Aired: December 2, 1987 | Season: 2 | Episode: 8

Overview
Runtime: 45m
Directed by: Tony Mordente
Written by: Gerald Sanoff
Guest stars: Bert Remsen, Bob Puglisi, Diana Tanaka, Grant Heslov, James Mulholland, Jean Bruce Scott, Josef Rainer, Katherine Cannon, Nana Visitor, Will Jeffries
Description
Matlock agrees to defend Vanessa Douglas when she's accused of murdering Stephen Cassidy, and author who destroyed a political families ambitions with a tell-all book. When Matlock realises his client is indeed guilty of the murder she is charged of committing, he sets up a plan to implicate her best friend, Sarah, with the crime, knowing that Vanessa will not let her friend take the blame for something she did.