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- Episode 5
The Centerfold Murders
Matt Houston - S2 - E5
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
Matt Houston: Season 2 - 23 Episode s
2x1 - Heritage (1)
September 9, 1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
2x2 - Heritage (2)
September 9, 1983
other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.
2x3 - The Woman in White
September 16, 1983
other characters: Jenson, Flo Nightingale, Mo Jo (pimp), Tyrone Hadley (murdered) C.J. convinces Matt to help clear a former police officer imprisoned for a murder he claims he did not commit.
2x4 - Love You To Death
September 23, 1983
other characters: Doctor, Dr. Austin, Heidi (waitress) After Matt's one-night affair with an obsessed woman, she ransacks his home and murders.
2x5 - The Centerfold Murders
September 30, 1983
other characters: Henry Omant Matt searches for a killer who has already slain three of twelve top centerfold models.
2x6 - Needle In A Haystack
October 7, 1983
other characters: ""Crazy"" Willie Conklin A mother begs Matt to find her diabetic son, deported to Mexico because he witnessed a dirty I.N.S. agent rape a woman.
2x7 - Marilyn
October 21, 1983
other characters: Luther, Pasquel Martinez, Patrick (Marilyn's Son) After one of Matt's employees is chased and shot by mobsters, his dying words to Matt is to protect a girl called Marilyn.
2x8 - The Ghost of Carter Gault
October 28, 1983
other characters: Lori An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help just before becoming the victim of a bomb planted in his car.
2x9 - China Doll
November 4, 1983
While investigating the murder of C.J.'s college roommate, Matt discovers she might have been involved with Chinese drug smugglers.
2x10 - Butterfly
November 18, 1983
A teenage prostitute dies when she tries to stop a child prostitution ring from snaring her younger sister.
2x11 - The Crying Clown
November 25, 1983
Matt must find one of a dead forger's original paintings, which is attracting an undue amount of interest from art dealers.
2x12 - The Outsider
December 2, 1983
other characters: Charles (Chauffer) Skeptical Matt becomes the target of a self-proclaimed psychic (Robert Walker) working with a kidnapping ring.
2x13 - Target: Miss World
December 23, 1983
An international assassin (Judson Scott) kills a Navajo girl in order to use her apartment to have a clear shot at a victim.
2x14 - The Monster
January 6, 1984
Attorney F. Lee Bailey decides to defend a man who has confessed to killing four teen-agers, then leaves C.J. to handle the details.
2x15 - Waltz of Death
January 13, 1984
other characters: Marla Pierce A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.
2x16 - Houston Is Dead
January 20, 1984
After Matt learns the heads of a convalescent hospital murdered a nurse, he is shot.
2x17 - Criss-Cross
January 27, 1984
other characters: Arnie (boy) Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of million in cocaine.
2x18 - The Bikini Murders
February 3, 1984
other characters: John Davis, Paula Channing (or Jenning), Carol A psychiatrist's secretary discovers her boss' blackmail, then dies while leaving a message on Matt's answering machine.
2x19 - Death Match
February 24, 1984
A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.
2x20 - Blood Ties
March 2, 1984
A psychotic hospital orderly (Lou Ferrigno) who killed five men decides to make Matt's ailing father his next victim.
2x21 - The Secret Admirer
March 9, 1984
other characters: Bella Ellis When C.J. rejects a disturbed admirer's (Marjoe Gortner) advances, he kills her boyfriend and tries to murder her. NOTE: The registration for Matt's helicopter is N58407 (different than the N10902 shown in the previous episode. ""Too Mean"" states that his fee for body guard services is a day, plus expenses. After watching C.J. dial Matt we see that Matt's phone # at his Texas estate is 275-6206. The address for Matt's home in Pinewood is 1217 Overlook Drive. Derived from a closeup of C.J.'s check we know that C.J.'s home address is 12718 Alden Canyon Road, Los Angeles, Ca., 90046, and she banks at Federated Bank.
2x22 - Cash and Carry
March 23, 1984
A petty thief (Stuart Pankin) asks Matt's help to return million he unwittingly stole from the mob.
2x23 - On The Run (1)
March 30, 1984
other characters: Veronica Sims (murdered) Matt awakens in his penthouse after a month-long absence, remembering nothing and finding himself accused of murder.