SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from the Season 1 finale of CBSMatlock.
Senior would have been the more obvious choice.
Was that ever considered?
(L-R): Kathy Bates as “Madeline Matlock” and Skye P. Marshall as “Olympia Lawrence”.Robert Voets/CBS
I dont want to do it just for dramatic effect.
Were always going to stay true to the character.
DEADLINE: Will the fact that Julian is remorseful help his case with Olympia in Season 2?
(L-R) Kathy Bates as “Madeline Matlock”, David Del Rio as Billy Martinez, Leah Lewis as Sarah Franklin, and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia Lawrence.
JSU:Hes begging, and hes remorseful.
He kept the documents all these years to punish himself.
Its his Tell-Tale Heart.
Its the thing he knows that hes done, and thats why hes kept it.
Think about all the other things I am to you and our family.
JSU:Yes, but hes also the father of her children.
Does she want him to go to jail?
Does she think he was the person who was ultimately the mastermind?
Thats something that shes going to be thinking about.
Its going to leave everybody in a really difficult position.
DEADLINE: Beyond Olympia and Julians problems, is there a way to repair her friendship with Matty?
Thats what were dramatizing, and its the spine of the show.
Its going to be, will they, wont they?
Theres going to be push and pull, theres going to be real heartbreak.
And then, how do you work past that, when theres also real love?
Friendship, like the Greeks spoke of it, is one of the pillars of love.
Can they trust each other after such a big betrayal?
DEADLINE: This is a similar situation she is facing with Julian.
Its difficult for Olympia to let her walls down and trust.
So the fact that she trusted Matty and exposed her vulnerabilities is part of the pain of the betrayal.
At the same time, she found the document, and Matty was right.
So, how does that impact her feelings of betrayal?
It complicates everything, the fact that Matty was right.
These complicated emotions in her life are what we are exploring at the beginning of the second season.
Why was it so important to make things right for her?
Sarah is one of them, and she lost some confidence as a result.
It weighs on Matty heavily.
She didnt leave too many fingerprints, not hurting too many people that she cared about.
Sarah is the last thing she feels guilty about, and Matty wants to see her succeed.
Leah was so excited to get the case in the finale.
She waited all season for her moment, and she really crushed it.
Im so lucky to get to work with those actors.
DEADLINE: To wrap up, the finale dropped another big reveal to keep us on our toes.
A man who is potentially Alfies (Aaron D. Harris) father is at Mattys door.
Set us up for whats ahead in Season 2, like.
The entire show has been built around Mattys sense of control.
I am really excited to see what Kathy Bates does with that.
