The WORST episodes of Matlock (2024)
Every episode of Matlock (2024) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Game Day
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/6/2025
Olympia hires an outside party to select jurors rather than using Shae, putting the case at risk.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Pregame
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/2025
An important class-action lawsuit leads the team to investigate a sorority; Matty brings Alfie with her to Jacobson-Moore on Family Day.
#9 - A Traitor In Thine Own House
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/2025
Tensions rise as Shae works with Olympia's team on a case for a tech startup that's had trade secrets stolen.
#10 - 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.
#11 - This Is That Moment
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/2025
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.
#12 - Friends
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/2025
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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
#17 - No, No Monsters
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2024
YouThree help Olympia defend a defamed nanny at her children’s school. Also, Matty is on a stressful hunt for an important document on the Wellbrexa case.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.