ShareSaveCommentBusinessHollywood & EntertainmentJason Ritter On His Acting Career, ‘Matlock’ And Remembering His DadByJeff Conway Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Conducting refreshingly engaging interviews with top Hollywood stars.Follow AuthorMay 05 recipient of the SeriesFest Distinguished Artist Award he comes from a family of celebrated actors but two-time Emmy nominee Jason Ritter has spent his career selecting roles and projects that allow him to showcase his own unique skill set Currently playing the somewhat troubled lawyer Julian Markston is arguably at the top of his acting game today with even more much-anticipated television projects in the works Speaking with Ritter last Friday in Denver where he was awarded with this year’s Distinguished Artist Award at SeriesFest what is it about his acting work as Julian on Matlock that is fulfilling him Jason Ritter and Kathy Bates on "Matlock" I think that there are sides of myself that I get to kind of explore in Julian - maybe being too worried about what other people will think of me or trying to get people to like me or something like that and that’s sort of freeing to be this person who can get annoyed I feel like I’m getting to explore some parts of my personality that I don’t often get to explore.” As for receiving SeriesFest’s Distinguished Artist Award There’s the part of me that doesn’t feel quite like I deserve something like this I’m pushing that to the side and just taking the lovely compliment.” Jason Ritter speaks on-stage as he receives the SeriesFest Distinguished Artist Award from .. More SeriesFest co-founders Kaily Smith and Randi Kleiner on May 2 Being the son of fellow actors Nancy Morgan and the late John Ritter as well as the husband to Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey Ritter has remained in and around Hollywood for his entire life what is he seeing within the entertainment industry today that he is liking and what parts of yesteryear’s ways does he miss One of the things that I really love is there are so many shows - there’s so much content coming out whether it’s on network TV or streamers or the internet You can find so many incredible things for whatever you like That’s absolutely wonderful and it creates a lot of work for everybody.” that you can be excited about a show and you go to tell somebody else and they go - Oh no that’s not one of my seven shows that I watch I did like that feeling of say with Lost or something like that where everybody was watching it - there are still some shows that have that it really feels like television is just getting better and better and the writing and the acting is going up There used to be kind of a separation between movie stars and TV stars and all of these incredible movie actors are coming and doing television because that’s how good the writing is.” Ritter will soon be seen playing Billy Macon on the DC/HBO series Lanterns where exactly within the production process is this project at right now “We are about to start shooting,” Ritter said “We’ve shot four episodes so far and we’re about to start shooting episodes three and four but it’s been so fun and it’s a really well-written I’m just trying to fit into that world and maybe put a little silliness in there.” As for his marriage to Lynskey since 2020 and raising a daughter together I wondered what it means to Ritter to be with someone that understands the schedule of an actor but can also level each other out as a supportive spouse and co-parent Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey attend the premiere of Paramount+ with Showtime original series .. More "Yellowjackets" Season 3 at the DGA Theater on February 13 “We both have an understanding of the spontaneous nature of this business and that you may have to leave I always feel like we have had each other’s back through this period of time that our daughter’s been - that we’ve been a family of three every job or audition that comes in - we audition for everything - but if we get it we always have to sort of talk to each other before we officially take it to figure out how is this going to work with our lives - is it possible or not I really feel like we both want to help it happen for the other person so much We both very much feel like we’re in each other’s corner Having learned how to effectively craft his own career what advice does Ritter have for other creatives that are trying to navigate within this ever-evolving entertainment industry “My advice would be to follow your creative instincts Some of the success stories that I’ve heard have been people - friends of mine - having an idea they put it on the internet and it wouldn’t go anywhere something will start to gain traction and people can build their careers without waiting for help from the powers that be - or going the normal route where someone has to give you permission to make something I would advise people to give yourselves permission to try to make whatever you can with your friends you have a calling card to show somebody else.” This September will mark 22 years since Ritter’s popular dad I was curious if Ritter feels his dad’s presence at all lately within his everyday life Jason Ritter and John Ritter at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 14 it’s so funny - I flew into Denver Airport every year from when I was maybe 11 to 17 or 18 my dad did this joke where he was pretending - like these two-second little songs that come on in-between stops - he was just doing a joke that he had written those songs He was like - Look at the joy that it’s giving to all these people looking bored and couldn’t care less about the music and I cannot take that shuttle without thinking of that weird character I had that moment where he was with me in that little tram at Denver Airport He made such a huge impression on me and my family and the world It’s nice to have those moments where I remember a little silly thing that he used to do.” I wondered what he would say to his Matlock character Julian You have to accept the consequences of your actions - and hopefully Marshall has warned about her character Olympia in Matlock season 2 While having a conversation with PEOPLE magazine at the PEOPLE App launch party at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City on April 29 the 43-year-old American actress talked about Matlock’s season 1 cliffhanger and how her fans reacted to snatching of Wellbrexa documents But what are you going to do?’ And I’m like I don’t even know.’ We’re all impatiently waiting for the first script of season two.”  who portrays extremely focused attorney Olympia at the fictional Jacobson Moore law firm jokingly revealed that she had put an “air tag” on the showrunner’s car just to know when she gets back in the writer’s room She went on to predict how Olympia would deal with all the information in the upcoming season which she learnt in the finale of season 1 And I think that — I believe that — Olympia is going to do what’s right She’s about to bring hell in Jacobson Moore it is noteworthy to mention that Matlock season 1 is currently available to stream on Paramount+ Businessman David Hilton has taken full control of Matlock Town FC following a ballot of supporters The club said it was “delighted” with the amount of votes cast and that the ballot “broke all records by a significant margin” compared to all previous member votes with the “vast majority” in favour of the controversial David Hilton taking full control of the football club A statement from the club said: “We will be passing on all of the information to the club’s solicitor in order for them to impartially validate the vote outcome and then the restructure will immediately take place “Mr Hilton will be carrying out an interview in due course discussing the current season and his plans to move the club forward “He has also requested that we invite all supporters to attend a fans forum in the not too distant future at the Proctor Cars Stadium We will confirm the date of this in due course.” the former chairman of Matlock Town Football Club has questioned whether a £200,000 donation to the Gladiators by entrepreneur David Hilton was actually a gift whose short-lived reign at the club ended in November said there is “evidence” that the cash was “never a donation” Harrison has raised concerns over the future of the club in an interview with BBC Radio Derby ahead of the deadline on Friday (April 25) on a vote whether members should relinquish club to Hilton Harrison was appointed as chairman of Matlock Town in August last year but quit in November in protest at Hilton investing the money in October Harrison said: “I put my heart and soul put into fixing things that were wrong with club Because of Dave Hilton’s involvement with the football club I couldn’t be involved any more and resigned “There is evidence that the £200,000 was never a donation The PR that is coming out of the club is trying to present something that is factually incorrect Harrison said: “I think the whole thing isn’t right From Dave Hilton’s first involvement I’ve been worried I feel sad and worried for the future of the club.” A statement from Matlock Town said: “Mr Hilton is not named [as a director] on Companies House purely because he’s not yet a director of the club His initial role has been advisory due to his connections with the club’s board as has seen him make donations to help improve the playing squad “He has passed the FA’s Owners and Directors test for if If members vote for him not to be involved then he’ll walk away without asking for any money back but wants 100% control of where his money will go as he doesn’t want any decisions to be hampered by red tape “Since the initial proposal of 75% ownership was put forward it has been established that there is a great deal more to sort out if the club is to progress not least issues with the adjacent cricket club which need to be resolved if Matlock are to get relevant ground gradings in future “Any private investor has aspirations to go higher and it’s no difference in this case Any club that wants to progress can’t be run by the goodwill of volunteers and any investor has a right to own it.” Hilton has a chequered history in football club ownership as the former owner of Scunthorpe United and one-time chairman of Ilkeston Town If he takes control of the Gladiators it will place him and the club under increased scrutiny after he endured a torrid time as the owner of Scunthorpe United in 2023 he revealed he had served nine months of a two-year sentence for 15 counts of fraud worth a total of £68,000 alleged Hilton had twice changed his name – from his birth name of David White to David Anderson and then David Hilton – and that as David White he was director of four companies that were dissolved without filing accounts between 2006 and 2012 and he was convicted of 15 counts of fraud and started a two-year prison sentence in April 2015 Hilton said the convictions related to his keeping the proceeds of a council refuse skip brokerage “It was completely the wrong decision,” he said who stepped down as Ilkeston Town chairman when he bought Scunthorpe United in early 2023 said he had trained as an electrician and started property companies which failed as a result of the global crash He said the failures led to the