Jonathan and Mark become involved in their own version of Dickens' classic ""Christmas Carol"" ... only their ""Scrooge"" is a heartless used car salesman.
Between assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of silence.
Matlock reluctantly sniffs around when his dying friend's wish is for Matlock to find out which one of their hunting buddies committed a 35-year-old murder.
Matlock decks the halls of justice, defending the Scrooge-like owner of a toy store accused of killing his business partner after firing the Santa he hired.
