The Cover Girl

**The Cover Girl** is the tenth episode of the fifth season of *Matlock*, and the one hundred first episode overall.

## Cast

### Main

* Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
* Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas
* Julie Sommars as ADA Julie March
* and Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Conrad McMasters

### Guest Stars

(in alphabetical order)

* M.K. Harris as Harry Samuels
* Shari Headley as Carla Royce
* Paul Lieber as Bobby Michaelson
* Tricia O'Neil as Jackie Whitman
* Lisa Waltz as Frannie Morrisey
* Jason Wingreen as Judge Arthur Beaumont
* Amy Yasbeck as Lauren Chadwick

### Co-Starring

* Richard Speight, Jr. as Delivery Boy
* Jonathan Gorman as Assistant

## Quotes

**Harry Samuels:** *(to Lauren Chadwick)* How dare you.

**Lauren Chadwick:** Nobody photographs my left side. Period. Not you, not Richard Avedon, nobody!

**Harry:** No model tells me what to shoot... ever! And never in front of a client.

**Carla Royce:** Harry, this is a *magazine* shoot. If they want her looking right to left, they’ll just flop the negative.

**Harry:** *(turns to Carla, annoyed)* Don’t tell me what they can and can’t do. That’s not the point! *(to Lauren)* The point is, when I tell you to switch, you *switch*!

**Lauren:** I am sorry about your ego!

**Harry:** Oh, you’re sorry about my ego.

**Lauren:** But it’s my face.

**Harry:** I know...

**Conrad McMasters:** Whoa.

**Harry:** Look, honey...

**Conrad:** *(turns to Bobby Michaelson)* Does this happen all the time?

**Bobby Michaelson:** Harry considers himself an artist. *(Conrad looks back at the closed make-up room door and chuckles a little)* Ever watched a shoot before?

**Conrad:** No, first time. Conrad McMasters. A friend of Carla's.

**Bobby:** Bobby Michaelson. I’m with Lauren.

**Conrad:** Nice to meet you. From New York?

**Bobby:** I *own* part of a modeling agency.

**Conrad:** You own...?

**Bobby:** *(nods as if to say, “Indeed” just as the door to the modeling agency opens; Jackie Whitman walks in and up to Bobby, who turns and sees her)* Jackie! What are you doing here?

**Jackie Whitman:** You’re supposed to be *minding* the *store*, not *sniffing* after *Lauren*.

**Bobby:** I’m *sightseeing*. I’ve never been to Atlan...

**Jackie:** Where’s Harry?

**Bobby:** Uh, he’s indisposed.

**Jackie:** *(sees the closed make-up room door)* Never mind. *(walks over to it)*

**Harry:** The reason I hired you is because of your friend Carla here. She begged me to hire you for this job! Now get back in there and do exactly as you’re told or you’re fired. You got that? *(Jackie busts open the door)* What?

**Jackie:** I hear you’ve been *bad-mouthing* me.

**Harry:** *(turns and sees her)* Jackie!

**Jackie:** *(walks over to him, leaving the door open)* Spangler’s is suddenly not interested in using my people for their Christmas catalogue. I hear *you’re* the reason why.

**Harry:** All I told ’em is they could stay under budget if they used less expensive models.

**Jackie:** *(pushes some things to the floor)* You told their art director that my models tend to be *under accomplished* and *overpriced*!

**Harry:** Wait, wait! They misunderstood me!

**Jackie:** I don’t like it—

**Harry:** Please don’t do that!

**Jackie:** *(now in front of the mirror)* —when people talk behind my back! *(turns back to Harry)* If you’ve got something to say, then say it to my face!

**Harry:** Jackie, please calm down.

**Jackie:** *(walks over to Harry)* You have crossed over the line, Harry. This is war. And believe me, when the dust clears, there’s only going to be one of us standing — and it isn’t going to be *you*.

**Conrad:** *(casually, to Carla)* That’s some argument ol’ Harry had with that lady, huh?

**Carla:** That lady is my agent, Jackie Whitman. Poor Harry. He really *blew* it.

**Conrad:** She can really keep him from getting work?

**Carla:** *(nods)* You bet. That’ll be the last major spread he does for a long time.

**Conrad:** Ooh, that’s a tough lady.

**Carla:** Harry should’ve **known** better.