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This is not your grandma's Matlock… but also it sort of is?

It’s a reboot of the original TV show starring an elder Andy Griffith as a criminal defense attorney … sort of. In the new version, Kathy Bates plays Madeleine Matlock, who talks her way into a new job at a high-powered law firm because she’s become the primary caregiver for her grandson, and she tells her colleagues that it’s just a coincidence that her last name is Matlock, like on the old TV show. Except! At the end of the pilot there’s a twist! Not everything about Madeleine Matlock is as it seems! — Kathryn VanArendonk, “Now That’s What I Call Network TV!”

  1. Episode 14 Game Day
    Matlock Recap: What’s Behind Door No. 2523? A massive revelation has Matty reconsidering her entire mission.
  2. Episode 13 Pregame
    Matlock Recap: Sister Acts The team gets another lucky break, and it results in one of the series’ weaker episodes.
  3. Episode 12 This Is That Moment
    Matlock Recap: Kramer vs. Kramer A case reminds Matty of one of the biggest regrets of her life, and reminds us that Matty is capable of being very, very wrong.
  4. Episode 11 A Traitor in Thine Own House
    Matlock Recap: Paranoia Will Destroy Ya The season is racing toward some kind of reckoning, but Matty has to deal with Sarah and Shae’s immediate threats before we get there.
  5. Episode 10 Crash Helmets On
    Matlock Recap: Brace for Impact The time Matty has left to accomplish her goals is ticking away.
  6. Episode 9 Friends
    Matlock Recap: Disunion Forever Matty’s friendship with Olympia is clouding her judgment and mission.
  7. Episode 8 No, No Monsters
    Matlock Recap: The Nanny State After another close call, we can’t help but wonder how long it’ll be until Matty’s lies spin out of her control.
  8. Episode 7 Belly of the Beast
    Matlock Recap: Pharma Woes Matty has to defend the amoral corporate villains she’s trying to take down — is this Matlock’s idea of a holiday episode?
  9. Episode 6 Sixteen Steps
    Matlock Recap: Spilt Milk Matty’s feelings about her departed daughter begin to weigh on her the further her mission within Jacobson-Moore goes.
  10. Episode 5 Claws
    Matlock Recap: Relevance, Your Honor? The case of the week is flimsy, but the episode really hits on all of Matty’s non-courtroom drama.
  11. Episode 4 The Rabbit and the Hawk
    Matlock Recap: The Web, So Tangled Matty’s constant lies are starting to catch up to her.
  12. Episode 3 A Guy Named Greg
    Matlock Recap: Getting Fresh Ladies and gentlemen of the Matlock jury, we finally have a decent case!
  13. Episode 2 Rome in a Day
    Matlock Recap: Rope-a-Dope Matty’s attempts to win over her boss have mixed results.
  14. Episode 1 Pilot
    Matlock Season-Premiere Recap: Not What You’d Expect Kathy Bates is terrific to watch in the not-quite-a-remake, not-quite-a-reboot version of Matlock.

The Latest on Matlock

  1. network notes
    Network TV Is Officially BackA crop of new hits and a boost from sibling streamers gave broadcast its biggest year in, well, years.
    By Josef Adalian
  2. buffering
    ‘I Wanted to Promise a Twist’: How CBS Got People to Watch a Matlock Reboot“We certainly would never set out to disparage what Matlock was,” says CBS’s head of marketing.
    By Josef Adalian
  3. network notes
    Now That’s What I Call Network TVA promising slate of new dramas counters prestige fatigue with tried-and-true procedural appeal.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. obits
    Andy Griffith Dead at 86Mayberry’s flags are at half-staff.
    By Margaret Lyons