[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Matlock Season 1.]
Matlock surprised viewers with its last-minute twist within the sequence premiere, however audiences then needed to wait a number of weeks to search out out what occurs subsequent. The brand new Kathy Bates procedural wouldn’t return with new episodes till October and at a brand new time on CBS after the September 22 premiere. Now, the present is on a brief break once more. We break down the discharge schedule beneath.
Matlock stars Bates because the titular character, Madeline “Matty” Matlock, which because it seems isn’t her actual title in any respect. The Matlock persona is a disguise Matty has adopted as a part of an elaborate plan to unearth proof of corruption on the prestigious Jacobson Moore legislation agency. Matty is admittedly Matty Kingston, and she or he’s neither broke nor hated by the grandson she’s elevating like she advised her new colleagues on the agency within the first episode. The twist additionally revealed that the sequence just isn’t recreating the Nineteen Eighties Matlock TV present with Andy Griffith, however relatively its characters have a deep love of it. Matty and her household used to spend hours watching the present collectively, which impressed her pseudonym.
The Kingstons are wealthy, they usually’re utilizing their appreciable assets — and the assistance of Matty’s age that she says makes her “invisible” — to avenge their deceased daughter, who died of an opioid overdose. Their 14-year-old grandson can be in on the scheme, and he very a lot enjoys serving to out his grandma on their mission to find out which Jacobson Moore legal professional deliberately buried paperwork that may have gotten opioids off the market 10 years earlier. Ought to Matty be involved about what classes about morality this scheme is educating her grandson? That’s one thing that Matty’s loving husband, Edwin (Sam Anderson), will fear about shifting ahead, showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman advised TV Insider (see embedded hyperlink beneath).
Is Matlock new this week?
Matlock aired new episodes weekly following the encore of the sequence premiere on Thursday, October 10. Episode 6, “Sixteen Steps,” was the primary main episode for Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) and her ex-husband Julian (Jason Ritter), with the episode ending with Matty lastly being assigned to Julian’s pharma crew.
There are 18 episodes whole in Matlock Season 1, Marshall tells TV Insider, however now it’s on a brief break for the Thanksgiving vacation. The brand new TV film Nugget Is Lifeless? A Christmas Story can be airing in Matlock‘s place on Thursday, November 21 at 8/7c on CBS. The next Thursday is Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving episode of Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage may have an encore displaying within the Matlock timeslot that day.
The Matlock midseason finale will air on Thursday, December 12, TV Insider has confirmed with CBS. Right here’s a breakdown of the Matlock Season 1 schedule up to now.
Episode 1: Sunday, September 22, 8/7c (Sequence Premiere)
Episode 1: Thursday, October 10, 9/8c (Sequence Premiere Encore)
Episode 2: Thursday, October 17, 9/8c
Episode 3: Thursday, October 24, 9/8c
Episode 4: Thursday, October 31, 9/8c
Episode 5: Thursday, November 7, 9/8c
Episode 6: Thursday, November 14, 9/8c
Episode 7: Thursday, December 5, 9/8c
Episode 8: Thursday, December 12, 9/8c, (Midseason Finale)
Matlock Episode 7 can be a holiday-themed episode titled “Stomach of the Beast.” In it, Matty works on a case with Julian during which a younger girl sues after experiencing extreme signs from a scientific trial. On the firm vacation get together, Olympia learns a secret about Julian’s previous. Get a preview of the episode from Marshall right here.
When does Matlock return?
Following the December 12 midseason finale, Matlock will return with the second half of Season 1 on Thursday, January 30 at 9/8c. See the complete CBS 2025 midseason premiere schedule right here.
Matlock, Returns Thursday, December 5, 9/8c, CBS