1 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Good morning. 2 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:06,620 What's going on? 3 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:07,920 Oh, finally. 4 00:02:08,419 --> 00:02:09,720 I've been waiting since 8 .30. 5 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,400 Where's Mr. Matlock? 6 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,980 Um, who are you? 7 00:02:15,660 --> 00:02:17,680 I'm Ned Collins with the Atlanta Digest magazine. 8 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,220 Mr. Matlock didn't tell you about our interview? 9 00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:23,860 No, he never mentioned it. 10 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:27,020 That's strange. 11 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:32,060 An interview with Atlanta Digest is the kind of thing Ben would grumble about 12 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:33,840 but secretly enjoy. 13 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:38,560 How did you get in here? 14 00:02:39,780 --> 00:02:40,780 Security guard. 15 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:42,619 Nice guy. 16 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:44,620 Let me stand out in the rain for a good 20 minutes. 17 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:48,460 Don't. 18 00:02:48,820 --> 00:02:50,180 Are you all right, Mr. Collins? 19 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Yeah, fine. 20 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,680 I guess it's the rain that gets on my nerves. 21 00:02:55,340 --> 00:02:57,640 I didn't mean to bark at you like that. I understand. 22 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,160 I guess it's one of those days. 23 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:00,580 Yeah. 24 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,800 Well, I need coffee. 25 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,040 You want some? 26 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:05,340 Yeah, about a quart. 27 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:09,460 So you expect Mr. Matlock any minute? 28 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,920 Well, ordinarily, Ben's the first one in. 29 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,080 He gets up at five. 30 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,920 He says early morning's his thinking time. 31 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,960 I don't even know my own name at that hour. 32 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:31,800 But this morning, Ben had to stop off at the courthouse. 33 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:36,880 Courthouse? 34 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:39,540 When will he be here? 35 00:03:40,140 --> 00:03:41,140 Not long. 36 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:45,200 Then he's worth waiting for, Mr. Collins. Ben is the best storyteller. 37 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Yes, so I've heard. 38 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,820 Of course, he's been known to embellish, just a little. 39 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,120 I've heard that, too. 40 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:02,920 You can't do that. 41 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,080 Like hell I can't. Ben doesn't allow anyone to smoke in this office, not even 42 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,680 clients who are paying him a fortune. 43 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,180 Now, if you light that, you'll be out on your ear without an interview. 44 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:15,740 I wouldn't want that. 45 00:04:18,380 --> 00:04:24,240 Oh, that startled me. 46 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:26,960 It was so loud. 47 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:30,660 I like rain, but thunder? 48 00:04:31,150 --> 00:04:32,150 I don't know. 49 00:04:32,890 --> 00:04:34,250 Oh, boy, this is a mess. 50 00:04:35,330 --> 00:04:36,970 Like I said, it's just one of those days. 51 00:04:37,230 --> 00:04:38,230 Yeah. 52 00:04:38,850 --> 00:04:40,910 I've got to get some carpet cleaner. 53 00:04:41,130 --> 00:04:42,130 Where are you going? 54 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:45,690 The janitorial closet has some cleaning supplies. The security guard has the 55 00:04:45,690 --> 00:04:46,690 key. Wait. 56 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:51,750 Oh, the power's going out. 57 00:04:52,230 --> 00:04:53,230 Yeah, it seems that way. 58 00:04:54,050 --> 00:04:55,050 Look, I have an idea. 59 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:58,430 You work side by side with Matlock, who knows him better. 60 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,360 Till he arrives, why don't I just interview you? 61 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,260 No, no, no. Well, he can hardly sit here himself and talk about how great he is. 62 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,900 But he does, all the time. 63 00:05:10,180 --> 00:05:11,180 And he is. 64 00:05:14,260 --> 00:05:18,140 Well, Ben's not only the best lawyer I've ever worked with, or the best 65 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:20,660 in Atlanta, but the best, period. 66 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:27,120 To, uh, you know, to watch him work, put all the pieces together, he's amazing. 67 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,000 And in the courtroom, no one is better. 68 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:36,620 I remember this one case when even I wasn't prepared for what he did. 69 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:43,320 Members of the jury, I know we'd all like to get out of here and go someplace 70 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,720 where the air conditioning actually works, so I'm going to be brief. 71 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:54,760 Now, I've got to be fair and recognize, as do you, that the prosecution... 72 00:05:55,580 --> 00:05:58,980 has collected a lot of circumstantial evidence. 73 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,120 But the problem is, it is all circumstantial. 74 00:06:05,780 --> 00:06:10,940 Now, they've accused this man of murder, but no one saw the crime occur. 75 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,660 Nobody has ever been found. 76 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:20,520 No one knows how the victim died or if he died at all. In fact, they have never 77 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,100 proved a crime was actually committed. 