other characters: Ron Randolph, Lelani, Camalani

A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.

A pro quarterback (John Beck), Matt's college teammate, is blackmailed by a man who says he has proof the player killed his coach.

other characters: Carter

A noted gossip columnist, Vonda Mirand, is murdered after threatening to expose the patrons of an exclusive bordello called the Afrodisia Fellowship.

other characters: Decoy #1 (woman), Doris (hotel photographer), Mattie (dancer)

When a nightclub-singer friend (Robert Goulet) believes he has killed during alcohol-induced blackouts, Matt works to clear him.

other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy

Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.

other characters: Tanny, Mr. Lane, Sandy

Matt encounters a land scam and learns the truth about his past when he goes home to Texas.

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.

other characters: Marla Pierce

A concert pianist (George Chakiris) is pursued by a former detective who he believes strangled 18 blond girls.

other characters: Arnie (boy)

Returning from Hawaii, retiree Novelli is charged with robbing a police vault of $2 million in cocaine.

A man who murdered eight women, including Matt's fiancée, sends a clipping of his latest victim to Houston.

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 $200 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.

other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered)

When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.

other characters: Guard

Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.

Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.