break-up of his relationship The decision to keep the money was when he was in that “dark place” He had run out of money and used the fraudulent proceeds to live But he said his time in prison allowed him time to reflect Hilton sold Scunthorpe United in October 2023 after he said he was unwilling to fund the club any more It was saved in a deal led by local businesswoman Michelle Harness Matlock Town were relegated from the Northern Premier League last week after it was revealed they fielded an ineligible player Will Kathy Bates be back for another season of the legal drama With the first season of CBS's reboot/reimagining of Matlock coming to the end of its run in the US with a number of storylines still very much ongoing The legal drama follows retired lawyer Madeline Kingston who returns to practice in the hopes of getting justice for the death of her daughter which she chooses because of the original Matlock series from the 1980s and 1990s which exists as a TV show within the universe of the new series with viewers getting wrapped up in the new legal drama and Bates's performance But will it be returning for a second season and Read on for everything you need to know about Matlock season 2 Matlock got an official renewal for season 2 after just two episodes had aired in the US – showing the confidence that CBS has in the show Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment said in a statement: \"This re-conceived Matlock was devised by Jennie Snyder Urman with a brilliant surprise plot twist and we knew we had something very special the moment we saw the first episode brought to life by the incredibly talented Kathy Bates \"The audience reception and critical acclaim for it has been overwhelming We can’t wait to get started on a second season.\" executive producer Kat Coiro suggested the show could run on for a long time suggesting future seasons could also be in the works On the shows ongoing plotlines, she told Collider: \"I can say that there’s still a lot that you guys are going to have to figure out We don't yet know for certain when Matlock season 2 will be released but given that the first season started airing in September 2024 on CBS in the US we'd imagine it will be back around the same time in 2025 the first season started airing on Sky Witness and NOW a couple of months later in November – meaning UK fans might have to wait until further towards the end of the year once again for season 2 We will keep this page updated with any news as we get it regarding the release date for Matlock season 2 While the cast hasn't yet been confirmed for Matlock season 2 we are expecting all of the main stars to be back alongside the likes of Skye P Marshall and Jason Ritter Here's a full list of the central cast for Matlock season 1 all of whom are likely to be back for season 2: There isn't a trailer available for Matlock season 2 just yet but we will make sure to add one in here as soon as it's released you can rewatch the season 1 trailer below now Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast. Matlock season 2: Release date speculation and latest newsWill Kathy Bates be back for another season of the legal drama with viewers getting wrapped up in the new legal drama and Bates's performance Leah Lewis as Sarah Franklin and David Del Rio as Billy Martinez in Matlock Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment said in a statement: "This re-conceived Matlock was devised by Jennie Snyder Urman with a brilliant surprise plot twist "The audience reception and critical acclaim for it has been overwhelming We can’t wait to get started on a second season." On the shows ongoing plotlines, she told Collider: "I can say that there’s still a lot that you guys are going to have to figure out CBS/ParamountWe don't yet know for certain when Matlock season 2 will be released we'd imagine it will be back around the same time in 2025 CBS/ParamountWhile the cast hasn't yet been confirmed for Matlock season 2 Here's a full list of the central cast for Matlock season 1 There isn't a trailer available for Matlock season 2 just yet but we will make sure to add one in here as soon as it's released Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. 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Holiday brochuresNeed inspiration of where to go next Request a free brochure and start your journey Posted in: CBS, Paramount+, TV | Tagged: With the two-hour season finale set to hit this week here's an early preview of CBS's Kathy Bates-starring Matlock: "Tricks of the Trade." we would wait until it gets a little closer to Thursday before we drop a preview for CBS and Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman's Kathy Bates (Madeline "Matty" Matlock)-starring Matlock But after everything that's gone down the past two weeks – and with this week bringing the two-episode two-hour season finale S01E18 & S01E19: "Tricks of the Trade (Part One and Part Two)" – we thought you might want some clues to what's to come before the hit series wraps up its first season run It looks like Matty is going to be putting all of her cards on the table – but Olympia (Skye P Marshall) is beginning to realize that Matty's intentions were sound – and that there are bigger questions that need to be answered we also have the image galleries for both hours as well as the season finale trailer and a whole lot of sneak peeks (which has us wondering what it is that they're holding back… hmmm…) Matlock Season 1 Episodes 18 & 19: "Tricks of the Trade – Part One" and "Tricks of the Trade – Part Two" – When Sarah's (Leah Lewis) client is arrested after his business partner is found murdered Billy (David Del Rio) attempts to help her handle the case while Matty (Kathy Bates) and Olympia (Skye P Marshall) contend with a pressing confidential matter Written by Nicki Renna and directed by Kat Coiro CBS's Matlock stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline "Matty" Matlock a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice; Olympia's ex-husband is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills As Matty endeavors to establish herself in her new high-stakes world she works alongside the firm's younger associates – the charismatic Billy (David Del Rio) and the uber-ambitious Sarah (Leah Lewis) Produced by CBS Studios, CBS's Matlock is executive-produced by Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, John Will, Kat Coiro, and Bates Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission As I mentioned in last week’s Matlock recap what I liked most about the long-awaited “Olympia meets Madeline Kingston” twist is that it calls back to this season’s earliest episodes when Olympia pushed back against Matty’s “poor this lady shouldn’t strut that stuff in front of a Black woman in a predominately white law firm I was pretty jazzed about the season’s penultimate episode in which Olympia doesn’t let Matty off the hook easily I have some lingering dissatisfaction with how this episode ends but I’ll still declare it the season’s best so far based on the direction this story’s heading This moment — where Matty’s deception is out in the open at least for Olympia — is something I’d been dreading all year But watching it felt a little like enduring one of those painful conversations with a loved one that ultimately ends up being more refreshing and energizing than destructive This episode picks up where the last one left off with Olympia confronting Matty by the alley where the Kingstons’ secret limo is parked What follows is a series of chilly orders from Olympia Come upstairs to Jacobson-Moore’s abandoned office suite on the 25th floor Turn over your bags and your phone — and your passcode Take this pad of paper and write down every lie you’ve told And don’t — do not — mention your daughter Olympia’s fury in these opening scenes is terrifying “Think very carefully before lying to my face again,” and lets her know I’m your jury.” She refuses to believe anything Matty says about her actual credentials or how she constructed her new identity It’s all “what a con man would say,” Olympia grumbles And it certainly doesn’t help that Matty loses her folksy accent the moment she gets cornered And while Matty deserves to squirm a little and the writers ultimately want us on her side The problem for Matty is that the best way to defend herself is to talk about Ellie Olympia physically winces every time Matty brings it up perhaps because she doesn’t want to risk hearing lies about a dead kid The turnaround begins when Matty catches a break When Olympia notices that Matty’s phone has been buzzing with concerned messages from her Queens apartment building superintendent she realizes this must be Matty’s not-dead husband says nice things about Olympia and about how much Matty loves her without knowing the boss is listening Eight words in particular — “Now that you know she didn’t do it” — provoke Olympia into letting Matty start explaining herself Even as Matty’s telling Olympia about the missing Wellbrexa document she’s also reminding Olympia about the depths of her betrayal — like how Matty stole her laptop containing the only copy of a voicemail from her dead father And when Matty accuses Julian of taking the document it makes Olympia think about the spy-pen gambit and how she spent days feeling paranoid and hating Julian for no reason Genuine damage has been done to Olympia’s psyche Olympia gets so mad that she threatens to shut this makeshift tribunal down and call the cops But remember what I said about Matty’s shifting accent she imitates her sister Bitsy because it softens her personality saying the cops will find she legally changed her name and took the New York bar exam making any claims that she’s an imposter seem weak She also promises to tell the press everything about Jacobson-Moore’s Wellbrexa mess That’s right: Matty is willing to mess up the lives of Olympia’s children for her own daughter’s sake I should mention that while Olympia has Matty trapped in an old office on Floor 25 after hours there’s an actual case-of-the-week on Floor 24 handled mainly by Billy and Sarah at first with Olympia popping downstairs to track the progress The case involves Amy Buckley (Eliza Bennett) a heavily pregnant 26-year-old who wants an immediate divorce from her controlling husband who is about to force her to have a C-section given that her husband’s wealthy family does business there It wouldn’t be too much of a reach to find parallels between this week’s case and the main Matty/Olympia story Everything about Amy’s situation reflects badly on Jacobson-Moore’s senior management which handled both sides of the Buckleys’ prenup While Matty upstairs is suggesting that Julian may have buried evidence and taken a payoff downstairs Olympia hears a suddenly familiar tale about how Amy’s own seemingly sweet husband turned out to be a manipulative creep what’s most effective about this case is its urgency barely giving our heroine a chance to think she’s also rushing to night court to file motions The team can’t get Amy an overnight divorce but the lack of hard evidence of abuse is a problem Another thing that breaks the ice between Olympia and Matty is that the team needs the help of the kindly old lady who has a rapport with clients and witnesses — whether she’s a big faker or not So