The Affair

Plot
Matlock represents the a maid accused of killing her employer, at the request of the man's widow. The request is a little odd, but it seems Christina Ward wants people to know exactly what kind of man her husband was. Matlock is more than a little uncomfortable when it seems Charlene is developing a tendre for the woman's son Clark, an old college chum of Charlene's.

Summary
With the encouragement of Charlene, who used to go out with her son, A woman asks both Matlock and Charlene to take the case of the Spanish maid Sonia Cardenas who was accused of killing her husband Richard Ward, leaving Ben worried. Christina says her husband was a womanizer, the woman was another one of his dalliances, and that she wants to make it public. Tyler also follows the man who was once Sonia's boyfriend, who was later hospitalized with broken bones and a concussion. Matlock wants to know who killed the patriarch as Matlock primarily focused on the family, which includes the woman who hired him and his son.

Trivia

 * This episode was filmed in Rhode Island.