After a judge is killed in a deliberate explosion, Matlock suspects he was the actual target of the killer. He looks back on past cases to find someone who has a motive to kill him in revenge.

Cast: Andy Griffith, Daniel Roebuck, Carol Huston, Richard Gilliland, Ric Reitz, Bob Hannah, David Lenthall, Raphael Sabatini, Dave Hager, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Robert D. Raiford, Mike Roark, Hank Troscianiec