Matty pores over the prenup and also reconnects with Billy and Sarah who sneakily follow Olympia up to the 25th floor and find Matty there saying Olympia secretly procured this special office for her.) The speed-running of this case is exacerbated by Amy going into labor But with Matty’s help — in particular her coaxing Grant’s priest into praising his parishioner’s devout Catholicism — the team is able to get an annulment proving Grant committed fraud by lying about his religious faith to his atheist wife The technicality of the annulment matters because the way the prenup was drafted I’m taking a wait-and-see attitude on this episode’s ending After all the talk about duplicitous husbands Olympia treats Julian to the same “smile in the face of her future prey” routine she did with Matty last week and then she goes to the Kingston estate in Westchester without even her dad’s voicemail to comfort her That kind of memory should turn her against Matty Then again, one of my least favorite TV-drama complications is “I can’t trust you anymore.” It’s usually such a contrivance meant to drive temporary wedges between characters. (Matlock creator Jennie Snyder Urman’s earlier show Jane the Virgin did this frequently.) And it’s been obvious in recent weeks that Matlock’s better when Matty and Olympia are aligned Olympia enjoys brainstorming on Amy’s case despite how angry she is at Matty So maybe we’re also going to speed-run this friendship’s collapse and reconciliation which will be better for the show’s entertainment value But I hope Olympia holds on to some of her grudge it’ll make their relationship — and season two — much richer • Sarah struggles with how to handle a pregnant lady Weird snacks?) But because Amy is Sarah’s age Their conversation about demanding partners convinces Sarah to break up with her “open relationship” semi-girlfriend Billy also decides to end things with Simone • A small thing that may be huge: Sarah defies firm policy (or Olympia policy) and takes a case on her own drafting a cease-and-desist letter for a personal trainer who wants to dissolve a business partnership I suspect we’ll hear more about this next week • I have a screener already for next week’s double-length finale so the following speculation is pure guesswork Season one ends with Olympia’s team leaving Jacobson-Moore — either on their own or because they get fired — and starting their own practice backed with Kingston money and possibly under Sarah’s shingle A major lawsuit against Wellbrexa and Jacobson-Moore By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York And I think that — I believe that — Olympia is going to do what's right,' the actress tells PEOPLE At the end of last week’s Matlock recap I made my predictions for how I thought the show’s first season would end My guess was that Olympia’s whole team would leave Jacobson-Moore (either voluntarily or after getting fired) and go into business together with a lawsuit against Wellbrexa as their first major case here’s how the finale goes: Olympia becomes a partner at the firm and the season ends with Matty and Edwin worrying that Olympia will choose to protect Julian’s reputation and career rather than helping them nail Wellbrexa and Alfie’s father shows up on the Kingstons’ doorstep just before the credits roll I confess to being mildly disappointed with how this finale played out though not because it didn’t match my forecast I didn’t even mind that the season ended with so much unresolved That’s to be expected from a season finale for a show that has already been renewed It’s a choice made to keep viewers hooked over the hiatus what let me down is that the closing cliffhangers were so weak given that this is a series that has so reliably delivered shocking episode-ending twists The choices facing Matty and Olympia at the end of the finale seemed ill-defined That’s a subplot I hadn’t thought about in weeks and not one I was anxiously hoping would return Before I get into all the Olympia and Matty business in this episode the personal trainer who had her write a strongly worded cease and desist to his erratic business partner That letter was so strongly worded — described as “barbed,” “acerbic,” and “terrifying” — that Rob stormed into the partners’ gym then died of a burst appendix after Dino socked him in the stomach she has to defend him against a manslaughter charge The case’s eventual resolution is easy to predict When Rob’s wife talks about how Sarah’s letter upset him so much that he threw up that’s a pretty clear clue that his appendix was a preexisting issue It turns out that one of the reasons Dino wanted to dissolve their partnership — because Rob was embezzling money to cover debts from his struggling nutritional supplements business — also explains Rob’s health issues Sarah proves it in court and gets the same hero’s welcome back at Jacobson-Moore that Billy got when he won his first case The case of the week is relevant for a couple of reasons it forces Olympia and Matty to work together to support Sarah Olympia’s so livid at Sarah for taking a case on her own that she tries to get the judge to transfer it to a public defender But once the judge rules that Sarah has to handle it gathering evidence and helping Sarah come across as more likable to a jury Olympia even lands Sarah an emergency appointment with her dentist after she accidentally knocks out a tooth the day before the trial here is as good a time as any to say that of all the credulity-stretching legal-drama shenanigans that Matlock has pulled this season the idea that Dino could go from an arrest to a full jury trial in a matter of days is pretty insulting to the audience’s intelligence The story of Dino and Rob — two men who loved each other like brothers before falling out — also makes Olympia and Matty face the realities of their own relationship Matty tries hard not to re-trigger Olympia’s feelings of anger and betrayal When Sarah asks Matty to trot out one of her Cindy Shapiro stories or when Olympia looks at a picture of her own face on Matty’s big investigation board Olympia was visiting the Kingston estate for what I assumed was the beginning of a reconciliation It turns out Olympia just wanted to see Matty’s evidence against Julian and Jacobson-Moore If Olympia can prove that Julian’s brownstone money came from the Markston family’s trusts and not from a Wellbrexa payoff then Matty will delay going to the press for a month Matty can stay at the firm and keep gathering evidence The problem is that Olympia needs Matty’s devious expertise — her “tricks of the trade” — to get to those trusts She’s trying to be brusque and dismissive toward Matty “My inner thoughts are no longer your privilege.” But she still gets Matty’s insights into how to extract information from Julian without any of them realizing she’s up to no good Like they don’t matter?” Olympia says to Matty with undisguised disgust while they’re strategizing The good news for Olympia is that Julian did get the money for the brownstone from the family trust The bad news is that she also discovers Julian’s secret safety-deposit box Julian arrives at the bank as Olympia is standing in the vault where Julian begs Olympia to forget what she’s seen for their kids’ sake Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion making the character’s choices more explicable Julian says he was just following Senior’s orders making her beholden to Jacobson-Moore for her future livelihood The other story line ends at the Kingston estate deadline for Olympia to reveal what she finds at the bank Edwin’s impatient throughout this episode as he talks about closing this chapter of their lives and moving back to San Francisco to do typical retiree stuff enjoys being the lawyer she has always wanted to be the season’s actual closing cliffhanger is the arrival of Alfie’s father (summoned by Alfie without his grandparents’ permission) and while I do not care much about this subplot my hope is that dealing with this distracts the Kingstons from their “alert the media” plan long enough for Olympia to make her intentions known I do hope Matty comes fully out into the open sooner rather than later Season one was at its best when the writers accelerated the Wellbrexa story line forcing Matty into decisions that had consequences Another season of her hiding in the shadows given the quality of Matlock’s writing and cast But I also think these folks are capable of shifting gears and delivering something unexpected that’s what made episode one of this show so buzzy • A few fine performance details: (1) When the episode begins Kathy Bates plays Matty as absolutely exhausted from her all-nighter (2) Even though Sarah gets her teeth fixed before the first day of the trial it sounds like she has a little bit of a slurred “s” when addressing the jury (3) All season long I have loved the quiet menace in Beau Bridges’s whispery performance as Senior • The ups and downs of Sarah and Billy’s respective love lives get some play here their romantic foibles actually inspire a couple of mini-cliffhangers but also she and Kira had sex after the break-up (which feels like the kind of “no commitment” relationship Kira wanted in the first place) he admits he’s been having sex occasionally with his ex Claudia and has decided to cool things off with Simone But then Claudia shows up at the office to say she’s pregnant an embittered Simone starts questioning Sarah’s Dino case to see if she can get her old rival into trouble • One last complaint: The sheer number of flashbacks to earlier episodes made this finale feel like a clip show at times The double-length running time could’ve been put to better use (The lone exception is when Olympia drops Ellie’s name to get Matty to trust her then the episode flashes back to Matty teaching Olympia how to exploit people’s sentimental weaknesses this was a fun season to watch and to write about Worksop town return to the road for our penultimate away game of the league season as we face Matlock Town at The Proctor Cars Stadium The Tigers suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Bamber Bridge Worksop Town still sit 2nd place in the table a win away could seal a 2nd place finish for the Tigers Matlock will be hoping for a second win in a row after last week’s 4-0 victory over Hyde United to increase their chances of survival in the Northern Premier Division Premier League Two teams who will be both looking for the win as they fight for different outcomes in this season Former player/coach Adam Clayton took over from Ryan Cresswell who left by mutual consent in March Huddersfield and Middlesbrough midfielder has won two drawn one and lost one in his first four games as interim manager Montel Gibson has found the back of the net 19 times in the NPL He’s previously been at Notts County and Telford United we won 8-0 at the Windsor Foodservice Stadium https://matlocktownfc.ktckts.com/event/mtfc2425m20/matlock-town-v-worksop-town Saturday 26th April- Blyth Spartans (A)-3pm Worksop Town came out 2-1 victors at a lively Proctor Cars Stadium with Aleks Starcenko and Liam Hughes netting for The Tigers Worksop had the first chance when Matlock failed to deal with a Regan Hutchinson cross but his effort was well saved by the Gladiators keeper Hughes almost put The Tigers into an early advantage with