The Diner

Summary

Matlock takes Leanne to meet Martha Jordan, the wife of his very first client back in 1962. Stan Shaw was the cook at the local diner when he was accused of killing the local sheriff after a disagreement in the diner. Charlie Matlock pushed Ben, who had recently quit his job as a district attorney to take the case, but not everyone in town was happy with the Matlocks siding with the black cook accused of killing the white sheriff. Despite Cyrus Jordan's attempts to get the Matlocks to drop his case for their own safety, father and son were determined to prove that Cyrus never killed anyone.

Guest stars

• Stan Shaw as Cyrus Jordan
• Scott Holroyd as Teenage Boy
• Beah Richards as Martha Jordan
• Daniel Erickson as Deputy Sully Hayes
• Steve Witting as Young Ben Matlock
• David Dwyer as Sheriff Wes Slattery
• James Burgess as Gamble Jordan
• Ed Sala as Pete
• Dale Wright as First Defendant
• Ed Grady as Judge Ashford