The Professor

Episode aired Dec 2, 1986
TV-PG
48m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

198

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric... Read allBen's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.Ben's law professor Erskine Tate is arrested for vehicular homicide of postal worker Jim Donaldson but has no recollection of it. Ben suspects Tate's assistant Jim Billings and students Eric Lane and Wesley Wallace, then tries to prove it.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

198

YOUR RATING

STREAMING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
In real life the man who played Matlock's former law school professor Don Porter was only 14 years older than Andy Griffith.

Goofs
Just before the witness makes his identification in the line-up, we see the men through the window, and Professor Tate is the fourth from the right. However, a few seconds later the witness identifies Professor Tate and says he's the "second from the right", which he now is.