his free-kick beating Litherland but whistling narrowly past the upright Following a period of pinball in the penalty area and the ball found its way to Vaughan Redford who could only find the advertising boards with his volley The opener came as a headed clearance fell generously to Starcenko who made no mistake in finding the bottom left corner with his emphatic volley leaving Litherland with no chance in the Matlock goal After Litherland met a dangerous cross into the box the ball fell to Hughes on the edge of the area who lofted the ball with his head over everyone and into the back of an empty net to double the lead with Jack Stobbs scooping his free kick well over the bar Hughes looked to recreate his goal against Hyde from 35 yards out flicking the ball up to himself with his back to goal in the same fashion only to see his effort narrowly miss the mark Taylor was called into action once again when Gibson found himself one-on-one but the forward could only find the onrushing Tigers keeper as he attempted a chip The hosts did eventually get a consolation through Montel Gibson with the Matlock striker heading home from a free kick at very close range This result leaves Matlock five points away from safety and we have a chance to secure second with a win against Basford United at the Windsor Foodservice Stadium on Easter Monday Montel Gibson 90+6’ ; Aleks Starcenko 26’ Liam Hughes 40’ We’re back on the road on Saturday as we head to Matlock Town’s Proctor Cars Stadium looking to build on a win last time out Tickets can be purchased on the day at the turnstiles with cash or card payment or online now You can pick up a matchday programme priced at £2 each The Lions will wear their yellow and black away kit for this fixture Segregation will not be in place for this fixture with travelling supporters able to choose their viewing position The Proctor Cars Stadium is a three sided ground with covered seated stands on either side an a covered terrace stand behind one of the goals Matlock’s food hut will be open on the day serving a wide range of hot and cold snacks and beverages Coach travel is available with Guiseley AFC Supporters’ Club just call Paul on 07518 445861 to secure a seat The coach leaves Nethermoor at 10:30am priced at £25 for members and £30 for non-members Guiseley AFC: A family-friendly football club playing in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Premier Division based in the Leeds/Bradford area of West Yorkshire Spoiler alert! The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of CBS's "Matlock." Madeline "Matty" Matlock (Kathy Bates) can go back to practicing law in her 70s can win over juries and uncover injustice with her eyes closed But can she survive losing a friend or opening up her family Those are the big questions left hanging for CBS' remake of "Matlock," which aired its Season 1 finale April 17 Bates' Matty has been infiltrating high-powered New York law firm Jacobson Moore searching for who was responsible for suppressing evidence about the dangers of prescription opioid drugs – evidence that could have taken the drugs off the market before people like Matty's daughter became addicted and overdosed Matty works uneasily with former close friend and current boss Olympia (Skye P Marshall) to discover whether Olympia's ex-husband Julian (Jason Ritter) was the guilty party Olympia finds definitive proof that her ex committed the egregious crime just as he shows up begging her to keep his secret an increasingly stressed Matty waits for Olympia to come to her house for a debrief when the doorbell rings – and her grandson Alfie's (Aaron D Harris) long-lost father is on the other side of the door With so much in chaos for our friends from Jacobson Moore, we talked to executive producer and series creator Jennie Snyder Urman who also created CW's "Jane the Virgin" and "Charmed" reboot and what fans can expect this fall in Season 2 Question: When Olympia discovers that Julian is the person who hid the incriminating opioid documents it wasn't a huge surprise because he's been a suspect all season But it was still really shocking in the emotional scene Olympia sees that document and sees that everything that (Matty) was saying was true it does feel like she has the weight of her world in that box right there You end up unmasking not the "supervillain" but this human who made this terrible emotional and difficult in terms of what is Olympia going to do next Is the bigger shocker of the episode when Alfie's father shows up at Matty's front door I really wanted to leave the season with Matty not knowing what Olympia will do so we didn't want them to be meeting back up again This is about her paying some imagined debt that she owes to her daughter for not saving her We bring all of those pieces together where she's waiting for Olympia She thinks Olympia is going to come through and they're going to be working together Then the father shows up and it just suddenly takes everything from a big scale to this very small human scale How will all this change for Matty and Olympia affect Season 2 There's so much that's in the season premiere I would just say that secrets are revealed and decisions are made that start spinning our show into the direction that it's going to take for the second season Everything has changed for Matty's co-workers Sarah (Leah Lewis) and Billy (David Del Rio) Billy's ex is pregnant and Sarah might lose her job Know that there's going to be a lot of drama and it's going to be fresh drama next year Everybody has changed over the course of the season and we're going to be picking them up from those places and pushing them further The problems are going to be different and challenging and they're going to have highs together and lows together but they're all going to be very different places at the at the start of the second season Which friendship do you think fans are rooting for more But I will say that Matty and Olympia are the love story of the show Is it fun to do a show about friendship instead of romantic relationships It's so fun because I think that they are unexplored and they are so life sustaining I can only speak for myself about my own life but my female friendships are the constant in my life since seventh grade Exploring them and giving (them) the weight and respect that we normally give to romantic relationships is really interesting to me Has the critical acclaim for the show and awards-season buzz for Kathy Bates surprised you And then I also knew that Kathy's performance was just incredible So I felt that she would be seen because she's so wonderful and stressed because you just put more pressure on yourself and you want to keep doing good work 28 Feb 2025 | Latest News, Match Preview The Silkmen start the month of March back at the Leasing.com Stadium as Matlock Town make the journey from Derbyshire Robbie Savage’s side come into Saturdays game off following back to back 3-1 victories against Warrington Rylands and Lancaster City Our visitors come to SK11 in need of three points in their fight to stay in the Northern Premier League after no win in their last eight The reverse fixture back in October was an entertaining encounter where a late John Rooney strike proved to be the winner in a 3-2 for The Silkmen If you are unsure of how to find us at The Leasing.com Stadium the link below will provide you with all the travel details you may need Justin Johnson is expected to miss out through injury after picking up a knock at Lancaster last Saturday There are no other fitness concerns in the Silkmen camp Tickets are available to home and away fans both online and on the gate from 12:00 this afternoon Supporters are encouraged to purchase tickets online to avoid queues when arriving at the ground Please note that Disabled and Carer tickets can only be claimed from our Club Reception on the production of relevant identification All concession tickets will be asked to provide relevant identification upon entry to the ground You can purchase your ticket HERE Traveling fans will enter the Stadium via the turnstiles located in between the Silkmen Terrace and Moss Lane Stand We would like to remind supporters to please park respectfully in and around the vicinity of the Leasing.com Stadium and take care when arriving and leaving the ground Matchday Programmes will be on sale around the ground priced at £3 for all league games this season Bar Twenty Seven will be open before kick off for Food and Drink for home supporters only The Westwood Group Fan Zone will be open from 13:00 with Wood Fire Smoke serving a delicious range of pizzas All our door kiosks will be open serving range of drinks The dulcet tones of Matthew Todd will be back once again with Full Commentary on our Mixlr channel from approximately 14:50. You can find the link to listen HERE We will also be providing Live Match Updates via our Social Media Channels as the game goes on Supporters can find our Social Media Channels below: For those who don’t have social media profiles then you can access Football Webpages for goal updates via the link below: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/match/2024-2025/northern-premier-league-premier-division/macclesfield/matlock-town/504501 Here are this afternoon’s fixtures in the Northern Premier League Premier Division: Warrington Rylands vs Gainsborough Trinity May 2, 2025 | There were some stunning strikes during the month of April It’s now time to vote for your Kenny Waste Management Goal of the Month for April Here are your four options: John Rooney vs Workington Neil Kengni vs Guiseley.. May 1, 2025 | , Ahead of our debut season in the Vanarama National League North Macclesfield FC are thrilled to announce that our seasonal hospitality and sponsorship packages are now available to purchase With Robbie Savage's side attracting significant national attention and with.. Apr 30, 2025 | As a season like no other comes to a close it's time to look back on what a special season 2024/25 has been for the football club and the town of Macclesfield After the play-off heartbreak against Marine expectations were high going into the 2024/25 season Apr 28, 2025 | , Macclesfield FC ended their title-winning season on a high with a comfortable 4-0 victory against Whitby Town The first big opportunity came in the 19th minute as Lewis Fensome made his way into the box before a deflected shot just breezed past the post Apr 25, 2025 | , The Silkmen return to the Leasing.com Stadium for one final time this season as Whitby Town make the journey from North Yorkshire Robbie Savage's record-breaking side will be awarded the Northern Premier League - Premier Division trophy Apr 25, 2025 | North-West businessman and investor Darren Wright has officially acquired a stake in Macclesfield Football Club signalling further ambitious & strategic growth plans for the Club Darren states: “I’m thrilled to step into the world of football club ownership—a.. Apr 22, 2025 | , Apr 19, 2025 | , Following an excellent victory on Saturday, Guiseley are back in action this weekend, looking for successive victories for the first time since January with a trip to Matlock Town, writes Scott Kelly with the Derbyshire side winning 2-1 last April with Reece Kendall bagging the Lions only goal That is the Lions’ only defeat against this opposition