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Part 1 Story line
chuanjb10 May 2018
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SPOILER: This is Part 1 of a story line. Cliff is defending a client on his own in one his earliest cases. Matlock is trying to butt in and give Cliff more advice yet causes some issues with the judge, Matlock and Cliff. Cliff is defending a young lady who seems to want to be close to her or possibly using Cliff her own selfish needs. The opponent of this young client is successful plastic surgeon played by John de Lancie. Cliff loses the case and make it own the local newspaper in Atlanta. Cliff takes the client out to a dinner and a movie to help calm her nerves down after that case did not go his way.

This plastic surgeon is working a patient late since he has been on trial for supposing messing up this young lady. The client turns out to look like this dead daughter's father. The patient is played by Josh Taylor, known for Days of our Lives soap opera, Valerie/The Hogan Family, and Beverly Hills 90210.

A daughter and mother have been feuding over things like money and her upcoming wedding. The daughter said her car is in the shop and needs a car. Her mother argues that you young people always demand things and not get the car fixed instead. The daughter, fiancée, and the guy who looks like her dead father are scheming things to get things out of her mom so that she can take over everything in the family.

The plastic surgeon and his secretary/co-worker goes over that client who only paid with cash gave them a fake address. In addition, his before and after pictures shots are missing from file. The plastic surgeon finds the client and sees a magazine in the client's place realizing that he was to look like someone else. Yet the plastic surgeon was unsure why he wanted to look like this other person and is forced out of the client's place.

Later that night, while the plastic surgeon is working. Someone comes in and kills the plastic surgeon.

The client that Cliff was defending is accused and setup to kill the plastic surgeon though of case, this young female client did not kill the plastic surgeon.

The next day, Cliff takes the young female client over to Matlock's place and lets the cops know since her place is being search by the police.

Leanne and Matlock noticed how close the client is trying to be towards Cliff.

Cliff's client is then arrested by the police. Cliff asked Matlock and Leanne to help him on this case.

Leanne went to interview the plastic surgeon secretary/co-worker about anything unusual which leads to her interview the patient who looks like the dead daughter's father. Leanne interviews him about the plastic surgeon.

The case against Cliff's client continues to grow and shows evidence that she had killed the plastic surgeon. One of the evidences against her from the district attorney is that she supposedly called the plastic surgeon beeper with her phone number the night that he was murdered.

The mother and daughter are still feuding over things as the daughter's wedding. the mother's medications and money as usual.

Later that night, while the mother is sleeping. The lookalike of her dead husband appears to tell her that everything is her fault for getting him killed.

The mother talks a realtor and decided to sell her house though her daughter acts like why and she said that she was having a bad dream about it.

To Be Continued.
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7/10
Unintended consequence of Cliff being an ambulance chaser
reb-warrior15 June 2023
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I kind of wish someone had pointed out to Cliff how taking a case that he never should have actually led up to his client being set-up for murder. I mean, the murder would still have happened, but at least his client would not have been framed. If he had just told the woman, Jackie, there was no case things might have gone differently for her. There was no malpractice. The woman was blatantly looking for a big payout. Fraud in my mind. No one even mentioned that.

That aside, the mystery, was pretty ok. This seems like a soap opera bonanza as I recognize a few people from the soaps.

I kinda wish Ben has slapped Cliff upside his head with the way he was acting with his client climbing all over him. Cliff just seems like a big dummy here.

No wonder Melanie ended up being a killer. Her parents were awful.

The plot by the killer(s) was pretty elaborate, but they made a lot of mistakes which Ben and the gang figured out. 7/10.
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