Matlock (2024) s02e15 Episode Script

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MATTY: The law firm Jacobson Moore
hid documents that could have taken
opioids off the market
and saved our daughter's life.
JULIAN: My dad told
me to get rid of the study.
- What's going on here?
- There was a security breach.
The leak in the New York office
means Senior is slipping.
I thought it was a good time
to assess the king's court.
Well, the law firm Lamar and Olson
want to merge
with very favorable terms.
I am Gwen Easton, head of
personnel at Lamar and Olson,
as we combine into one mean,
lean, legal machine.
I should not have fired you, Sarah.
If you ever want back on my team,
I'll take you in a second.
HUNTER: I overheard Olympia's offer.
- Hunter, I'm sorry.
- Oh, it's all good. Just tell me
in advance so I know if
I should wear my nice suit.
JULIAN: Dad, is everything okay?
I'm forgetting all kinds of things.
JULIAN:
I convinced my father to retire.
- Remember, warnings are subtle.
- Responses are not.
- It was the Wolf.
- JULIAN: He was actively
involved in the cover-up.
I was just tracing the hush money
Senior paid
to bury the Wellbrexa study.
There is a cash
withdrawal for 350K.
We've tied Senior to the hush money.
[EXHALES]
♪
Excuse me. Do I know you?
I don't think so.
You look pretty familiar.
Well, I do ride this dang bus
every day. [LAUGHS]
Smooth liar. All right.
Come again?
Guys! Guys, it's Matty Matlock.
- WOMAN: Matty Matlock?
- You mean Madeline Kingston.
- Matlock?
- Is it Matty Matlock?
[LOUD, OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Hey.
- MAN: Who are you?!
- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
Are you Matty Matlock,
or are you Madeline Kingston?
Did you break the law?
Do you regret lying
to your colleagues?
MAN: Was it worth it?
Did you think
you were gonna get away with it?
- Come on! Who are you?
- [LOUD, OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
- MAN: Who are you?
- MAN 2: Who are you?
[INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
[OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
[MATTY GASPS]
It's everywhere.
I know. I saw.
And I'm the liar?
I'm so sorry we couldn't tell you.
- Grammy, you went viral.
- I did?
[THEME OF MATLOCK PLAYING]
EDWIN: Oh. Here's another meme.
Madeline, what on earth are you
doing to Andy Griffith?
And why don't you ever do it to me?
I Uh
GWEN: Hidey-ho!
Just tying up a few loose ends
before the merger closes.
Could I have your bar card, please?
What? Why?
Did you really think you could
be a lawyer after this?
Actually, there might be a way.
Kidding! You're definitely
losing your license.
You might even wind up in jail.
[LAUGHS]
Bar card?
[INDISTINCT, OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
- MAN: Who are you?
- MAN 2: Who are you?
- MAN 3: Who are you?
- [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
- [GASPS LOUDLY]
- EDWIN: Huh?
You okay?
Oh, yeah.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Just thinking about the end.
Kids, I want you to hear this
from me first.
I did something I am not proud of,
a long time ago, uh,
at your grandfather's behest.
He was
OLYMPIA: Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
Whoa. Too much "he," not enough "I."
You have to model accountability
for the kids.
I know, but the difference
between the person
I wanted to be in their eyes,
and the person I'm about to be
You'll be the same dad,
just one who made a mistake.
Can't believe we're at the end.
- I know. [SIGHS] Just in time, too.
- Yeah.
I got a look at
the new corporate structure.
If the merger goes through,
it erases your dad's liabilities.
He'd keep his ill-gotten gains.
Tens of millions of them.
- Can't happen.
- No.
Bringing his crime to light
is the right thing to do.
We have to live our values.
Let's just hope Matty
figured out the right person
to approach at the D.O.J.
Oh, I found the perfect person.
Are you sure? Because my dad
has friends everywhere.
The Bureau,
the U.S. Attorney's Office.