78 00:06:25,390 --> 00:06:29,330 And now, I'm going to count to ten. 79 00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:37,490 And when I'm done, this supposed victim is going to walk through that door over 80 00:06:37,490 --> 00:06:38,490 there. 81 00:06:57,110 --> 00:07:01,690 Seven, eight, nine, ten. 82 00:07:14,850 --> 00:07:21,710 So you see, members of the jury, in fairness, you must 83 00:07:21,710 --> 00:07:23,470 return a verdict of not guilty. 84 00:07:24,170 --> 00:07:30,430 Each and every one of you was staring at that door because you had a reasonable 85 00:07:30,430 --> 00:07:33,570 doubt that a crime was even committed. 86 00:07:34,770 --> 00:07:36,950 And you must let this man go free. 87 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:40,330 He was staring at that door as hard as you were. 88 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:43,930 And so were they. 89 00:07:50,790 --> 00:07:51,790 Dramatic, huh? 90 00:07:52,250 --> 00:07:54,940 Very. Sounds like he'll do anything to win. 91 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,040 Ben knows just how to appeal to a jury. 92 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:01,380 He's a brilliant lawyer. 93 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:02,840 And teacher. 94 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,040 And friend. 95 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,440 A good friend. 96 00:08:11,860 --> 00:08:16,660 One time, my best friend from college, Andrea Morrow, was accused of murder. 97 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,480 And it turned into the strangest, most unique case. 98 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:02,290 The killer was blind and very, very clever. 99 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:51,540 Electricity's gone out. 100 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,200 I wouldn't know. 101 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,980 It's a circuit breaker. What are you doing here, anyway? 102 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,480 Just taking care of some old business all alone in the dark. 103 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:17,700 You should be ashamed for even thinking such a thing. 104 00:10:19,630 --> 00:10:21,270 Clay Graham was my best friend. 105 00:10:22,390 --> 00:10:25,370 I wouldn't have killed him even if I could. 106 00:10:28,650 --> 00:10:29,810 Quite obviously. 107 00:10:31,730 --> 00:10:32,730 I can't. 108 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:41,910 I understand that you were quite a marksman before you lost your sight. 109 00:10:43,550 --> 00:10:47,550 Mr. Matlock, I ask you, truthfully, 110 00:10:52,550 --> 00:10:53,730 Are these the eyes of a killer? 111 00:11:00,050 --> 00:11:05,190 Well, the evidence against Andrea was compelling, and as I'd feared, the 112 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:06,630 prosecution put me on the stand. 113 00:11:06,970 --> 00:11:07,970 Sure, I did. 114 00:11:07,990 --> 00:11:11,070 Well, I was afraid my testimony would convict my friend. What did the 115 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,410 say, Ms. Thomas? 116 00:11:13,270 --> 00:11:14,990 I don't recall her exact words. 117 00:11:15,570 --> 00:11:17,850 Well, then would you paraphrase it for us, please? 118 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:22,300 She said no. 119 00:11:24,340 --> 00:11:27,880 He'd hit her for the last time, and she wasn't going to let him do it again, no 120 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:28,880 matter what it takes. 121 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:31,640 Thank you. 122 00:11:31,820 --> 00:11:33,260 No further questions, Your Honor. 123 00:11:36,340 --> 00:11:37,420 Cross, Mr. Matlock. 124 00:11:38,420 --> 00:11:42,400 I'd like to examine the phrase, no matter what it takes. 125 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,460 Seems to me that's a phrase that most of us use almost every day. I'll do such 126 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:48,600 and such, no matter what it takes. 127 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:50,060 When I was... 128 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:55,000 11 or 12 years old, my mother said, next Sunday, you're going to learn to make 129 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,960 cornbread no matter what it takes, and I don't think she meant to kill me. 130 00:11:58,440 --> 00:11:59,440 Objection, Your Honor. 131 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:00,920 Nothing further. 132 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,340 Objection, Your Honor. 133 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:07,740 But Ben took what I'd said and proved otherwise. 134 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,700 Another Ben Matlock con. 135 00:12:12,060 --> 00:12:13,060 Not really. 136 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,500 More like another point of view. 137 00:12:16,780 --> 00:12:20,360 And then in the course of my investigation, I uncovered an important 138 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,880 And then he went back to his studio and did some target practice. And then 139 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,380 later, at the victim's house... 140 00:12:43,610 --> 00:12:46,830 Ben uncovered the one clue that everyone had overlooked. 141 00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:48,090 Yeah. 142 00:12:48,190 --> 00:12:52,630 Yeah, there's something... Something doesn't quite fall. 143 00:12:53,010 --> 00:12:57,970 What? Well, the forensics people estimated from the trajectory of the 144 00:12:57,970 --> 00:13:03,150 that the victim was standing on his third step when he was hit. 145 00:13:03,570 --> 00:13:10,390 Right. But look at this little trail of blood from the cut on his right foot. 146 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:18,180 There's blood here on the landing, and on this first step, and none on the 147 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:22,060 second. And if their estimate is correct, there should be blood on this 148 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,140 but there isn't. 149 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:31,760 Oh, I'm sorry. We didn't mean to startle you. I'm Ben Matlock. This is Michelle 150 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,260 Thomas. We represent Andrea Morrow. 151 00:13:34,820 --> 00:13:36,240 Hattie Larson, Mr. 152 00:13:36,580 --> 00:13:40,000 Graham's housekeeper. I came here to clear out my things and to leave the 153 00:13:44,140 --> 00:13:50,000 Ms. Larson, how often did you come in and clean for Mr. Graham? 154 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:53,140 I came in at 10, left at 5, day in and day out. 155 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,220 And how often did you empty the wastebasket? 