Series pilot: Matt Houston, an oil tycoon's son from Texas, comes to California to manage off-shore drilling. With plenty of cars, a helicopter, and many millionaire toys to choose from, Matt Houston finds plenty of time for his PI hobby.

Guest stars: Barbara Carrera, Jill St. John, Art Metrano. Special Guest Star: Dale Robertson.

A disreputable tabloid's publisher is nearly killed after telling his four worst enemies he plans to run a front-page story on them.

Guest Stars: Bradford Dillman, Herb Edelman, Murray Hamilton, Heather Locklear, Stuart Whitman

A famous fashion designer has been murdered and Matt's former girlfriend is under suspicion.

Guest stars: Britt Ekland, Cristina Ferrare, Carol Lawrence, Mr. Blackwell, Vic Tayback.

A football player is being blackmailed by someone who says they have proof he killed the coach.

Guest stars: John Beck, Scott Brady, Dick Butkus, Phyllis Davis, Rockne Tarkington, Forrest Tucker.

When an actor dies after drinking from a tainted glass, the star who it belonged to becomes a suspect.

Guest stars: Janet Leigh, Kiel Martin, Cesar Romero, William Smith, Jill Whelan.

A severed head in gelatin shocks a food critic who recognizes it as belonging to his partner.

Guest stars: Sid Caesar, James Coco, David Hedison, Hope Lange, Misty Rowe.

Sharks have been attacking beachgoers, and Matt wonders if something sinister might be going on.

Guest stars: Lloyd Bochner, Gary Frank, Don Gordon, Dorothy Malone, Michelle Phillips.

A critically ill Arab prince has been abducted.

Guest stars: Cesare Danova, Tina Louise, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Romanus.

Matt tries to discover why a robot would murder the brother of its genius creator.

Guest stars: David Cassidy, Troy Donahue, Norman Fell, Monte Markham, Jessica Walter.

During a party at Matt's, a research scientist is murdered.

Guest stars: Beverly Garland, Gayle Hunnicutt, Gary Lockwood, Cameron Mitchell, Jeanette Nolan, Susan Tolsky, William Windom.

A champion boxer's physical ailments and his wife's addictions come into light after a murder.

Guest stars: Dennis Cole, Dorian Harewood, Richard Jaeckel, Diane McBain, Stan Shaw, George Takei, Berlinda Tolbert.

When a cat food mogul is found mauled to death by a domesticated tiger, his four ex-wives retain Matt's services so they can receive proceeds from the will.

Guest stars: Barbi Benton, Sonny Bono, Pat Crowley, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gary Grimes, Werner Klemperer, Janis Paige.

A yacht club is the target of a killer, concerning someone with ties to Matt.

Guest stars: Jimmy Baio, Shelley Berman, Alan Hale, Mary Ann Mobley, Dick Sargent.

Five famous folks are summoned to Matt's place through a murderous ruse.

Guest stars: Kevin Brophy, Brett Halsey, Edward Mulhare, Barbara Rush, Stella Stevens.

Psychopath Castanos (Chuck Connors) orchestrates attacks on Houston from his padded confinement. Don Stroud appears as Dirk Bronson.

Guest stars: Chuck Connors, Dennis Fimple, Ed Nelson, Raymond St. Jacques, Don Stroud

A famous scientist suffers a fatal heart attack while witnessing an alleged extraterrestrial visit by an Unidentified Flying Object.

Guest stars: Robert Alda, Dane Clark, Shelley Fabares, David Groh, Alex Henteloff, Dawn Wells

Someone is targeting C.J. and her sorority sisters.

Guest stars: Ernest Borgnine, Larry Harmon, Rebecca Holden, Anne Jeffreys, Chuck McCann, John Moschitta Jr., Andrew Robinson, Ann Turkel

A gossip columnist is murdered after threatening to expose a high-class prostitution house. Bo Hopkins as Rev. Noah Sunday, Jayne Meadows as Holly Harkens

Guest stars: Jayne Meadows Allen, Michael Constantine, Don DeFore, Bo Hopkins, Ben Murphy, Ron Palillo, Natalie Schafer.

Matt's friend, who suffers from alcoholic binges and blackouts, is accused of murder.

Guest stars: George Chakiris, Robert Goulet, Fred Grandy, James Luisi, John Moschitta Jr., Renée Taylor.

When a special code predicts deaths, Matt hunts for clues to prevent them and expose the code's reality.