If anyone catches a scent
Don't you worry.
Our girl is a hedgehog.
A what?
Solitary creatures that
nobody gives a cluck about.
And when hedgehogs get scared,
they don't lash out.
They ball up.
The metaphor is not bathing me
in relief.
A-a hedgehog?
- Battle hamster. That any better?
- You know, not really.
OLYMPIA: Matty knows
how to profile people.
She infiltrated a major law firm.
- Let her cook.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
GWEN: Olympia!
I need to confirm your team.
I assume Mrs. Potts is
staying put, but
- I wasn't sure about Chip.
- Who?
Uh, I think she means Hunter.
Ah. Still deciding, Gwen.
I know. That was my way
of rushing you. And Julian.
- [TOOL TAPPING]
- GWEN: Hmm.
Seven days, eight hours,
32 minutes until the merger,
so turn in that paperwork. 'Kay?
Sarah has to choose you.
I'm not gonna be a lawyer
in seven days, eight hours
and 32 minutes.
[SIGHS] When is your meeting
with the hedgehog?
Uh, noon.
Let's go convince Sarah
that Julian sucks.
OLYMPIA: Wow. Nice interview suit.
But after the merger, I am going
to try to get you back.
Appreciate that, but I'm okay
as long as I land somewhere.
Sarah, on the other hand, is not okay.
She just got huge news.
And when she tells you, do not laugh.
I made that mistake.
You will regret it.
Uh, okay
Good morning! [LAUGHS]
Did Hunter tell you what happened?
It's hilarious.
No, he didn't say anything.
Oh! Well, remember
when I hired that PI?
No luck on my birth parents yet,
but he did track down
my birth certificate
to an orphanage
which was overflowing
with kids at the time.
And they mixed up my records.
[SARAH LAUGHS]
Oh, wow. I mean, that is big news.
- No, it's not.
- It's not?
No! The big news is that I was only
six months old
when the adoption closed.
But my parents didn't bring me
home until I was two.
And I had the wrong
birth certificate, right?
So, I actually wasn't two.
I was on the older side of three.
So, I'm actually not 28.
I have been 30
for the last four months.
[SARAH LAUGHING]
- Oh.
- Oh.
Well, uh, happy late birthday, kiddo.
- Thanks.
- Your thirties are just
the beginning of the sweet spot.
Mm-hmm, that's right,
and we just got a case
that requires maturity.
We're defending Felix Dominguez,
the defendant
in the LaGuardia Airport trial.
The one where the lady died
on the tarmac?
Yup. He just fired his old attorneys
because they were
pressuring him to take a plea.
Felix swears
he didn't do anything wrong.
Investigations and research and prep.
- Oh, my.
- So, what do you say, Dorothy?
You want to follow us down
the Yellow Brick Road?
OLYMPIA: Hmm? Or you could just
go work for Julian.
Heard he's drafting a restricted
- stock purchase agreement
- [MATTY SNORES]
and a cap table memo
for one of his startups.
Dirty pool.
Client meeting in five.
Which I will be late for.
D.A. Barrett is popping by
for a quick chat.
I'll meet you in there.
Welcome to the case.
Nine months late, but who's counting.
- You, apparently.
- I could have had a child.
- [LAUGHS]
- Regardless,
it's good to finally
be across the aisle from you.
Heard how you fight for
the little guy in Louboutins.
And I hear that you read indictments
like bedtime stories.
- Hmm. Only on weekdays.
- Hmm.
Let's discuss Felix Dominguez.
And I pulled up to the plane,
got out, and raised the ramp.
And you did
your customary safety check?
FELIX: Yeah. Ramp positioning.
Base stabilizer engagement.
And while I was doing that,
I got the call from Izzy.
She thought
she was starting contractions.
Braxton-Hicks,
but it was my first baby,
and I was home alone.
I finished the safety checks
before calling her back,
I swear.
But you were on the phone
when Margot Pope stepped
onto the stairs?