156 00:13:56,660 --> 00:13:57,660 Every day. 157 00:13:57,940 --> 00:14:01,860 So the last time this one was emptied was the day he was murdered? 158 00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:03,140 That's right. 159 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:11,340 Mr. Matlock, I was nowhere near that place. I was at my apartment that night, 160 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:12,700 all night. 161 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:24,360 Your Honor, at this time, I'd like to enter into evidence Defense Exhibit 162 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,700 G, this piece of paper. 163 00:14:27,740 --> 00:14:33,780 It was found in a wastebasket in the kitchen of Clay Graham's home. 164 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:44,720 Now, Mr. Graham's housekeeper is certain that wastebasket was empty when 165 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:45,720 she left the house. 166 00:14:46,220 --> 00:14:52,760 at 5 o 'clock, the day of the murder, which means this piece of paper had to 167 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,320 thrown there by the killer. 168 00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,340 You know what's on it? 169 00:15:00,380 --> 00:15:01,460 I have no idea. 170 00:15:01,780 --> 00:15:07,540 Clay Graham, stepping on this piece of paper, was your cue 171 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:10,960 when and where to fire. 172 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,840 You had placed this... 173 00:15:13,930 --> 00:15:20,230 On the third step from the top, and when you heard Clay Graham's foot 174 00:15:20,230 --> 00:15:24,270 hit this paper, you shot it. 175 00:15:28,430 --> 00:15:32,110 And you retrieved the piece of paper and threw it away. 176 00:15:33,690 --> 00:15:39,350 How could you know it had Clay Graham's blood on it? You'd planned everything so 177 00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:40,350 carefully. 178 00:15:41,490 --> 00:15:43,310 I guess you thought this... 179 00:15:43,820 --> 00:15:45,620 was a blank piece of drawing paper. 180 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:50,820 Nothing further. 181 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,380 So, Madeline got your friend off. 182 00:16:00,780 --> 00:16:01,780 She was innocent. 183 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:05,520 Well, maybe that's Ben. 184 00:16:06,020 --> 00:16:07,180 I'll tell him you're waiting. 185 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:12,340 Hello? 186 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,080 Ben. Yeah, I got soaked, too. 187 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:17,680 Ben. 188 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:19,940 Yeah. Cats and dogs. 189 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:21,700 Ben. 190 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,740 They're predicting another inch before nightfall? 191 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:28,740 Um, more lightning and thunder, too? 192 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:30,480 You're kidding. 193 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,640 Ben. 194 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:37,700 Do as I say and I won't hurt you. Don't scream, understand? 195 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,380 Tell him to come to the office right now. Got it? Now. 196 00:16:48,780 --> 00:16:52,820 Yes, that intersection is flooded. Ben, if you could come to the office. 197 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,660 Okay, no, that's fine. 198 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Goodbye. 199 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:02,300 Well? He'll be here as soon as he can. 200 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,339 That was the best I could do. 201 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,839 No, it wasn't. 202 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,839 All right, Miss Thomas, I want you to pick up the phone. Call Matlock and tell 203 00:17:23,839 --> 00:17:24,839 him to come here now. 204 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,920 But I don't know where to call him. Don't lie to me. 205 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,280 I have been lied to and lied to. No more. 206 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:33,900 I'm not lying to you, Mr. Collins. 207 00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:36,820 When Ben called, he didn't say where he was. 208 00:17:37,180 --> 00:17:38,220 You said the courthouse. 209 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:42,460 Oh, yes, but the courthouse is a big place. He could have called from almost 210 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:46,080 office or from a phone booth in a corridor or... 211 00:17:47,690 --> 00:17:50,730 I honestly don't know where to reach him. I honestly don't. 212 00:17:51,050 --> 00:17:52,550 You're making me angry, Miss Thomas. 213 00:17:56,750 --> 00:18:02,410 One word, one sound, you're dead. That wind. 214 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:04,350 It's like a hurricane out there. 215 00:18:04,870 --> 00:18:05,870 Hi, Michelle. 216 00:18:06,770 --> 00:18:08,150 Isn't this weather awful? 217 00:18:09,770 --> 00:18:11,730 Is someone having their picture taken? 218 00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:15,390 Ben Matlock for the cover of Atlanta Digest. 219 00:18:15,820 --> 00:18:18,640 The cover? Oh, well, I'm impressed. 220 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,080 That rascal didn't tell me. 221 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,940 Uh, Mr. Matlock's at the courthouse this morning. You can find him there. I just 222 00:18:24,940 --> 00:18:25,899 saw him there. 223 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:29,500 We're going to meet here to go over our plans for the Bar Association meeting. 224 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:37,000 Last year, we raised nearly 20... Uh, is something wrong? 225 00:18:40,180 --> 00:18:44,360 I'll... I... I'll just go find... 226 00:18:44,650 --> 00:18:45,810 Van at the courthouse? 227 00:18:46,010 --> 00:18:49,310 Don't worry, I'll see myself out. I don't think so. 228 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:50,990 Oh. 229 00:18:51,370 --> 00:18:52,610 Don't scream, understand? 230 00:18:56,930 --> 00:18:57,930 Pit. 231 00:18:58,990 --> 00:18:59,990 Pit! 232 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:04,550 Over here with your friend. 233 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:07,310 Come on! 234 00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:13,390 Not too close. 