Guest stars: Bruce M. Fischer, Ed Grover, Michael Halsey, Lenore Kasdorf, Lynne Marta, Tim O'Connor, Victoria Spelling.

Matt is charged with murdering a jockey whose body he happened upon.

Guest stars: Ron Ely, Ed Grover, Peter Isacksen, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Gerald S. O'Loughlin.

A mystery is revealed when a murder-mystery writer is found dead at a convention.

Guest stars: Norman Alden, Richard Anderson, Joseph Campanella, Denny Miller, Terry Moore, John Moschitta Jr., Markie Post.

A notorious crime leader kidnaps C.J. in order to force a trade for his son who is being held in connection with a terrorism plot.

Guest stars: Martin Landau, Mark Shera.

While investigating a land scam, Matt finds out a few unnerving things about his family and his past.

A former peace officer is jailed and under arrest for murder, but he might not have committed the crime.

Matt is the victim of a stalker one-night-stand.

Three stunning women have been murdered, their connection: they are all top centerfolds.

After witnessing a brutal crime, a diabetic is deported to Mexico, and his mother is concerned about his condition.

As he lay dying from a fatal gunshot, an associate asks Matt to protect Marilyn. Only one problem: Matt has no idea who she is.

A man trying to expose dirty union tactics is murdered right after asking Matt to take the case.

Did Chinese drug smugglers murder C.J.'s former roommate?

In the attempt to protect her little sister from a child prostitute ring, a teenage call girl is murdered.

A talented art forger is found murdered, and the clues may rest one of his paintings, which is now missing.

A self-proclaimed "Psychic" who is involved in a kidnapping scheme targets Matt.

A sniper assassin kills an innocent girl to maximize his targeting location.

C.J. is left to deal with defending a man who has confessed to killing four teens.

Someone thinks a renowned concert pianist is a mad strangler.

While investigating the death of a nursing home nurse, Matt is shot.

A retired Lieutenant Vincent Novelli is charged with stealing cocaine from a police evidence vault upon his return from vacation in Hawaii.

A secretary is murdered after uncovering a plot to blackmail her boss.

A serial killer who killed Matt's fiancee in the past reveals that he has struck again.

A hospital angel of death targets Matt's father.

C.J. is stalked by an obsessed admirer who murders her beau.

A thief has second thoughts after stealing a cool $3 million from the mob.

An amnesiac Matt wakes in his penthouse to discover a month is past and he is accused of murder.

Buddy Ebsen stars as Roy Houston, Matt's uncle who investigates the accusations against his nephew and uncovers a mind control plot.

Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped by a child molester.

A TV newsman covers a kidnapping that he might be involved in to boost ratings.

Whether it's a religious cult or a commune, Matt must rescue Peggy Allyson (Wendy Smith Howard) who is being bilked out of a $3 million inheritance by evangelist leader Jesse Mercer (Richard Lynch) who plans to murder her after he has gained control of the cash.

After getting amnesia after a car accident, C.J. finds herself in prison and uncovers a prostitution ring. Guest starring Cynthia Cypert as Cynthia.

Matt discovers that his cousin, who was once believed dead in Cambodia, is still a POW.

The Cambodian warlord who has imprisoned Matt's cousin might be getting a little help from someone close to Matt.

Two models have been murdered, and Matt can't accept the alibi of the most likely suspect.

An international assassin has a grudge against Matt.

Matt is dragged into a case involving international gem smuggling from a war-torn Vietnam. Guest-starring Scott Marlowe.

The most dangerous game is revisited when a sporting goods mogul hunts athletes.

An actress, whose infant son had been kidnapped a year earlier, asks Matt to investigate a woman she saw in a park with a child who resembled her lost baby.

Matt believes that the man who abducted him as a boy is kidnapping again.

Matt and Roy rush to the aid of Roy's son (and Matt's cousin), a Vietnam vet who is threatening suicide.

A once-prosperous oil town is now home to corruption and embezzlement.

Someone is targeting brides-to-be.

Matt investigates blackmail murders with the assistance of one of the victim's sisters.

A stewardess accidentally happens upon and photographs a murder and asks Matt to protect her.

Roy fakes his death to uncover a plot to murder his CIA squad members.

Matt's new flame has a family secret; her brother is funding Irish terrorists.

Matt and company investigate a drug ring.

Elizabeth, the object of Matt's affections, returns.