Matlock - Season 3 Episode 8
The Mayor (1)

When Chris Reardon, a man determined to bring the sixties back into the late eighties, is charged with murdering mayor Brian Barelli, reporter Paul ONeill brings Matlock to Chicago to defend him, convinced of his innocence. Matlock reluctantly agrees to follow through with the case after realising ONeill tricked him, because he knows that dropping the case will seriously hurt Reardons chances.