The girls' dream vacation in the Caribbean turns out to be far from what was advertised in the brochure. While the girls are away, Sophia romances the gardener.
In Texas, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) attempts to help the owner (Earl Holliman) of a small trucking company clear his son (Patrick Cassidy) of a murder charge.
Ben has trouble with the defense of a brash, young client framed for the murder of a wealthy relative.
Matlock's client, a hot blues singer and compulsive gambler, is accused of murdering his boss/bookmaker, but Matlock discovers that a lot of people wanted the victim dead.
Defending a compulsive gambler accused of killing his bookie, Matlock uncovers an unsolved 15-year-old art theft and murder, as well as a blackmail scheme that followed the crime.
