Matlock - The Second Season
by Charles S. Dubin, Christian I. Nyby II, Christopher Hibler, Frank Thackery, Harvey S. Laidman
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Actor: Andy Griffith, Kari Lizer, Kene Holliday, Linda Purl, Nancy StaffordDirector: Charles S. Dubin, Christian I. Nyby II, Christopher Hibler, Frank Thackery, Harvey S. Laidman
Brand: MATLOCK
Writer: Anne Collins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1147 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Matlock - The Second Season
Movie Review: The Courtroom Columbo We All Loved
Summary: 5 Stars
No more lovable lawyer ever entered a courtroom than Andy Griffith's Ben Matlock. Over the course of 9 seasons viewers came to know and love every facet of Ben's personality. He was smart, but at heart an old country lawyer. Much like Columbo, he sort of lulled people to sleep by his demeanor, but the wheels were always turning and the viewer knew, in the end, Matlock would spring his client by revealing the real culprit on the witness stand.
Much less serious in tone than the great Perry Mason series, it was a blend of character humor and murder mystery hard to beat. Ben's crumpled suit and fetish for hot dogs were as of much interest as the case itself. Though Linda Purl was nice as Charlene, Ben's daughter, in season one, something was missing. When Ben traveled to England on a case in the second season, he found the spark the show needed in tall and pretty Nancy Stafford. She would portray Michelle Thomas for several years and the chemistry between the two made the show splendid entertainment.
Kene Holliday was fabulous the first three seasons as likable Tyler Hudson, Ben's detective who was often more into making a buck than anything else, and had an aversion to being roughed up. The final piece of the puzzle was Julie Sommars as Asst. D.A. Julie March. She would go up against Ben time and again and lose, yet there was a spark there which kept developing until romance bloomed. Kari Lizer's character, Cassie Phillips, only appeared this single season, but added to the show.
Season two was when the series began to really gel, and the cast did as well. Still a bit more serious at times than it would be in later seasons, there was humor also. The episodes in season two included three two-parters, keeping fans waiting a week to see how the transplanted Atlanta lawyer would spring his client. Those episodes are listed below.
THE BILLIONAIRE (TWO-PARTER) -- BLIND JUSTICE -- THE ANNIHILATOR -- THE HUSBAND -- THE POWER BROKERS (TWO-PARTER) -- THE NETWORK -- THE BEST FRIEND -- THE COUNTRY BOY -- THE GIFT -- THE GAMBLER -- THE BODY -- THE REUNION -- THE GIGILO -- THE UMPIRE -- THE INVESTIGATION (TWO-PARTER) -- THE HUCKSTERS -- THE LOVELORN -- THE GENIUS -- THE MAGICIAN -- THE FISHERMAN -- THE HEIRESS
Matlock was definitely a comfort show. You could grab a bite to eat and visit old friends each time we heard that Southern Matlock theme playing over the opening credits. Somehow, it always made you want a hot dog.....
Summary of Matlock - The Second Season
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD
High-profile Atlanta defense attorney Ben Matlock loves hot dogs, strums mountain tunes in his office, and isn?t clear on whether it is "do lunch and take a meeting" or vice versa. But he is, as one of his employees observes, "a real class act." Matlock is more urban than Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show, but while both characters have a folksy Southern charm, no one underestimates Matlock; not at his fee ($100,000!). No matter how carefully a killer plans and no matter how guilty Matlock?s client appears, Matlock always seems to know "something," which he reveals in a dramatic "moment of truth" in the courtroom worthy of Perry Mason. In some episodes, as in "Blind Justice," audiences are clued in as to the killer?s identity, but in most, we are in the dark. Matlock was one of television?s top 15 shows in this second season. It?s no mystery. Credit Griffith?s down home appeal. He?s as comfortable to viewers as Matlock?s favorite well-worn pair of shoes, which he replaces in one episode with a new pair exactly like it). Credit, too, clever writing, and some sly touches that manage to take Matlock just a little outside its comfort zone. The episode, "The Network," takes the format of a celebrity gossip show that reports on Matlock?s latest case, his defense of a Hollywood TV producer accused of killing a studio programming chief. Then-current NBC stars, including Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Rhea Perlman, and even Alf, cameo as themselves talking about the less than admired victim. A stunt episode, "The Hucksters," in which viewers were invited to call a toll-free number to vote on the killer, is presented here with all three alternate endings. Season two saw cast shake-ups; Linda Purl, who portrayed Matlock?s daughter and partner, departed the series, opening the door for Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas, who is introduced in the season-opening two-parter, "The Billionaire," in which Matlock travels to England to defend a man accused of murdering his tycoon father. Kari Lizer also joined the cast as Matlock?s cute new law clerk, Cassie. Kene Holliday returns as Tyler Hudson, Matlock?s questionable investigator. A more worthy foil for Griffith and Matlock is Julie Sommars in her Golden Globe-winning role as feisty prosecutor Julie Marsh. They?re not exactly David and Maddie from Moonlighting, but their playfully combative relationship gives the show some sparks. This season features some great guest stars, including David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E., David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H), Max Gail (Barney Miller), Marg Helgenberger (C.S.I.), Mason Adams (Lou Grant), and David Carradine (Kung Fu). But this is Griffith?s show all the way. There were certainly edgier, contemporary series, but Matlock endures as the last name in comfort television, whose old fashioned pleasures of watching justice be served never get old. --Donald Liebenson
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