235 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:18,740 You two are smart. 236 00:19:19,820 --> 00:19:20,820 Too smart. 237 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,440 Now we'll all wait for Ben Matlock together. 238 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:33,140 We haven't met. I'm Julie March, and you're... The man who's going to kill 239 00:19:33,140 --> 00:19:34,140 Matlock. 240 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,140 You sound very angry at Ben. 241 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,400 Angry doesn't have cover. 242 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,280 Maybe if you talked about it. 243 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:45,480 Do you know Ben? 244 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:47,640 No, I never had the pleasure. 245 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,420 Ben Matlock is the finest man I've ever known. 246 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,000 Look, lady, I got no bone to pick with you. 247 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,400 What are you, his girlfriend? 248 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,100 No, not exactly. I wouldn't exactly say that. 249 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:03,920 Well, what are you then? 250 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:10,420 Well, actually, our relationship is very complicated. 251 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,660 Right from the beginning, we had this marvelous... 252 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:20,400 rapport, and absolute respect for each other. 253 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,400 You don't think for one second I'm going to reveal my strategy, do you? Give me 254 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:26,959 a break. 255 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,700 You know the DA's office. 256 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,780 I'm up against the toughest, wildest, most ruthless prosecutor they've got. 257 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:35,100 Thank you, Your Honor. 258 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,920 Now, Mr. Frankel, you have testified. 259 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,700 The trajectory of the bullet into the chair... Objection! 260 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:45,960 The chair isn't on trial here. 261 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,900 Let me ask that question again. 262 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,660 Did the chair... Objection. The chair isn't in the witness stand, though I'm 263 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:56,480 sure if it were, Mr. Matlock would be piercing in his examination. 264 00:20:58,340 --> 00:20:59,420 Rephrase, Mr. Matlock. 265 00:21:00,580 --> 00:21:04,600 I'd be pleased, Your Honor, if I could get a net size worth of space to get my 266 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:05,600 question out. 267 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,000 What the hell was that all about? 268 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,460 I beg your pardon? 269 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,500 Don't give me that innocent look. 270 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:17,080 of all the unreasonable, nettlesome objections I ever heard of. Oh, high 271 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,460 And before lunch? Chair on the witness stand. I suppose you thought that was 272 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:25,720 cute. Oh, come on, Ben. The jury was falling asleep. I did you a favor. 273 00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:31,500 Besides, your client is so guilty, the only suspense is when you're going to 274 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:32,500 to plea bargain him. 275 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:39,120 Of course, our relationship is not all special moments, but we are always the 276 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:40,120 best of friends. 277 00:21:40,490 --> 00:21:44,890 Your Honor, if I could just... No, 278 00:21:48,450 --> 00:21:49,450 Counselor. 279 00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:52,170 Will Counsel approach the bench? 280 00:21:53,250 --> 00:21:57,930 It isn't always easy. I mean, I prosecute the people Ben defends. 281 00:21:58,350 --> 00:22:03,290 So, at times, we're what you might call friendly adversaries. Your Honor, we're 282 00:22:03,290 --> 00:22:04,470 just having a reasoned argument. 283 00:22:04,730 --> 00:22:06,270 Mr. Matlock, that'll be enough. 284 00:22:07,670 --> 00:22:08,670 Back on the record. 285 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,860 As far as bail is concerned, prosecution's argument is well taken. 286 00:22:13,860 --> 00:22:15,660 denied. Thank you. But, Your Honor. 287 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:17,080 Matlock, that is all. 288 00:22:20,820 --> 00:22:23,180 I'm sorry, but I do think that was fair. 289 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:25,580 No, it's broken. Are you coming home for dinner? 290 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:26,940 Yeah. Good. 291 00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:29,520 I'll make you the best fried chicken you've ever had. 292 00:22:29,740 --> 00:22:30,740 Yeah? Yeah. 293 00:22:31,790 --> 00:22:36,790 Ben is the most brilliant legal mind I've ever encountered. He's a fraud and 294 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:39,770 liar. No, he isn't. I'm sorry, but you're wrong. 295 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:41,750 Truly. It's all right, Michelle. 296 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:45,830 Ben Matlock is not a fraud, and he is certainly not a liar. 297 00:22:46,150 --> 00:22:51,130 In fact, there is only one time when his integrity has ever been questioned. 298 00:22:51,430 --> 00:22:55,810 And Mr. Matlock said that if I would vote not guilty and get some of the 299 00:22:55,810 --> 00:22:59,150 jurors to vote with me, well, I'd make it worth my while. 300 00:22:59,370 --> 00:23:00,370 Worth your while. 301 00:23:00,970 --> 00:23:01,970 $50 ,000. 302 00:23:02,890 --> 00:23:03,890 $50 ,000? 303 00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:06,690 I... I said yes. 304 00:23:06,910 --> 00:23:10,670 And as soon as I said it, I felt terrible. I wanted to back out, but Mr. 305 00:23:10,670 --> 00:23:11,449 wouldn't let me. 306 00:23:11,450 --> 00:23:15,450 Your Honor, I object to all of this. It's scurrilous and completely without 307 00:23:15,450 --> 00:23:20,550 foundation. Mr. Craven has no corroboration of any kind. Let him 308 00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:23,050 piece of evidence to back up his story. Just one. 309 00:23:24,110 --> 00:23:25,110 Mr. Craven? 