Ben regrets teaching a public seminar on criminal law, when one of his students disappears without a trace after a class discussion on the perfect crime.
Against Matlock's approval, his associate, Cliff Lewis, advertises for and gets a private client.
A murder case involves two stars of a local theater production and an argument Ben thought he saw from his hotel window.
Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor who was selling secrets about a client to the press.
A dissatisfied patient is suspected of murdering her plastic surgeon, but Ben thinks otherwise.