in the last five encounters winning all of the previous four including a 4-0 win at Nethermoor in November 2023 This weekend’s game was due to be played on 23rd November with the game being postponed due to a frozen pitch with the no real effort until just before the half hour when the Lions found themselves in front Adriano Moke’s corner was floated beautifully into the six-yard box and was bundled home by defender Jake Lawlor to score his first goal since Boxing Day the best chance for both sides after the goal was Lebrun Mbeka’s free kick which went well over It was the Robins who threatened at the start of the second half with no clear-cut chances to show for their work Guiseley chances were few and far between too with the best effort of the half falling to the Robins in the fourth minute of stoppage time Former Lion Donald Chimalilo stung the palms of Joe Cracknell with a rasping 25-yard drive which was routine for the Guiseley stopper The Lions countered shortly after with Jamie Spencer squaring for Ollie Brown who somehow missed an open goal from 12 yards out with Guiseley winning for the first time in five matches in what was a crucial encounter and as a result they went ahead of Ashton in the table and climb to 3rd heading to Matlock this weekend “It is all about three points this time of year We had to work set pieces well and ultimately that is what has won us the game” with results more important than performances Boss Mark Bower was pleased to get over the line with a massive three points with had to withstand what they had to throw at us but we just had to adapt to the conditions which I thought we did the better of the two teams” Bower felt the Lions were deserving of the three points having managed the conditions better “We knew we had to be a little more direct and Lebrun gives you that presence It’s something we will potentially look at again” With defender Lebrun Mbeka starting as a centre forward Bower was chuffed with the impact he made at the top of the pitch and has not ruled out using him there again in future “He is a potent weapon that they have when chasing games But the lads were ready for it and dealt with that aspect really well” Former Lion Tom Denton played just over 20 minutes against his former side but Bower again felt the defenders dealt with his presence well giving particular praise to Jake Lawlor and Jameel Ible Boss Mark Bower confirmed Jordan Thewlis will unfortunately miss the rest of the season as he requires groin surgery Will Longbottom looks ready to come back in this weekend after a cameo at the weekend Jack Emmett missed the Ashton game due to an Achilles problem and is hoping to be fit Joe Ackroyd has joined Warrington Town on loan so will not feature Lucas Odunston played his first full 90 minutes for nearly six months with Bower impressed with his performance so he could start again although he faces competition from Ollie Brown The Gladiators enjoyed some great form when Ryan Cresswell joined the club in September Between late September and the end of the calendar they only lost twice in the league in 12 matches But the honeymoon is well and truly over as 2025 has yielded only one win from the last eleven games with the Derbyshire club unfortunately slipping back into the relegation trap door after a narrow 1-0 defeat against Macclesfield last Saturday The only positive is the number of goals they have managed to score Bamber Bridge sit just two points ahead in the table and are the only the club in the bottom half of the table to score more than the Gladiators this season they have only scored 10 goals fewer than their opposition this weekend They have 35 points from 33 games and a point against the Lions this weekend could be enough for them to get out of the relegation zone Matlock have recently signed midfielder Liam Ravenhill from Buxton and Cameron Wilson on loan from Scarborough Athletic and expect them both to feature this weekend Midfielders Montel Gibson and Charlie Oglesby are among seven members of the first team squad to pledge their future to the club at least until the end of next season Former Lion Reece Kendall scored against Matlock last April He later moved to the club last September but made the move to Bury FC last month The former Leeds and Bradford midfielder is now 36 and joined the club in October 03 Mar 2025 | Latest News, Match Report Macclesfield FC make it four consecutive wins after a convincing 1-0 victory over Matlock Town The Silkmen came close to an early lead as John Rooney’s cross found Danny Elliott lurking at the back post who could not keep his header on target Laurent Mendy’s passing display was put on show to create a marvellous chance as he eventually played the ball across goal finding Rooney who skied his effort from eight yards the home side broke the deadlock after an interception from Tre Pemberton and a nice lay-off from Elliott D’Mani Mellor sprinted into the box and slotted the ball into the bottom corner Elliott’s curling effort from outside the box looked to be going into the top corner but Adam Hayton made a remarkable save to keep the score at 1-0 Luke Duffy dribbled his way into the penalty area skipping past four players before his shot forced a big save from the Matlock keeper The second half had more half chances than clear-cut which included Lewis Fensome’s headed shot going just off target at the back post from a corner Josh Ayres came close to equalising for the travelling team when his lobbed effort did not have enough height to take it over Max Dearnley Macclesfield aimed to hold onto their one goal lead but the visitors were building late momentum as Montel Gibson’s off-target shot came close to putting The Gladiators on level terms the Silkmen had a shaky end to the game when Ayres missed a free header at the back post leaving Robbie Savage on edge until the final whistle The league leaders remain 23 points ahead as their title-winning moment is edging closer Macclesfield next play on March 15th where they take a trip to Northumberland to face Morpeth Town as the Silkmen broke all sort of records.  It’s now time to vote for your Kenny Waste Management Goal of the Month for April it's time to look back on what a special season 2024/25 has been for the football club and the town of Macclesfield.  After the play-off heartbreak against Marine The Silkmen return to the Leasing.com Stadium for one final time this season as Whitby Town make the journey from North Yorkshire.  Robbie Savage's record-breaking side will be awarded the Northern Premier League - Premier Division trophy signalling further ambitious & strategic growth plans for the Club.  Darren states: “I’m thrilled to step into the world of football club ownership—a.. Email: info@macclesfieldfc.com Tel: 01625 426 708 Here's our preview of CBS's Kathy Bates-starring Matlock Season 1 finale but we're really curious to see where things stand by the time the credits roll on the season finale of CBS and Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman's Kathy Bates (Madeline "Matty" Matlock)-starring Matlock in terms of the second season What follows is our updated preview for S01E18 & S01E19: "Tricks of the Trade (Part One and Part Two)," meaning we have the official overview we've also included a look back at what Bates has had to share about the CBS series and the season finale during her recent visit to ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and her panel discussion during Deadline Hollywood's Deadline Contenders TV event Here's our preview rundown of CBS's Kathy Bates-starring Matlock S01E17: "I Was That let's get the business out of the way first and a set of sneak peeks for S01E17: "I Was That Too." That's followed by the first official image for the two-episode two-hour season finale set for April 17th: S01E18 & S01E19: "Tricks of the Trade (Part One and Part Two)." With that out of the way… so how about that ending to last week's episode of CBS and Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman's Kathy Bates (Madeline "Matty" Matlock)-starring Matlock?! It looks like Matty isn't the only one who's been doing some investigating – and now Matty's future rests in Olympia's (Skye P Too" – A pregnant woman asks for Olympia's (Skye P Marshall) help to obtain a divorce from her husband Written by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and directed by Hanelle Culpepper An actor of the Oscar-winner’s calibre has deserved better for a long time – and is now front and centre of this legal drama It’s far more than a spinoff of the 1980s US series … it’s a mystery fuelled by corporate greed To say more would be to build anticipation unnecessarily – spoiler alert, Kathy Bates does not turn out to be an alien – but as you amble through familiar territory, you are actually wandering towards a more substantial, more intriguing proposition. It doesn’t reinvent the legal drama, but there’s enough twisting and turning to ensure that it isn’t quite all it appears to be. Read moreThe show is a perfect vehicle for Bates, who is convincing in every iteration of her character’s complicated personality. With the exception of regular appearances in American Horror Story Bates hasn’t in recent years been given the roles an actor of her calibre deserves including Jason Ritter and Skye P Marshall as her divorcing superiors with Beau Bridges as the boss and owner of the law firm Bridges seems a little stilted (he looks as if he dropped in while everyone else was out for coffee) a quick search reveals that the part was recast He loosens up considerably when he finally joins the fold Like Elsbeth but has a meatier overarching narrative arc in the background The legal firm where Matty lands is taking more of an interest in social justice issues not because it makes their dollar-grabbing consciences feel clearer but because they suspect it will enhance the brand and thus allow them to rake in even more of the cash everyone keeps drooling over (A small aside: watching Bates say: “I need to make it rain,” is a surprisingly stirring experience.) other than allowing Matty to use her invisibility as a superpower it morphs into a mystery that touches on corporate greed and human suffering Matlock airs on Sky Witness and is available on Now in the UK and can be streamed on Paramount+ and Prime Video in Australia basketball-related hiatus with a classic episode in the “new Matlock” style containing the three components I enjoy most about this show: (1) A tricky case that mirrors Matty’s larger mission and/or personal problems; (2) Matty bringing her special skills to that case by seeing clues that others miss and using her “aw shucks” charm to elicit useful information; (3) a sucker punch ending But since it works as well as it does because of the way this episode’s story is told the public defender Amina Sloane (Azie Tesfai) Amina has been admiring from afar Olympia’s recent recommitment to social justice — and all the Hail Mary wins Olympia’s team is pulling off Amina wonders if Olympia can pass some of that mojo along to Isabel Sanchez (Blanca Araceli) Isabel has felt deeply guilty for the past 21 years ever since she served on a jury that sent a man to prison for a murder Isabel is sure he didn’t commit Gene was convicted of killing a cranky tenant although the evidence against him was weak and the