310 00:23:31,820 --> 00:23:32,820 Where'd you get that envelope? 311 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:39,560 I knew Ben Matlock would never do such a thing. But there was evidence. 312 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,080 Full evidence. 313 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,640 I've arranged for one of the best legal minds in the whole South to defend you. 314 00:23:57,220 --> 00:23:58,700 Who? Me. 315 00:23:58,960 --> 00:23:59,960 You? 316 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,340 As I've often heard you say, you've got yourself a mouthpiece. 317 00:24:04,980 --> 00:24:07,180 Julie. Now, don't worry about a thing. 318 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,860 You're in safe hands. 319 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,680 Mr. Craven, is there a reason why nobody saw you talking to Mr. Matlock? 320 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,960 Yes. He told me... I must say, Ben was a little surprised. 321 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,620 And he wasn't the easiest client. 322 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Order! 323 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:29,530 Mr. Matlock. This jackass got a hold of $50 ,000 somewhere, and somebody's 324 00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:32,330 trying to railroad me in on it, and it's a damn lot. 325 00:24:32,590 --> 00:24:36,150 Mr. Matlock, you will sit down immediately, or I'll cite you for 326 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:43,070 But we work together. I can't believe it, losing control like that. If I was 327 00:24:43,070 --> 00:24:45,110 lawyer, I'd fire me. I would, too. 328 00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:47,050 But I can't fire you. 329 00:24:47,590 --> 00:24:49,250 You're the only client I have. 330 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,160 I think we got him. 331 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,560 The chair. 332 00:25:24,020 --> 00:25:26,660 Remember the executive chair? 333 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:32,320 This chair will straighten this whole thing out right now. 334 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:34,280 You remember this chair? 335 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,620 Where Dan Keaton was sitting when you shot him? 336 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:42,340 Mr. O 'Hara? 337 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,380 Would you please sit in the chair? 338 00:26:01,450 --> 00:26:02,450 A little low, isn't it? 339 00:26:04,490 --> 00:26:06,230 It's not my chair. That's right. 340 00:26:07,030 --> 00:26:09,930 This chair was set for somebody a lot taller. 341 00:26:10,590 --> 00:26:11,590 Thank you, mister. 342 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:17,130 Mr. Linford, have a seat. 343 00:26:37,610 --> 00:26:38,770 Looks like a perfect fit. 344 00:26:39,210 --> 00:26:40,970 Has the jury reached a verdict? 345 00:26:41,910 --> 00:26:43,090 We have, Your Honor. 346 00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:46,150 Will the defendant please stand? 347 00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:51,990 May we have the verdict? 348 00:26:52,670 --> 00:26:56,070 We find the defendant, Benjamin Matlock, not guilty. 349 00:26:57,290 --> 00:26:59,490 This court is adjourned. 350 00:27:00,050 --> 00:27:03,170 So you see, Ben Matlock is an honest man. 351 00:27:03,670 --> 00:27:05,930 You think Ben Matlock is a great guy? 352 00:27:06,730 --> 00:27:08,310 And he's honest and he's loyal. 353 00:27:08,690 --> 00:27:10,110 Well, maybe he is to his friends. 354 00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:13,930 But what about the innocent people whose lives he's destroyed with his brilliant 355 00:27:13,930 --> 00:27:14,930 legal mind? 356 00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:18,810 Answer it. 357 00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:22,230 If it's Matlock, tell him there's an emergency and he has to get here right 358 00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:24,850 Move. 359 00:27:36,379 --> 00:27:38,000 Ben, I'm glad you called. 360 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,200 People really have a bad connection if you think I sound like Ben. 361 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:46,820 Listen, Ben, you have to get over to the office right away. There's a client 362 00:27:46,820 --> 00:27:48,720 waiting. Understand, Ben? 363 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:50,800 Something's wrong. 364 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,280 You'll have to see for yourself. 365 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,380 Hang in there. I'll be there in ten minutes. 366 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:55,840 Thanks, Ben. 367 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,520 Jim? 368 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:23,540 Yeah, babe. 369 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,760 Yeah, it falls along. 370 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,680 Yes, warm it up. I'm on my way in. 371 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:29,560 All right, bye -bye. 372 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:37,200 Come 373 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:46,480 on, 374 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:47,500 let's go. Move it. 375 00:30:01,580 --> 00:30:02,720 It doesn't look too bad. 376 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:06,440 Just give me a minute. I'll be all right. He wants to kill Ben. Correction. 377 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:07,440 going to kill Ben. 378 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:09,560 Any particular reason? 379 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:10,900 He didn't say. 380 00:30:11,660 --> 00:30:12,680 It's very peculiar. 381 00:30:13,580 --> 00:30:18,460 First, he breaks into the office, blocks us in the closet, hits you over the 382 00:30:18,460 --> 00:30:22,080 head. Then he says he wants to kill Ben, but he won't tell us why. 383 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,320 Don't you think we deserve an explanation? 384 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,020 Do you always talk so much? 385 00:30:26,420 --> 00:30:27,600 Only when I'm nervous. 386 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,520 Baby, relax. Nothing's going to happen to you. 387 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:35,500 I can't bear men I don't know calling me baby. Shut up. I'm sorry. 