Yeah. The ramp suddenly dropped
four feet.
I ran over when I heard the commotion.
She had already fallen and
and died.
Look, I-I was so upset,
I wanted to help the Port Authority.
But I know I said too much
in my interview with them.
From the end of the transcript.
"Yes, like I said,
"I'm pretty sure
I locked the stabilizers.
"But my wife was so upset
when she called, I guess maybe
"I could have forgotten. Oh, God.
Oh, God. Maybe this is my fault."
What was the point
of you popping by again?
Felix's last legal team
was really warming up
to a plea deal.
Which is why he fired them.
He took a Klonopin.
I would never take that on the job.
I-I took one at home,
because I was so upset.
Then two hours later, these
investigators showed up, and
they-they did a drug test.
Which was excluded
in pretrial motions.
Too prejudicial, no way
to verify when it was taken.
I'm sorry I'm late. I was
meeting with the prosecutor.
She's really tough.
She is, but we are tougher.
The airline's saying
Felix was under the influence
and failed
to properly stabilize the ramp.
MATTY: A criminal
conviction would help them
skirt any civil liability.
Big corporations only care
about the bottom line.
I know I did my job correctly.
The bridge must have fallen
for another reason.
And we will try to find that reason.
Unfortunately,
experts examined the truck
and found no mechanical issues.
But the good news is,
we just have
to create reasonable doubt
that your actions caused the accident.
And this team is going
to do just that.
[EXHALES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MATTY SIGHS]
This is my third go-round
with this doorstopper.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Ah.
I keep wanting a love story.
"Crime meets punishment,
crime loses punishment,
crime gets punishment back,"
and then the rest of us live
happily ever after.
A man wrestling with his conscience
and choosing justice
seems pretty romantic to me.
Oh, I know.
I read your college thesis, Lida.
Who are you and what do you want?
I have a criminal conspiracy
with more tentacles than a Kraken.
Which means your bosses
at the D.O.J. can't know
about the case
until an arrest is made.
What's the case?
A major law firm hid a study
that could have saved hundreds
of thousands of lives,
and altered the course
of the opioid epidemic.
My brother died of an overdose.
Guessing you know that.
I do.
And I'm very sorry.
You have proof that it happened?
I have the study,
I have the financial trail,
and I have an informant
who's willing to testify
in exchange for immunity.
Hmm. It'll be very difficult
to secure a deal
without informing my superiors.
I haven't led a sting
Because of those superiors.
This is your hero moment.
Not everybody wants one of those.
Well, maybe not, but you do.
Remember what you wrote
in your eighth-grade yearbook?
"If a hero isn't coming,
I will a hero become."
Hmm. You trying
to get a job at the FBI?
You build the cases, your bosses
take the press conferences.
16 years of being invisible gets old.
You bring this in,
everything changes.
Obviously, I can't agree until
I get eyes on what you have.
[MATTY SNIFFLES]
Need a bookmark?
I have an extra at home.
My Raskolnikov is named Julian?
Choosing justice is romantic.
Like you said.
Wait.
What's your name?
You sign on, and I'll tell you.
Well
It's the strangest thing.
I just couldn't say my name.
Hmm.
Maybe because once I say
"Kingston,"
it's over.
Can't put the genie
back in the bottle.
You know, that's not actually true.
In a lot of
the mid-tenth-century tellings,
the genies were actually
tricked back inside their lamps.
- Edwin.
- Well, I'm just saying.
Madeline Kingston could trick
a genie back into a bottle.
No. Madeline Matlock could.
- Oh.
- It's funny.
I've just focused for so long on
the end,
and I didn't spend much time thinking
about what happens
after the end.
Well, it's going to be intense.
The press.
Your face everywhere. And mine.
Hopefully, they spare Alfie.
I know.
But we've got good lawyers.
Mm-hmm.
We have to tell Joey.
Oh, after all that talk of honesty
We'll just explain
that it's for Ellie.