chief witness’s description of the perpetrator didn’t match Gene and the foreman on Isabel’s jury grew so frustrated with her unwillingness to vote guilty that he bullied her into submission her first reaction to Isabel’s story is to blame the juror She can’t imagine how any person would let herself get steamrolled into becoming an accessory to injustice She certainly can’t forgive that person for staying silent for over 20 years hoping the appeals process would straighten everything out the juror explains what it was like to be a woman of color — and an immigrant to boot — trying to be heard over the braying of an overconfident white man The epiphany changes the way she thinks about Isabel It even changes her sour feelings towards Emmalyn Belvin the Jacobson-Moore/Wellbrexa whistleblower who Matty thinks should’ve come forward sooner and the way Matty mistreats both of them.) This brings us to the second component of a good Matlock episode: Matty’s engagement. As I’ve written repeatedly in my past few reviews, the worst thing about Matty’s disillusionment with Olympia has been the way she has become more checked-out at work It was no fun to see her stumble along in the three-episode Slamm’d arc Thank goodness her contributions are more vital in this case who is so resigned to spending the rest of his life working in the prison library that he’s reluctant to help Matty validates his feelings of hopelessness just enough to get him to answer a few questions the team is able to follow a trail that leads to an alternate suspect who Matty then tricks into giving up his DNA That DNA isn’t a match to the crime scene samples but retesting those old samples does ping someone else in the database: a convicted felon who died in prison and who once worked as a caterer at the victim’s apartment More and more, I’ve been pondering the question of whether the lawyers in Matlock are good at lawyering; and I have to admit Olympia comes up with a longshot way around the fact that Gene has exhausted his appeals She then waits for the foreman’s lawyer to argue that Isabel was unreasonably obstinate 21 years ago given that the defendant was clearly guilty — which gives Olympia the opportunity to say that the only way to prove this claim is to reopen the case the case against Gene had so many obvious holes that it’s surprising none of his previous appeals worked this brings us back to how this particular case-of-the-week reflects what’s happening elsewhere in the show — and how the writers both foreshadow and distract us from the surprise they’re about to spring The core idea of this story is that the justice system defaults repeatedly to favoring the voices of authority: the police (who didn’t investigate thoroughly) the foreman (who took the word of the police) Olympia uses this idea to her advantage to get her friendly ADA nemesis to test her DNA samples over the objections of his superiors has been overlooked and ignored in his career and she appeals to his long-buried outrage Olympia does a press conference with him after the case resolves in their favor winning the kind of glowing media coverage that’ll make it hard for their respective bosses to fire them whose success in the Slamm’d case irked Jacobson-Moore’s partner board — given that helping corporations do evil stuff is the firm’s most lucrative business The guts Olympia shows in the face of that opposition is what Matty used to admire in her before Matty became convinced that the younger Olympia sold her soul to Wellbrexa Matty finally gets back to being chummy with Olympia again in this episode Edwin also uncovers evidence that proves Olympia was arguing a case in court at the time the Wellbrexa documents went missing The episode’s final scene sees Matty getting off the bus at the end of the day as usual then heading to her chauffeured car as usual … before finding Olympia standing in her way with a question to ask: “Who the hell are you This twist comes with a whole Matlock-style flashback montage showing how Olympia figured out Matty’s deception across several episodes before getting the final piece of the puzzle — the chauffeured car — from Amina who had the Kingstons’ license plate traced then passed the info to Olympia under the code-name “The Johnson Case.” As cool as that final moment is (in a “heart dropping into the stomach” way) I also liked how it connects to an earlier montage in the episode when Olympia and Matty looked back together on how they forged their bond of friendship seeing that moment more from Olympia’s perspective than Matty’s every glowing word she says about Matlock carries a sting of accusation I’m reminded here of Matlock’s early episodes when Matty impressed Olympia by arguing for the value of her unique voice — while also irking Olympia for expecting her boss to be deferential to a folksy old white lady This whole season has explored the question of whose voices get listened to Matty has positioned herself as a quiet underdog given how she has aggressively bullied family members and co-workers • The last episode before the hiatus ended with Matty about to rendezvous with Emmalyn Belvin I was disappointed with how that cliffhanger played out beginning an episode-long cat-and-mouse game that includes Matty threatening to harm the dog (Not cool!) Matty does soften her ill opinion of Mrs given that it’s ultimately about one piece of information: that Jacobson-Moore had a fire drill the day the Wellbrexa documents disappeared I’ve been hoping that Matty might start rethinking her whole Jacobson-Moore takedown focusing less on who specifically hid the damning Wellbrexa documents and more on the whole corrupt culture of big pharma After realizing in last week’s episode that Olympia probably shredded the docs Matty is now determined to destroy her boss and friend After all: Matty’s been lying to Olympia about her identity and Olympia isn’t the moral crusader Matty thought she was They don’t owe each other anything … right It’s always felt a bit off to me that Matty can’t go big picture when it comes to the possibility of Olympia’s guilt People can change!) But this is the journey that Jennie Snyder Urman has been taking us on since roughly the middle of this season We’re meant to understand that Matty can be cussedly stubborn and short-sighted when it comes to her crusades She knows now that she may have been too hard on her daughter Ellie but that realization hasn’t made the slightest bit of difference in how she’s approaching her secret mission Two of this episode’s most emotional moments concern Matty’s shortcomings while questioning a witness in the Slamm’d class action Matty realizes she left a key piece of evidence at home Just as she’s trying to regain the jury’s trust by doing her best “aw shucks” Itsy Bitsy impression her sister actually walks into the courtroom and discovers that Matty has been riffing on her for months explaining that the imitation isn’t meant to be a joke She’s been borrowing Bitsy’s life story and personality for the Matty Matlock character because well … the real Matty is a “grouchy old turtle.” She’s not as likable That’s a heartbreaking admission and one that rings true based on the direction this show has gone in recent weeks But as I’ve been saying in this space for the past few reviews even if it makes dramatic narrative sense for Matty to feel distracted As Olympia drives toward the finish line on her big Slamm’d case it sucks that Matty can’t be happy for Olympia’s success It really sucks when Matty gets so upset over the idea that Slamm’d also hid documents — a maneuver that leaves Olympia suspiciously unbothered — that her negativity drives Olympia to banish her from the office It’s a shame because while I don’t think the Slamm’d case was complex enough to span three whole episodes it does come to a satisfying end this week with some decent lawyering — coupled with the usual dumb luck that Olympia’s team enjoys Much of the fun of a courtroom drama comes from hearing both sides of a tricky argument and weighing their relative value — even if you’re inclined to favor the side the drama’s protagonists are on we get some vigorous debate from the plaintiff and the defendant about whether Slamm’d should be held liable for an effective marketing campaign that made a caffeinated alcoholic drink look fun and cool attracting younger consumers who perhaps not mature enough to register the potential dangers Slamm’d employed a cartoon tiger as a mascot; but Charmin uses cartoon bears and no one would argue that they pitch toilet paper exclusively to minors The turning point comes when Billy and Sarah track down DJ Flex Master (Adam J who worked an off-the-books Slamm’d party in Connecticut aimed at getting teenagers hyped about the product while it was still in its testing phase including an older version of the drink’s can design filling in for the exiled Matty) learns that the Slamm’d parent company tested a friendlier tiger on minors during a focus group for a kids’ sports drink Those were the results that were withheld from Jacobson-Moore So even though Senior intervenes in Olympia’s case and negotiates a settlement that lets the firm break even on expenses (without harming Slamm’d) Olympia presses forward with these newly uncovered documents This should be a big moment for this show’s semi-namesake which shows her laying in bed and staring at her alarm clock — shot from a disorienting upside-down angle — Matty spends this hour seeing everything through a bias and it’s winning at all costs.” She makes a smart-aleck remark after being asked to convince a dead child’s mom to testify against Slamm’d She lies through clenched teeth when Olympia — concerned by how checked-out Matty has been lately — asks if she can count on her Matty confesses she’s had a hard time making friends as an adult which is why being close to Olympia has meant so much to her Bitsy wonders if her sister is just in love with being a lawyer again ending this Jacobson-Moore adventure isn’t going to be easy And it seems Matty may have finally found the exit door While digging into the online history of the Redditor “reademandweep31” — the one who first hipped the Kingstons to Jacobson-Moore’s culpability in hiding Wellbrexa’s opioid data — Matty They learn that the shredded documents likely pertained to a study Wellbrexa did into the dangers of crushing their opioid tablets which is something they warned about on an early version of their label (The original label would’ve been a “how-to guide” for getting crazy-high The Kingstons also learn that reademandweep31 is still working at J-M The episode ends with Matty about to meet up with the firm’s perpetually grouchy dog lover and Barry Manilow fan in the park revealing her secret to someone at the firm at last Will this be the moment when Matty gets some much-needed perspective on the Wellbrexa mess B about to hand Matty all the accelerant she needs so she can burn Jacobson-Moore to the ground • Alfie seems less miserable now as the new kid in school He’s struck up a friendship/flirtation with a classmate named Molly and is even taking an after-school magic class so he can hang out with her more Alfie also gets his Great Aunt Itsy Bitsy’s help with dance lessons and a “Will you go out with me?” cupcake and it justifies Edwin’s take on his grandson from several