The Judge (Matlock episode)

The Judge is an episode of "Matlock" from the first season.Matlock-Episode
Title=The Judge
Series=Matlock
Season=1
Episode=3
Mass=Charlene Matlock
MPI=Tyler Hudson
MDA=Lloyd Burgess
MJudge=Carter Addison
Richard Cooksey
Richard Cook
MOther=
MAcc=Kevin Meredith
MDead=Joanne Leigh
MKiller=Carter Addison
Guests=Bobbie Eakes
(Joanne Leigh)
Dick Van Dyke
(Judge Carter Addison)
Toni Sawyer
(Mrs. Meredith)
Richard Wright
(Harry Hobson)
Richard McKenzie
(Judge Richard Cook)
Piper Laurie
(Claire Leigh)
Kit McDonough
(Assistant D.A.)
Brian L. Green
(Kevin Meredith)
Writer=Robert Hamilton
Director=Christopher Hibler
Production=
Airdate=September 23, 1986
Prev=Diary of a Perfect Murder
Next=The Stripper

Episode Summary

The episode starts out with Kevin Meredith (Brian L. Green) and Joanne Leigh (Bobbie Eakes) kissing in a room with Carter Addison (Dick Van Dyke) watching them through the window with a pair of binoculars. He finally realizes that his lover is stepping out on him. He walks over to their apartment room, lets him self in, and waits for Kevin Meredith to go take a shower before he enters the bedroom and stabs her to death. He leaves the knife on the floor and goes back out into the hall and calls the front desk saying "there is a woman screaming for help, something terrible has happened" and takes his bag with the bloody clothes in it. Kevin comes out of the shower and finds a knife with blood all over it; picks up the knife and looks over at the bed and sees Joanne dead while someone at the apartment comes in and sees him holding the murder weapon. It turns out Carter Addison is the judge presiding over the trial. Matlock becomes very suspicious when Carter asks him to step down to let another lawyer take his place. Later in the episode Carter goes back and burns the bag with all of his bloody clothes in it. Matlock however beat him to it. He had replacements put there by Tyler Hudson and is able to present the real clothes in court. The prosecution then moves for dismissal.

Credits

The Judge - Episode of "Matlock"

tarring

*Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
*Linda Purl as Charlene Matlock
*Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson

Recurring Roles

*Kahlil Wheaton as the Bailiff
*Richard Newton as Judge Richard Cooksey
*Michael Durrell as Lloyd Burgess

Guest Stars

*Dick Van Dyke as Judge Carter Addison
*Kit McDonough as assistant D.A.
*Brian L. Green as Kevin Meredith
*Piper Laurie as Claire Leigh
*Bobbie Eakes as Joanne Leigh
*Richard McKenzie as Judge Richard Cook
*Toni Sawyer as Mrs. Meredith
*Richard Wright as Harry Hobson

Also

*Supervising Producer - Richard Collins
*Produced by Joel Steiger
*Created by Dean Hargrove
*Written by Robert Hamilton
*Directed by Christopher Hibler

References

* [http://www.tv.com/matlock/the-judge/episode/16645/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;2 The Judge at tv.com]
*imdb title|0644034|The Judge