388 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,480 Don't apologize. Just be quiet, okay? 389 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:38,920 Whatever you say. 390 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,540 Baby, you ought to relax. 391 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:46,280 I am fine. 392 00:30:47,140 --> 00:30:48,320 You don't look so good. 393 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,420 You're sweating. You're on edge. 394 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,540 Why are you doing this to yourself? 395 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:56,000 Why don't you think about giving it up? Forget it. 396 00:30:57,550 --> 00:31:02,230 You know, personally, I can understand someone wanting to kill Ben Matlock. 397 00:31:02,230 --> 00:31:03,490 thought about it once or twice myself. 398 00:31:03,970 --> 00:31:05,130 Tyler! Oh, really. 399 00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:10,010 You see, the world sees what Ben Matlock wants it to see. The great defense 400 00:31:10,010 --> 00:31:12,350 attorney. Man for the people. 401 00:31:13,110 --> 00:31:15,150 Willing to fight the good fight for justice. 402 00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:18,050 Someone's got to do his legwork. 403 00:31:18,690 --> 00:31:20,390 Someone's got to dig out the facts. 404 00:31:20,690 --> 00:31:22,370 Someone's got to do the dirt around here. 405 00:31:23,010 --> 00:31:28,330 Ben. Now, this is exactly the reason why I don't like investigative work. Take a 406 00:31:28,330 --> 00:31:29,330 look around here. 407 00:31:30,490 --> 00:31:34,870 One, this is the kind of place where you can catch death like a cold. 408 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:37,890 I assume there's a powerful reason why we're here. 409 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:44,010 Two, you never know when one of these yahoos is going to get it in his skull 410 00:31:44,010 --> 00:31:46,610 mess with you. Why are we here? 411 00:31:47,150 --> 00:31:48,150 Right. 412 00:31:48,370 --> 00:31:52,230 I put the word out to some people that we are looking for a very... 413 00:31:52,590 --> 00:31:57,690 special songbird i got a message on my answering machine said if we came here 414 00:31:57,690 --> 00:32:02,930 we'd meet somebody you think the person we're looking for could be here now 415 00:32:02,930 --> 00:32:07,550 either that but he sent someone to scout us out first 416 00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:13,230 you girls love 417 00:32:13,230 --> 00:32:18,010 you see what i mean it never fails 418 00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:20,780 I asked you a question, Leroy. 419 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:25,820 Of course, you realize that because of this scholar, we have blown our meeting. 420 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,080 No one's going to talk to us now. 421 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:32,700 Bet you and me get it all, son. 422 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,180 You know, Fred, you're right. You made your point. We're leaving. 423 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:37,580 You ain't going. 424 00:32:42,820 --> 00:32:44,200 Damn, I hate this business. 425 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:53,230 I have been beat up, tied up, locked up for good old Ben. 426 00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:55,550 You see, he's great at giving directions. 427 00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:58,550 I'm still following her, Ben. Well, don't lose her. 428 00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:01,050 Hey, do you tell Junior Child how to fry an egg? 429 00:33:01,310 --> 00:33:03,130 Is she with somebody? Can you see? 430 00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:04,830 Not yet. 431 00:33:05,210 --> 00:33:06,210 Get closer. 432 00:33:06,270 --> 00:33:07,229 I'm trying. 433 00:33:07,230 --> 00:33:08,450 Can you see who it is? 434 00:33:08,770 --> 00:33:10,010 I'm working on it, Ben. 435 00:33:10,470 --> 00:33:13,270 Hey, I'm going to take this shirt up through the alley and try to get in 436 00:33:13,270 --> 00:33:14,270 of her. 437 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,640 He's willing to go to any length to find the truth. 438 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:41,160 Then I was in the army once. Once is enough. What do you mean, I have to? 439 00:33:41,380 --> 00:33:42,380 You the new man? 440 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,440 Looks that way. 441 00:33:43,540 --> 00:33:44,540 Name? 442 00:33:44,980 --> 00:33:46,060 Hudson Tyler. 443 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,760 Rank? 444 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,180 Private. You get your butt into fatigue. 445 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:54,360 I'm gonna make you my special project, Private. 446 00:33:59,780 --> 00:34:00,780 Hear the news? 447 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,000 I died. 448 00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:04,630 Five perfect inspections in a row. 449 00:34:05,490 --> 00:34:06,890 Everybody's going in town tonight. 450 00:34:07,210 --> 00:34:08,009 Not me. 451 00:34:08,010 --> 00:34:08,768 You're not? 452 00:34:08,770 --> 00:34:09,770 No way. 453 00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:17,010 In the last 24 hours, I've cleaned two latrines, policed the parade grounds, 454 00:34:17,330 --> 00:34:22,070 run an obstacle course, and painted the flagpole. 455 00:34:22,449 --> 00:34:27,949 My back is killing me. What used to be simple little blisters on my hands and 456 00:34:27,949 --> 00:34:33,929 feet are now bleeding sores. Now, as much as I hate this little bunk, When I 457 00:34:33,929 --> 00:34:39,210 my head on this pillow, it will not move until morning. 458 00:34:44,050 --> 00:34:45,050 Ted, hut! 459 00:34:47,110 --> 00:34:51,170 Gentlemen, there will be no night on the town tonight. This platoon will be in 460 00:34:51,170 --> 00:34:54,469 full field gear at 1800 hours, ready for a little speed march. 461 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,160 or someplace. 462 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,340 Don't talk to me. 463 00:35:13,860 --> 00:35:20,240 Tyler, I know how unpleasant this is, and I can't tell you how much I 464 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:21,240 what you're doing. 465 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:26,840 And somehow, I'll make it up to you. I don't know how yet, but I will. I swear. 466 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:31,960 Who are you looking at? 467 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:33,360 You're gonna be mad. 468 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:38,900 You're Mr. Spock. 