"Matty warned Olympia that she and her husband, Edwin (Sam Anderson), were about to go to the New York Times with all the evidence they'd gathered against Jacobson Moore and its Big Pharma client Wellbrexa. Olympia asked her to wait until after she checked the bank boxes she shares with her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Julian Markston (Jason Ritter), to see if he was part of the firm's cover-up scheme."
"The pileup of Matlock plots and subplots got to be a bit much last season, especially given that nearly every episode also included a new legal case for Olympia's team to handle - in less than 44 minutes of screen time, usually. The stories involving Olympia's other underlings, Sarah Franklin (Leah Lewis) and Billy Martinez (David Del Rio), were often minimized and isolated. I wondered back then if this was all sustainable."
Madeline Kingston poses as Matty Matlock to infiltrate Jacobson Moore and gather evidence that connects the firm and its Big Pharma client Wellbrexa to an opioid epidemic that killed her daughter. Olympia Lawrence uncovers Matty's identity and becomes a reluctant ally after Matty warns she will go to the New York Times with the evidence. Olympia discovers damning bank-box documents implicating her soon-to-be-ex-husband Julian Markston, who urges her to shred them, creating a cliffhanger. Season one balanced numerous interlocking plots alongside weekly legal cases, often marginalizing younger staff arcs and raising questions about narrative sustainability going forward.
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