After his turn as Victor Worheide in the crime mini series Fatal Vision.
Andy Griffith was given a series of a tough crafty defence lawyer, Ben Matlock. It was not too far from the Perry Mason template
Matlock has a folksy charm, he is expensive and he has a crack investigative team.
In this episode Héctor Elizondo plays Joe Peters a tough cop who is after a mob boss. However Peters is robbed and his badge and gun is stolen. It is all a plan to frame him for murder.
Matlock takes his case although reluctantly, in his past Peters has never given the accused a fair shake.
Peters thinks that other cops are on the payroll of the mob. Matlock needs to use all his cunning and chicanery to find the truth.
A pretty good episode mainly because Elizondo is so committed. I am rather concerned that the local police department were so corrupt. What happened to all the dirty cops after the episode?