469 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:42,060 I told you I knew you. 470 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,660 There's no one that's too big or too tough for Ben Matlock. 471 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,440 You know, he told me that you was his friend. I guess I better go straighten 472 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,440 out about that. 473 00:36:16,910 --> 00:36:18,790 Mrs. Martinez has been in today. 474 00:36:23,970 --> 00:36:26,990 Old Tyler Hudson is prepared to buy him a drink. 475 00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:28,990 Thank you. 476 00:36:31,970 --> 00:36:34,670 Tequila all around, courtesy of Tyler Hudson. 477 00:36:37,490 --> 00:36:39,450 Harold was going to fire you, wasn't he, Jimbo? 478 00:36:39,710 --> 00:36:42,730 He said that you are hopeless drunk, and he was going to make sure that you 479 00:36:42,730 --> 00:36:43,730 never got another job. 480 00:36:46,410 --> 00:36:47,410 Don't move, Jimbo. 481 00:36:48,010 --> 00:36:49,010 Don't move. 482 00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:51,490 See, I was in NAMM. I'm the real thing. 483 00:36:52,030 --> 00:36:58,070 Green Beret, Black Belt, Silver Star. I was a POW and a MIA. It was so bad where 484 00:36:58,070 --> 00:37:03,950 we were, we slept in body bags just in case. Don't you move, Jimbo, or I'll 485 00:37:03,950 --> 00:37:04,950 you out. 486 00:37:05,130 --> 00:37:09,570 But I want to know, just what did Ben Madlock do to you? 487 00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:31,030 busy, Les. 488 00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:32,790 Ben's not in yet? 489 00:37:33,030 --> 00:37:35,130 No. I'll tell him you stopped by. 490 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:39,270 Boy, this rain's got the traffic all snarled up the floor. 491 00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:41,510 You've really got to go, Les. 492 00:37:41,730 --> 00:37:45,450 I know, you're really busy, but you go right ahead, don't mind me. 493 00:37:46,510 --> 00:37:48,730 It'd take me a couple of minutes to pick this place. 494 00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:52,330 This isn't a good time, Les. 495 00:37:52,630 --> 00:37:55,230 Oh, Ben's just been complaining about this for months. 496 00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:56,990 You can't do that now. 497 00:37:57,390 --> 00:37:58,390 I already am. 498 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,860 This filter hasn't been changed in a blue moon. 499 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,080 You got a piece of paper or something? 500 00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:33,530 I'll bring in a new fella tomorrow. 501 00:38:34,850 --> 00:38:36,030 Don't mind that I said hello. 502 00:38:38,270 --> 00:38:39,270 Nice to see you. 503 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,100 Come on, let's go. 504 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,400 Sit down! 505 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:25,960 Tie him up. 506 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:28,120 I don't really know how... You're smart. 507 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:29,320 Figure it out. 508 00:39:33,420 --> 00:39:36,880 What is taking Matt like so long? He's at the courthouse. What's the matter, 509 00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:37,900 Ned? You getting nervous? 510 00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:39,180 Not particularly. 511 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:40,520 Maybe you're getting tired. 512 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,420 You're thinking that you're getting sloppy and might make a mistake. 513 00:39:44,860 --> 00:39:46,700 Why else would you tie me up? 514 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,440 You know something else? 515 00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:52,340 I think you've got a problem. 516 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:53,620 Oh, really? What's that? 517 00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,700 I think you had it all figured out. You knew what you were going to do and why 518 00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:58,700 you were doing it. 519 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,700 But now, you're not so sure. 520 00:40:03,299 --> 00:40:05,060 Maybe you want a way out. 521 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:06,460 What makes you say that? 522 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,760 Because you won't tell us why you're here. 523 00:40:09,020 --> 00:40:12,680 You'll know when I'm ready. Well, what's the big secret? Tell us. Shut up. Come 524 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,540 on. What happened? What was this great injustice? 525 00:40:15,020 --> 00:40:18,680 What did Ben Matlock do to you? Shut up. Come on. I'm waiting. I'm going to gag 526 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,440 you. Then who? Who did Ben Matlock hurt? My brother. Your brother? 527 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:27,160 My brother hanged himself in jail last week. 528 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:31,640 Ned Ben's a defense attorney. He doesn't put people in jail. 529 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,540 He framed my brother. That's impossible. 530 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,960 Ned, would you tell us who you're talking about? 531 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,020 James Billings. 532 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,740 The Erskine -Tate case. 533 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:45,440 Uh -huh. 534 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,500 I'm going to tell you what happened. 535 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:56,240 My brother taught law. He was Professor Tate's teaching assistant. 536 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,380 He really cared for him. 537 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,960 He even gave him a party at the end of the semester. 538 00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:05,860 Here's to you, sir. 539 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,960 And that night at the party, Professor Tate had a little too much to drink. 540 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:16,260 But he insisted on driving home. And on the way home, he ran over and killed a 541 00:41:16,260 --> 00:41:17,260 man. 542 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,260 Professor Tate was as guilty as sin. 543 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,060 The police had all the evidence they needed to convict. 544 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,480 But Tate had something better than the facts. 