1985, midnight
S3E15 - Death Trap
C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.
Jan. 18, 1985, midnight
S3E16 - The Honeymoon Murders
Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.
Jan. 25, 1985, midnight
S3E17 - Beach Club Murders
Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.
Feb. 1, 1985, midnight
S3E18 - New Orleans Nightmare
A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.
Feb. 8, 1985, midnight
S3E19 - Company Secrets
other characters: Ed Thompson, The Chief
To flush the killer after his old CIA squad that call themselves ""The Five Fingers"", Roy pretends an attempt to kill him was successful.
Feb. 15, 1985, midnight
S3E20 - Killing Time
Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.
Feb. 22, 1985, midnight
S3E21 - Death Watch
Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.
March 15, 1985, midnight
S3E22 - Final Vows
Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.
March 29, 1985, 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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