The BEST episodes of Matlock (2024)
Every episode of Matlock (2024) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Matlock (2024)!
Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years, decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia, a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian, the son of the head of the firm, 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 and the uber ambitious Sarah.
#1 - Call It a Christmas Gift
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/2025
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. Meanwhile, Matty and Edwin contemplate meeting Joey's sister.
#2 - Tricks of the Trade (2)
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/2025
Sarah's career is put in jeopardy as Jacobson-Moore readies for a trial that could change everything; Matty makes a shocking discovery.
#3 - The Before Times
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2025
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.
#4 - Another Matlock
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2025
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.
#5 - Tomorrow Is Still Tomorrow
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2025
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.
#6 - Piece of My Heart
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2025
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.
#7 - Mousetrap
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2025
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.
#8 - Harm Reduction
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2025
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.
#9 - Prior Bad Acts
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/2025
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.
#10 - Tricks of the Trade (1)
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2025
When Sarah’s client is arrested after his business partner is found murdered, Billy attempts to help her handle the case while Matty and Olympia contend with a pressing confidential matter.
#11 - Collateral
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/2026
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.
#12 - The Greater Good
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/2026
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.
#13 - Tail Lights
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/12/2026
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.
#14 - The Cavalry Isn't Coming
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/2/2026
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.
#15 - The Future Is Nigh
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/9/2026
Olympia and the team take on a client, Vicki, who is fighting to gain full control of an AI afterlife software company she developed with her late sister. Also, Olympia tries to repair her relationship with Sarah and Matty gets a troubling call from Joey.
#16 - Day One
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/16/2026
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.
#17 - Who Are You? (1)
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/23/2026
The team confronts an unexpected final hurdle they need to overcome to bring Senior to justice for his role in the Wellbrexa cover up. Meanwhile, they defend an airport ramp operator accused of safety negligence in the death of a passenger.
#18 - Matty Matlock (2)
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/2026
The team confronts an unexpected final hurdle they need to overcome to bring Senior to justice for his role in the Wellbrexa cover up. Meanwhile, they defend an airport ramp operator accused of safety negligence in the death of a passenger.
#19 - Crash Helmets On
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/2025
Matty and Sarah pose as grandmother and granddaughter in order to gather information at a senior living facility facing a wrongful death suit.
#20 - Rome, in a Day
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2024
As Matty settles into her new role at Jacobson Moore, Olympia and the aptly nicknamed “Team You Three” (Matty, Billy and Sarah) take on a lawsuit involving a developmentally delayed teenager whose family claims he’s been wrongly accused of murder. Also, Olympia and Julian disagree on a parenting matter.
#21 - A Guy Named Greg
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2024
Matty's rusty trial skills are put to the test during a wrongful termination case by a woman claiming she was sexually harassed by her boss. Also, the firm's jury consultant and master lie detector, Shae, joins the case.
#22 - The Rabbit and the Hawk
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2024
Olympia tasks Matty with getting close to their client, who is fighting for justice in the wrongful death of his wife.
#23 - Claws
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2024
A big class-action case against the prison system hits close to home for Matty when its lead plaintiff, jailed on drug charges, relapses. Also, Matty plays matchmaker with Sarah and a girl from IT.
#24 - Belly of the Beast
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2024
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.
#25 - Sixteen Steps
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2024
As Olympia and Julian get a second shot at a case regarding a tragic death due to contaminated baby formula, their past work on the investigation gives glimpses into what led to their divorce. Also, Matty’s overwhelming stress causes her to consider quitting.