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Matt Garcia is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Landes in the TV series Silent Witness.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled A Special Relationship: Part 1 (season 21), they were 45 years old.
They appear in 8 episodes out of a total of 247 aired so far

Matt Garcia

by Michael Landes

character

Episodes8

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    A Special Relationship: Part 1

    episode S21.E5 january 2018
    After US ambassador Jonathan Kraft has given a television interview his aide Ryan Reed is shot dead. The embassy's deputy chief Matt Garcia discovers the married Reed had been having an affair with colleague Terry Lefoe but she has an alibi and terrorism is suspected when Matt receives a parcel bomb which is intercepted. Then Helen Vine, a respected American pathologist who, like Ryan,, had spent time in Africa, is also murdered. Confused psychiatric patient Fergus Weir is released to the care of his sister Ella but disappears and CCTV shows him to have been at Helen's hotel, leading to his arrest and confession. Nikki spends the night with Matt but has a rude awakening.
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    A Special Relationship: Part 2

    episode S21.E6 january 2018
    Matt is found alive after his abduction but admits that the kidnapper wanted information about an incident that happened in Africa when Helen and Ryan were there. All of the victims, including another in Florida, were murdered in the style of assassinated American presidents but Fergus has an alibi for them all though Matt learns that he has information which identify the murderer. Now the police and the pathologists must work together before Fergus is also killed.
  • 7.4
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    Family: Part 2

    episode S21.E10 february 2018
    As the three corpses are identified Vernon Rye, a friend of Andy's father Martin, one of the victims, is pulled in after admitting to a fight with him but Mel, recovering in hospital, tells Zoe and Nikki she heard Andy and Martin rowing before shots rang out. Zoe's sister Jackie is another suspect having had an affair with Andy, but claims she left the house before the murders. The discovery of a missing lorry full of guns and another body proves Andy's criminal activities and reveals who made the phone call. Cooke thinks he has found the killer but the pathologists' evidence proves otherwise.
  • 7.5
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    To Brighton, To Brighton: Part 1

    episode S22.E5 january 2019
    The Lyell team are summoned to a waste dump in Brighton where a body part has been found. The search is on to recover the other remains.
  • 7.4
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    To Brighton, To Brighton: Part 2

    episode S22.E6 january 2019
    The team must painstakingly piece together the evidence and unearth the connections between a diverse range of suspects.
  • 7.5
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    Betrayal: Part 1

    episode S22.E9 february 2019
    Nikki is humiliated in court when a barrister accuses her of making a serious error in the case of a policeman who may or may not have been murdered.
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    Deadhead: Part 1

    episode S23.E1 january 2020
    A private jet crashes into woodland outside London. Among the passengers is a former U.S. Ambassador. Thomas investigates the apparent suicide of a successful businessman, finding unexpected connections to the plane crash.
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    Deadhead: Part 2

    episode S23.E2 january 2020
    With an explosion or engine failure ruled out of causing the crash, suspicion falls on the Deadhead - a non-flying pilot hitching a ride when his intended flight was cancelled. Then a connection is made to a sinister online forum.