The worst episodes of Matlock
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- 01
Olympia and Julian's issues intensify as they each represent opposing sides in a nasty custody case. Also, Matty uses the firm's security system to her advantage.
- 02
An important class-action lawsuit leads the team to investigate a sorority. Also, Matty brings Alfie with her to Jacobson Moore on Family Day.
- 03
Olympia hires an outside party to select jurors rather than using Shae, putting the case at risk.
- 04
Matty helps Olympia take on Elijah's cousin's wrongful termination case. Also, Edwin worries that the longer Matty remains at Jacobson Moore, the more she puts herself in danger of being caught.
- 05
Tensions rise as Shae works with Olympia's team on a case for a tech startup that's had trade secrets stolen.
- 06
Matty and Sarah pose as grandmother and granddaughter in order to gather information at a senior living facility facing a wrongful death suit.
- 07
As Olympia and the team take on a wrongful death case, Matty meets with a mysterious woman from Senior's past. Also, Matty reflects on her relationship with her daughter.
- 08
With the holidays approaching, the team's secrets start to come to light while they take on a harassment case involving the city's fire department. Matty and Edwin contemplate meeting Joey's sister. Meanwhile, Sarah makes a shocking confession that could put her entire relationship with Olympia at risk.
- 09
Olympia and Matty each put together their own collateral for Julian, hoping to regain his trust after he makes a shocking discovery. Meanwhile, an injunction case takes a turn when their client is detained by ICE agents, forcing the team to shift gears to keep him with his family and prevent deportation.
- 10
The stakes are high when Matty represents one of Jacobson Moore's own on trial amidst her and Edwin's 50th wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, Olympia and Julian track down a scientist from the Wellbrexa lab.
- 11
Olympia defends a defamed nanny at her children's school; Matty is on a stressful hunt for an important document on the Wellbrexa case.
- 12
Olympia's partnership dream hangs in the balance as she and her team race against the clock to get a dangerous drink off the market.
- 13
While the team is tasked with protecting a witness, Matty and Olympia square off over the Wellbrexa document. Also, Matty and Edwin contemplate whether or not to help Alfie's father.
- 14
Matty and Olympia find out that the executive committee has flown in after learning of a security breach at the firm. Also, the team takes on a case involving competing hot chicken restaurants.
- 15
Matty and Olympia race to protect each other from Julian's suspicions as they also work on the resentencing case of a teenager sentenced as an adult to life.
- 16
Matty and Olympia continue to test the boundaries of their friendship while helping a group of nuns. Meanwhile, Olympia and Sarah become roped into secretive activities within the firm.
- 17
Matty and Olympia navigate a new trust dynamic with Julian as he accompanies Matty to surveil the ex-wife of a Wellbrexa exec. Meanwhile, Hunter, a member of the firm's floater pool, assists Olympia, Matty and Sarah on a manslaughter case involving a health care worker.
- 18
The team works tirelessly to prove a landlord's culpability after a building collapse leaves multiple people dead and injured. The case takes a shocking turn after someone close to the team is arrested for misconduct involving the jury.
- 19
As Olympia and Julian get a second shot at a case regarding a death due to contaminated baby formula, their past work on the investigation gives glimpses into what led to their divorce; Matty's overwhelming stress causes her to consider quitting.
- 20
Olympia works to repair her relationship with her family after she takes on a case involving her mother's new husband. Also, Matty and Olympia receive a shocking piece of information.
- 21
Olympia tasks Matty with getting close to their client, who is fighting for justice in the wrongful death of his wife.
- 22
Matty questions the paternity of the man claiming to be Alfie's father. Also, the team takes on an arson case while Olympia tries to protect Julian's involvement in the Wellbrexa case.
- 23
As the team continues tracing Senior's money trail, they arrange a delicate meeting with a key accomplice, one that could expose them all. Also, the team takes on a criminal justice student's personal case involving a hit and run.
- 24
A big class-action case against the prison system hits close to home for Matty when its lead plaintiff, jailed on drug charges, relapses.
- 25
Matty works on a case with Julian in which a young woman sues after experiencing severe symptoms from a clinical trial; at the company holiday party, Olympia learns a secret about Julian's past.
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