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The Assassination: Part 2

Matlock and his daughter, Leanne, become mired in a case involving local politics and murder when the town mayor is assassinated and soon after that a judge is implicated in another death.

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    Matlock
    The Assassination: Part 2

    Matlock and his daughter, Leanne, become mired in a case involving local politics and murder when the town mayor is assassinated and soon...

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    12:00PM The Waltons
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