episodes ago when Matty wanted to intervene with the school administrators and Edwin said it would be better for the kid to figure stuff out on his own Another example of Matty being bull-headed — and wrong • Julian and Olympia toast the signing of their divorce papers with Julian noting that their marriage lasted longer (12 years) than all of his father’s combined This amicability between the exes may not last though and given that Julian just won the business of a cash-rich AI start-up • Sarah ruefully notes that Julian’s AI client probably pays a retainer higher than what Olympia bills in a year But hasn’t Olympia been racking up a lot of high-profile I know Senior is inherently skeptical of social justice cases but it still kind of came out of nowhere for the Slamm’d suit to be a do-or-die • Matlock will be off for a few weeks while CBS focuses on a different court: the college basketball kind Will Matty’s investigation be done by the finale I think we’re barreling toward a season-ending cliffhanger Posted in: CBS, Paramount+ | Tagged: Here's our updated rundown of what's ahead with CBS's Matlock S01E16: "The Johnson Case," S01E17: "I Was That NCAA "March Madness" coverage is knocking CBS and Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman's Kathy Bates (Madeline "Matty" Matlock)-starring Matlock off of our screens for another week That doesn't mean that we don't have some cool new looks at what's to come as the series nears its season finale Along with a look at April 3rd's S01E16: "The Johnson Case" – including an official overview and image gallery – we also have the official overview and image gallery for April 10th's S01E17: "I Was That Too" and our first official image for the two-episode two-hour season finale set for April 17th – S01E18 & S01E19: "Tricks of the Trade – Part One and Part Two." Matlock Season 1 Episode 16 "The Johnson Case" – Olympia (Skye P Marshall) tries to impress the partnership board by taking on a complicated murder case Produced by CBS Studios, CBS's Matlock is executive-produced by Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, John Will, Kat Coiro, and Bates. Enjoyed this? Please share on social media! Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb It’s been a while since I dug into the actual lawyering in Matlock which was pretty shaky when the show debuted and which … well I give Matlock some latitude when it comes to legal verisimilitude because it’s a reboot of the ’80s/’90s Matlock a case-of-the-week murder mystery in which the hero routinely won in the courtroom by piecing together clues and trapping the real killer The original Matlock was heavily inspired by Perry Mason which took a similar approach to its mysteries The difference is that Perry Mason himself really did use his knowledge of the legal fineries to get his exculpatory evidence introduced while Ben Matlock mostly just monologued for the jury The new Matlock is different from its predecessor in a lot of ways It has a serialized story line running alongside the cases of the week and it’s more about office politics than it is about procedural crime-solving But the show’s approach to the courtroom scenes does have a lot in common with its namesake Olympia’s team represents their clients via vibes “good lawyering” for these attorneys often equates to stumbling onto a crucial piece of evidence through sheer happenstance It’s sort of like how in movies about poker players a “good poker player” is someone who always seems to draw the best cards This week’s case actually does require more legal maneuvering than usual the team once again wins after catching a late break The result is one of the series’ weaker episodes — one that mostly seems to be marking time until the season’s climactic “Matty vs The team arrives at the case in a roundabout way Olympia has been pursuing a class action against the makers of Slamm’d an alcohol-based energy drink marketed to young people which has been sending a lot of those kids to the hospital (“It gets people way too drunk too fast,” one college student explains.) When a Fordham sorority sister named Zoey Santos (Galilea La Salvia) is accused of sneaking Slamm’d into a romantic rival’s cup at a party — ultimately killing the young lady named Violet — Olympia decides to defend Zoey as part of a larger strategy to drum up publicity for her lawsuit The Matlock writers have a lot of fun with modern college Greek culture getting in a few good zingers about the kids’ sickly sweet cocktail recipes (rum Sour Patch Kids) and about how many of them are named Kennedy Even the relatively young Sarah regards these women as aliens in her midst with their self-tanner and the way they refer to the music of Destiny’s Child as “the oldies.” The problem for Olympia when it comes to defending Zoey is that the cutthroat nature of sorority life makes it hard to find character witnesses among the sisters They all have memories of Zoey either humiliating them personally or gleefully embarrassing one of their friends And so they all kinda believe she might’ve killed Violet on purpose That conviction only grows stronger when evidence emerges showing that someone using Zoey’s ID bought the fatal can of Slamm’d there’s some real lawyering involved with Jacobson Moore’s defense Billy and Sarah try to corroborate Zoey’s alibi — that she was taking selfies in the park around the time the bodega says she was buying Slamm’d — by following her jogging path themselves to prove it would be physically impossible for her to get to the store from the park so quickly the key piece of evidence comes from Matty who notices that one of the pictures Billy and Sarah were examining from the sorority party is actually a “live photo.” When they watch it for the full second it runs they can see in the background an image of Zoey’s ID being snuck back into her drawer by … one of the Kennedys who physically resembles Galilea La Salvia.) incredibly fortuitous moment of insight is the most Matty contributes to this case because she’s so distracted by her memories of Ellie and their contentious custody hearing that her head isn’t in the game When Olympia asks her for an “angle” on the case she wants Edwin to make all of her tough decisions for her It doesn’t help that so much of her daily routine is devoted to the mission of revenge against Jacobson Moore Matty intends to use the distraction of an annual office Easter egg hunt — with Alfie as her guest — to sneak into the security monitor station and extract the info she needs from Julian’s ID The plan almost goes haywire when her reliable friendly guard knocks off work early for the hunt A quick-thinking Alfie has to get “accidentally” trapped in a stairwell to coax the replacement guard out of her office long enough for Matty to sneak in Then the plan almost goes haywire again when Alfie calls Matty in a panic and says he lost his wallet — which contains a library card and an ice cream shop punch card with addresses close to their real Westchester home Matty is able to retrieve the wallet from Olympia’s office mostly undetected (Olympia does make a comment about ice cream but it’s unrelated to Alfie’s punch card.) Still coupled with the stress of the past few weeks at home and at the office Almost … until she gets some unexpected help lying back in his special chair with an edible invites Matty to sit down and indulge with him The two of them giggle while listening to the original Matlock theme song and then howl their apologies to the ghosts of the people they wronged who died in a car wreck the day after the two of them had a raging argument (Senior mourned by suing the car manufacturer and the tire company … and winning.) For Matlock Though she doesn’t speak her daughter’s name aloud This is such a magnificent scene from Kathy Bates and Beau Bridges I can shrug off the surrounding lack of legal realism when the character work being done at the center of this show is so strong But it does whet my appetite for the eventual moment when Bates and Bridges — as Matty and Senior — can square off with all of their cards on the table there’s a very nice sequence in which Matty walks a frightened Zoey through what to expect when she gets arrested • Olympia makes a new enemy this week when she tries to get a novice ADA to drop the case against Zoey and then join her in helping to bring down Slamm’d She tells him his “first kill” should be “a big bear,” not some college “squirrel.” He responds by suggesting that maybe she’s the bear He then gives her a bear figurine — which she puts on her desk • Jacobson Moore’s Easter celebration is technically branded “Family Day” (in part because 60 percent of the partners are Jewish) Senior loves the event’s “nondenominational rabbit,” but Julian hates it because on a Family Day when he was 10 years old Senior — while wearing that bunny suit — announced he was divorcing Julian’s mother as an olive branch to her (maybe?) soon-to-be-ex Olympia steals and hides the bunny head so that at least Julian won’t have to grapple with that memory • Sarah has some personal struggles this week first as her nemesis Simone flirts with Kira to get under Sarah’s skin and then as the big “let’s be monogamous” talk with Kira doesn’t go as well as Sarah had hoped • Whenever Senior talked about his younger brother • Speaking of siblings, throughout this episode Matty dodges calls from her sister Bitsy, and then in the final scene, while stoned off her keister, Matty comes home to find one of Bitsy’s better-than-you-might-expect sugar-free peach pies sitting on the counter. Then Bitsy herself swoops in, dropping references to Cindy Shapiro and saying things like “hug my neck” and “heck-a-doodie.” (A Misery reference?) Anyway especially given that Bitsy is played by the delightful Julie Hagerty see the Holy Blues welcome Matlock Town to the Kal Group Stadium on Tuesday night as Russ Wilcox’s Gainsborough Trinity continue the relentless run of Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday games that will be necessary for the remainder of the season largely thanks to Trinity’s superb cup form in both the Emirates FA Cup and Isuzu FA Trophy Trinity have the upper hand in recent games against the Gladiators Four wins and a draw in the last six meetings between the sides Three of those games ending with clean sheets for the Holy Blues though little can be read into the form guides A 5-3 home win for the Holy Blues in the league and a 5-2 Matlock win at the Proctor Cars’ Stadium in what turned out to be Neal Bishops’ last game in charge of Gainsborough Although both teams come into this fixture having conceded four at the weekend the Blues in defeat to run away league leaders’ Macclesfield Matlock were going down 4-2 away at Workington The defeat up in Cumbria was the Gladiators first defeat in seven while Trinity are without a win in the league since victory over Hyde United at the Kal Group Stadium In Matlock’s last three games away from the Proctor Cars Stadium Ryan Cresswell’s side have shared eighteen goals at Morpeth and Leek and that most recent defeat to Workington Russ Wilcox will be hopeful of a positive result against a side that has undergone significant investment and evolution since the last time the two sides met when Fraser Preston and Declan Howe were on the mark for the Blues Trinity have won the