Whereas the Matlock forged has been cryptic in regards to the season 1 finale, there have been huge guarantees of cliffhangers, adjustments, twists and extra.
Matlock, which premiered in September 2024, follows a rich retired lawyer named Madeline Kingston (Kathy Bates) who pretends to be a poor widower named Matty Matlock to get a job at Jacobson Moore regulation agency. Because it seems, Matty thinks somebody on the firm is complicit within the opioid epidemic that resulted in her daughter’s demise.
The plan to take down Jacobson Moore doesn’t precisely go as deliberate since Matty finds herself rising nearer to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), Billy (David Del Rio), Sarah (Leah Lewis) and extra of her coworkers that don’t appear to concentrate on the corruption on the agency.
After Matlock was rapidly renewed for a second season, viewers questioned how the present would preserve issues recent. Director and government producer Kat Coiro completely advised Us Weekly that the unique twist is just the start.
“What’s so good in regards to the present and Jennie’s writing is that it’s very incremental and character-based. The twists have lots to do with psychology relatively than counting on huge exterior components or plot shifts,” Coiro defined in November 2024. “You get so invested in these characters that small revelations grow to be actually thrilling.”
Coiro clarified that the CBS sequence isn’t counting on only one storytelling machine.
“It’s simpler to get away with that the extra invested all people turns into within the characters. Undoubtedly the twist within the pilot was the largest,” she famous. “Since you suppose you’re watching a fairly commonplace procedural a few fish out of water in a regulation agency. Then, all of a sudden you introduce this story line that now has to hold two plots and two completely different units of characters via each episode.”
Coiro additionally praised the present’s writers’ room for locating methods to maintain every episode feeling new, including, “I feel subtlety of the development and the truth that it’s not transferring ahead at an extremely fast charge is a part of what makes it sustainable.”
Forward of the Matlock season 1 finale, preserve scrolling for each tease of how the present concludes — for now:
Jason Ritter

Jason Ritter as “Julian Markston”. CBS
“There’s a whole lot of satisfying solutions, nevertheless it ends on an enormous cliffhanger — through which the entire primary characters’ lives cling within the steadiness. They may go in so many various instructions. It’s so thrilling,” the actor, who performs Julian, completely shared with Us in April. “I’m pondering of all these completely different variations of what may occur.”
Ritter stated he was excited to see the general public response.
“I’m nervous for everyone concerned as a result of there’s some actual world penalties that may include this. Even interpersonal relationships won’t ever be the identical,” he continued. “There are issues that you just simply can not unlearn or unsee about one other individual. You may heal nevertheless it’s going to be actually fascinating to see how all of them navigate this bombshell information.”
Skye P. Marshall

Skye P. Marshall Sonja Flemming/CBS
After bringing Olympia to life, Marshall expressed her curiosity in what’s but to return.
“I’m not even exaggerating. After I learn the finale script, I used to be like, ‘Right here is take off. Right here we go.’ And I imply take off as our characters are absolutely developed [by the end]. Everybody has their very own angle, their very own purpose and their very own ambition — whether or not it aligns with their authentic alliance or not,’” she shared with Us in March. “Based mostly on how season 1 ended, I’m fairly certain we’re going to get some wonderful visitor stars to only proceed the place that is all going to make all of it make sense. With the success of Matlock, we acquired lots of people’s consideration. I’m actually excited to see what different unimaginable expertise desires to return and discover these different characters.”
Marshall praised Matlock for “taking pictures for the celebs,” including, “I’m actually excited that the rocket is taking off. I like that. And no matter you suppose goes to be revealed, the twist goes to have you ever turned across the similar manner the pilot ending did.”
Creator Jennie Snyder Urman

“Once we get to a brand new downside in storytelling, I actually sit within the character’s emotion on how they’d reply. I’m at all times shocked with what comes out as I give it some thought — like how they push via — or how every character tells me how they’d react,” Urman advised Us in April about coping with onscreen challenges. “The extra we dig into the human expertise — and simply the extra fascinating and stunning ways in which folks behave — it retains coming to the forefront.”
Urman promised the very best is but to return. “I’m consistently shocked by the characters and what the writers’ room brings in. Additionally simply how we are able to preserve twisting the story and make it extra. [It is all about] holding it recent and fascinating,” she teased. “The season 1 finale units up all the pieces. In season 2, you’ll get the solutions that we’ve been promising.”
She concluded: “It units up one thing new. You’ll find yourself with nice battle between characters and a whole lot of completely different motivations come to a head. It leaves a whole lot of drama and enjoyable to unpack within the second season.”