User Reviews

The episode opens with an angry father, William Austin (Jack Dodson), confronting the leadership of a cult, on their turf, to demand the return of his son, Dennis (Wallace Langham). Unfortunately, Dennis denies his father, and says the cult leader, Joshua Bradbury (Roger Davis, of "Alias Smith and Jones" fame) is his real father. An angry William is removed from the premises, swearing he will kill Joshua. That night, young Dennis is bringing tea to Joshua's study, hears a gunshot, and bursts into the room to see the killer running away. He catches up to the killer, and sees that it is his father! Based on Dennis' accusation, William is taken into custody and charged with murder. He hires Ben Matlock to defend him. Ben and Michelle go to the cult property to do a little investigating, but they don't get far. Ben consults with cult deprogrammer Patrick Morrison (played by Earl Boen, one of my favorite character actors) who gives Matlock the inside scoop on cults and mind control. With the information learned, Matlock succeeds in getting his detective, Tyler Hudson (Kene Holliday) into the cult. The rest of the show has a pretty good level of suspense.... will Tyler get brainwashed while he is working undercover? How will Matlock overcome Dennis' unshakeable testimony that his father murdered Joshua? Who is the real killer, and what is the motive? This is a well-put-together episode, with a couple of good twists, and held my interest all the way through.