three games played against Matlock with two clean sheets and three goals conceded The boss will be hoping for more of the same,but - will be under no illusions as to the difficultly of the task in hand has seen them add experienced centre back and former Buxton skipper And the experienced Adam Clayton who appeared for Manchester City as a youngster before spells at Leeds United and Middlesborough make Cresswell’s side almost unrecognisable from the team beaten by the Holy Blues in the second week of September This game represents an opportunity to record a first winning double of the campaign The Club Shop was restocked ahead of Saturday’s game and there is still plenty available for Tuesday night An extra incentive for those looking for a bargain our special 150th Anniversary coins (in presentation box) are now available at £25 each And the 150th Anniversary Badges are priced at £2 each and hook yourself some cool Trinity merchandise or even have a rummage through some of the old programmes Though there may have been a quick turnaround for the Matchday Programme team that doesn’t mean we have scrimped on quality when is it not appropriate to be too honest BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Dale Storey provides his column and also looks ahead to somewhere new for the Holy Blues but somewhere different for the Trinity faithful Dale visited Stockton Town in the FA Trophy when Boston United were forced to divert to Stockton on their trip to Gateshead We also have photographs from Sean at Foxby Media both from Saturday’s game against Macclesfield and the Women’s Team Photo from their magnificent 8-0 County Cup Semi Final victory over Boston Town Priced at just £2.50 and available in limited quantities The only other game pencilled in for Tuesday night is Blyth Spartans at home to Ashton United a game that could see the Robins solidify their hold on a play-off spot Or see the Green Army close the gap at the foot of the table An unnamed investor has started pumping money into Northern Premier League side Matlock Town The backer was revealed at the AGM and EGM of The Gladiators last Monday evening when the company that owns the club changed its status to Limited by Shares to “allow for future investment” A statement from Matlock Town said: “A vote was taken by season ticket holders for that change in status to take place who has passed the Football Association’s Owners and Directors Test as well as thorough due diligence having been performed by the board.” The motion was passed by a “substantial” majority The statement added: “This change will allow Matlock Town FC to grow considerably on and off the pitch “The current directors of the club have worked hard with the approved investor over the last few months to ensure there are covenants in place to ensure the future of the club and mitigate against any risks from external investment The investor was keen to ensure that extra protections were in place to remove any doubt of a lack of future sustainability.” The controversial Nottingham businessman, David Hilton –  former owner of Scunthorpe United and one-time chairman of Ilkeston Town – is rumoured to be the unnamed backer of Matlock Town it will place him and the club under increased scrutiny after he endured a torrid time as the owner of Scunthorpe United in 2023 Hilton sold Scunthorpe United in October 2023 Matlock Town currently sit in 15th place in the Northern Premier League which forms levels seven and eight of the English football league pyramid X Close Ad Join or Sign In By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy She also reveals how the team decided who stole the Wellbrexa documents [Warning: The following contains spoilers from the Matlock Season 1 finale "Tricks of the Trade." Read at your own risk!] but when she was shown Julian's safety deposit box He was ostensibly there to collect the documents after submitting his resignation to the firm after Olympia won the partnership battle Julian was shocked to see his ex-wife holding the documents and immediately began to plead for her to help him get rid of the evidence It was one of the most compelling scenes in a season filled with top-tier acting moments While Olympia battled her conscience and loyalties, Matty helped Sarah (Leah Lewis) win her first solo court case The young lawyer got herself into hot water offering to write a cease-and-desist letter for a friend-of-a-friend and wound up defending the man in a manslaughter case when that letter led to a physical altercation between him and his business partner and YouThree shared a victory hug after a tough second half of the season for their working relationship Matty was then left waiting for Olympia to arrive at her house and explain everything that happened at the bank, but there was still one more surprise in store. Alfie (Aaron Harris) reached out to his biological father after Matty and Edwin (Sam Anderson) had discussed what would happen to their grandson if they became unable to take care of him The mysterious man showed up on the Kingston doorstep ready to build a relationship with his son and throw Matty and Edwin's plans for the future into chaos TV Guide caught up with Matlock boss Jennie Snyder Urman to discuss the twisty finale and how these lingering questions set up a very exciting Season 2 At what point did you know that Julian was going to be the one who stole the documents and when did you tell Jason Jennie Snyder Urman: We knew in the writers' room fairly early I told him about it around maybe Episode 13 It was really going to open up new avenues for drama for him At any point during the making of this episode did you tell him "I think this is what you should submit for Emmy consideration"?Urman: Let me tell you about the table read for this episode I can't say enough about Jason's performance in the finale at the bank He did this magical thing of making me empathize completely with Julian and say he made a mistake," and that's so hard to do when we've been building to this moment for the whole season We were so thrilled that he was going to get a chance to show all of these other sides to him because he's such a wonderful actor I makes me so excited to write to that complexity in Season 2 He was also incredible when Olympia told him that Senior sucks and they had that emotional moment.Urman: Exactly She had to manipulate him in the same way that Matty has had to manipulate people Matty is showing her that sometimes you do these things when you feel like you don't have any other option He is just so genuine and so accessible in those scenes don't let it be him." When he looks at her and says "Don't let me be defined by the worst thing I've ever done," I found it heartbreaking in the best way What compelled you the most about having it be Julian I really thought it would be Olympia because of what she means to Matty.Urman: I could not actually believe that [Olympia] would do it It would obviously be a lot of conflict between them if she had done it but I could not see this character we have been leaning on and has this moral backbone I always want to let the character lead us a little bit The other thing is that putting it on Julian and having him begging Olympia at the same time as Matty just really puts Olympia into an interesting situation in the next season Matty's drive can bump up against her drive in interesting ways That lets us access the women emotionally because they are the love story of the show It's an epic love story so it's not always smooth sailing There's push and pull so I didn't want Olympia to have stolen the documents How would you define Matty and Olympia's relationship at the end of the season?Urman: It's complicated but there's still a lot of love underneath which is called "Tricks of the Trade" because Matty is teaching Olympia that in order to get something when your back is up against the wall which is what that scene with Olympia manipulating Julian was about That is showing Olympia a little bit of a window in to the why and how of how Matty could have done this to her Matty also gave her the one gift of not going with her to the bank She trusted her enough in that moment to let her go to the bank alone She let her heart and her relationships overpower her pragmatism or her plan Olympia felt what a sacrifice that was and what an act of trust that was and you felt that at the end when Olympia calls her before she found the documents We're going to find him," and Matty says she'll help You can feel a little bit of coming back together everything changes when Olympia finds the documents Where they are left is so complicated emotionally at the top of the second season That's what we've been spending a lot of time in the writers room really combing through and making sure we find all of the subtleties and the nuances of where their relationship is but Senior doesn't seem 100 percent congratulatory Should we be reading into that interaction when he tells Olympia she got the promotion?Urman: I can't really answer that because that wondering is part of the dramatic tension I respectfully decline to tell you how worried you should be Another complicated situation is Alfie's dad who is also introduced at the end of the episode What provokes Matty to invite him inside when she and Edwin did not want him in Alfie's life?Urman: He's there They could hem and haw and debate when it was in their hands He's at the front door so she has to deal with it We'll be picking up pretty continuously from there in Season 2 This man's arrival throws everything into chaos in that house We've had Matty have her differences with Edwin They've all been rowing in the same directions and this character will destabilize that home life There's a very dramatic montage of Matty taking down the evidence board set to "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac It felt series finale-ish instead of season finale.Urman: I wanted this finale to breathe and for every character to not be moving from plot point to plot point as we normally do I wanted to really sit in the emotions of what has happened over the course of this season and what has been gained These relationships are so central to the reawakening that Matty has had in her life There is a new landscape that she suddenly sees in front of her at 76 and these people have really touched her It felt like a place for her to stop and really think about it ending now and reflect on these relationships It's all building to this sense that Matty is not ready to give up being a lawyer She wants to keep feeling seen in the world These are all of the people who have seen her and have given her this new drive We really want to honor that and it felt really emotional to show how far these characters have come Would you say that YouThree have fully healed after Matty stepped up and helped Sarah with this trial It was so warm and they all showed up for Sarah Now we know that Julian is the one who stole the documents will there be another big mystery in Season 2?Urman: There is a big mystery that launched in Season 2 because we have to answer what is going to happen with this document at the launch The end of the second season is going to be really Matlock has already been renewed for Season 2 and will return in the 2025-26 season Season 1 is now available to stream on Paramount+