Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.
EP2 VanishedSep 28, 1984
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.
EP3 EyewitnessOct 12, 1984
other characters: Guard
Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.
EP4 Apostle of DeathOct 19, 1984
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.
EP5 CagedOct 26, 1984
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.
EP6 Return to Nam (1)Nov 02, 1984
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.
EP7 Escape from Nam (2)Nov 09, 1984
Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.
EP8 High Fashion MurdersNov 16, 1984
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.
EP9 Death StalkNov 23, 1984
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.
EP10 Blood MoneyNov 30, 1984
Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.
EP11 Deadly GamesDec 07, 1984
Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.
EP12 StolenDec 21, 1984
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.
EP13 The Nightmare ManJan 04, 1985
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.
EP14 BreakpointJan 11, 1985
Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.
EP15 Death TrapJan 18, 1985
C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.
Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.
EP18 New Orleans NightmareFeb 08, 1985
A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.
EP19 Company SecretsFeb 15, 1985
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.
EP20 Killing TimeFeb 22, 1985
Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.
EP21 Death WatchMar 15, 1985
other characters: Neil's girlfriend
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.
EP22 Final VowsMar 29, 1985
Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.
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.