545 00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:53,580 Something better than the truth. He had Ben Matlock as his friend and attorney. 546 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,520 Ben. Ben Matlock. Professor Tate, what happened? 547 00:41:59,780 --> 00:42:03,980 What happened is they've got me locked up in here like some common criminal. 548 00:42:05,260 --> 00:42:08,180 Professor, if they think you committed a crime, they'll lock you up whether 549 00:42:08,180 --> 00:42:10,760 you're common or not. But I haven't committed any crime. 550 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,320 Not really. 551 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:16,020 Professor, what are you doing here? 552 00:42:17,180 --> 00:42:23,300 I don't really know. They booked me for driving under the influence of alcohol, 553 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,420 minor property damage. 554 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:27,760 Were you driving under the influence? 555 00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:31,460 Well, I had a few glasses of champagne. 556 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:33,840 A few? 557 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,440 You saw the whole thing? 558 00:42:36,740 --> 00:42:38,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 559 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,300 Standing right here, I ran over to help him, but he was dead already. 560 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,040 Matlock pulled out a shabby bag of tricks. 561 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:49,740 He made witnesses doubt their own stories. He made other witnesses afraid 562 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:50,740 talk. 563 00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:52,480 Do I know you? 564 00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:55,920 We've never met. 565 00:42:57,820 --> 00:43:00,580 Could have sworn I'd seen you before, but you're not sure. 566 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,660 A lot of folks come in here. 567 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:04,200 That's what I thought. 568 00:43:07,259 --> 00:43:10,640 Isn't it true that had you not gone in there, the gas station attendant would 569 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,560 have been gone and would not have seen the hit and run? 570 00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:16,420 I suppose so. Isn't it true that you lied to this court because you were part 571 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:18,540 a conspiracy to frame Professor Tate? No. 572 00:43:20,060 --> 00:43:26,900 Mr. Billings, isn't it true that you knew that students 573 00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:30,380 Wallace and Lane had plagiarized their paper? 574 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,340 No. But you're something of a legal scholar. 575 00:43:33,620 --> 00:43:34,800 Well, I still didn't spot it. 576 00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:38,550 Instead of throwing them out of school, you forced them to go along with your 577 00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:41,630 plan to drug Professor Tate and frame him for murder. 578 00:43:43,370 --> 00:43:49,770 Mr. Matlock, you know as well as I do that none of this has any basis in fact. 579 00:43:51,330 --> 00:43:52,330 I know this. 580 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:58,530 I know you killed an innocent man to satisfy your warped need for revenge. 581 00:43:59,010 --> 00:44:02,410 Objection. Sustained. And when he was finished, he had railroaded my brother. 582 00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:13,780 I went to see James a week before he took his own life. 583 00:44:15,060 --> 00:44:17,780 He told me he didn't do it. He was lying. 584 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:22,180 How the hell would you know? Ned, may I go to the desk? Are you afraid to hear 585 00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:24,880 the truth? I know the truth. Then you have nothing to fear. 586 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:40,440 Here. 587 00:44:42,030 --> 00:44:46,030 This is a letter from your brother. We received it about six weeks after 588 00:44:46,030 --> 00:44:47,030 Tate's trial. 589 00:44:48,150 --> 00:44:51,430 Ned, your brother blamed Erskine Tate for the death of your father. 590 00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:55,430 He hated him so much, he decided to frame him for murder. 591 00:44:55,970 --> 00:45:00,710 On the night of the party, with the help of some students, James drugged the 592 00:45:00,710 --> 00:45:01,710 professor. 593 00:45:01,830 --> 00:45:07,910 I think it is time for... I should be done with this. Easy, 594 00:45:08,610 --> 00:45:10,030 easy. The party's just begun. 595 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:13,950 It's okay. Now, let's go. 596 00:45:21,390 --> 00:45:23,730 Then he put on Tate's coat and hat. 597 00:45:24,610 --> 00:45:27,970 The students put Tate in the back seat of his car while your brother got in 598 00:45:27,970 --> 00:45:28,970 behind the wheel. 599 00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:34,090 They waited at a bus stop and then posing as Erskine Tate, your brother 600 00:45:34,090 --> 00:45:36,870 intentionally ran over and killed an innocent man. 601 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:57,380 This is James's handwriting. 602 00:45:57,980 --> 00:46:00,420 Ned, give me the gun. 603 00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:04,060 I'm with the district attorney's office. 604 00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:07,300 I can make it easier for you. 605 00:46:08,780 --> 00:46:10,720 You're not a killer and you know it. 606 00:46:20,020 --> 00:46:21,280 You made the right decision. 607 00:46:28,330 --> 00:46:29,670 I'm sorry I'm late. 608 00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:34,550 My battery went dead and I had to call road service, and on a day like today, 609 00:46:34,670 --> 00:46:35,670 they take forever. 610 00:46:38,010 --> 00:46:39,010 Who are you? 611 00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:40,150 Ned Billings. 612 00:46:40,570 --> 00:46:45,830 Ben Matlock. Oh, no clients. Not now. I have to get back to court. 613 00:46:46,210 --> 00:46:48,530 I don't have time to look at evidence now. 614 00:46:48,830 --> 00:46:51,290 Just tag it and bag it and put it on the desk. 615 00:46:51,790 --> 00:46:52,790 Ben. 616 00:46:54,510 --> 00:46:56,250 What are you doing tying to that chair? 617 00:46:57,050 --> 00:47:02,460 Ben. Tyler, I have to face a jury in less than an hour. I don't have time to 618 00:47:02,460 --> 00:47:03,460 fool around.