It's all for Ellie.
Thanks, Mom. I'll be dropping
the kids off to you
at the end of the week.
Bye.
Don't worry. It's not a subpoena.
I'm bringing aid from the front lines.
This merger is aging all of us
in dog years.
- Hi, Eva.
- Hi, Olympia.
Exosome serum.
From my guy in Coral Gables.
Swiss. FDA-adjacent.
- Possibly illegal.
- Uh
But you put it on at night,
and in the morning,
men are explaining things
to you twice.
[CHUCKLES]
I thought the partners-in-charge
were arriving on Thursday.
That's why I'm here early
and why I'm here talking to you.
I heard Senior's retiring.
And I know all about
his golden parachute.
So, what else is there
for me to tell you?
The "why."
One minute, he's fighting the coup
like it's the Battle of Agincourt.
The next, he's stepping down
before the ink is dry
on the merger he orchestrated.
Make an appointment.
Put him on the rack until he cracks.
I tried. Can't get past Stuart.
He's gatekeeping more than usual.
No kidding.
Luckily, on Tuesdays,
he forgoes his usual
working lunch for a massage.
[GASPS]
- Thank you for the tip.
- I got you.
- I'll let you know if I find anything out.
- Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LINE RINGING]
Eva's in town early,
so you need to have lunch
with your father.
She is a chaos agent.
Nothing can go wrong.
We are at the finish line.
Oh, and when you leave at 3:30
to meet the new babysitter,
make sure Senior goes, too.
Okay, bye.
Every time I think
we've whacked all our moles,
another one pops up.
Well, that's the nature of the game.
So, listen, I was thinking
about our trial, and, um,
it might make more sense
for me to take the lead.
Their first witness is
a 70-year-old flight attendant.
So, if we're about
to beat up on an old lady,
it might be better
coming from an old lady.
Plus, it
I don't know it might be
my last day in court.
We don't know
that you'll lose your license.
Well, even if I don't,
I can't work here.
- I'll fight for you.
- Well, that won't work.
Then we'll strike out on our own.
- I'm serious.
- [CHUCKLES]
Matty,
- we could start our own firm.
- Oh
Lawrence and Kingston.
God knows you got
the bank account to fund it.
Well, woman, if I'm paying
for it, then I get top billing.
- Ooh.
- Kingston and Lawrence.
[SUCKS IN THROUGH TEETH]
We can negotiate.
[MATTY CHUCKLES]
We are going
to keep practicing law together.
End of story.
I am about to lose a lot.
I'm not losing that.
Ready for court?
- Absolutely.
- Let's do this.
Ready for court.
COLETTE: One minute,
she was this lovely woman,
coming back from Maui
with a fresh tan.
Then the ramp collapsed, and
she was all blood and bone.
I am so sorry
that you had to see that.
Your witness.
Colette,
first I want to say
how sorry I am, too.
And really wish
I didn't have to probe,
but that's the dang job.
I know.
So, how's your vision?
Mine took a nosedive
after I got my AARP card.
[LAUGHS] Well,
astigmatism comes for us all.
But I wear contacts. I see well.
Doesn't that recycled cabin air
dry out your contacts?
Uh, sometimes.
When, specifically?
I'm-I'm not sure.
My research says 94%
of passengers who wear contacts
report irritated eyes
after three hours.
That sound about right?
I mean sure. About that.
And how long was that flight
you'd just taken?
Six hours.
Sit on the tarmac for a
while when you landed?
Another two hours.
Lord have mercy!
Those airlines are squeezing
the last bit of fun
- out of our vacations.
- [GALLERY LAUGHING]
- Objection.
- MATTY: Withdrawn.
When my contacts are dry,
my eyes get a little blurry.
Did you have blurry eyes?
No more than usual.
So you usually do have blurry eyes?
- No.
- Sometimes?
- Well, yes, but
- And did you make sure
that that ramp was secure
before you allowed Ms. Pope
to deplane?
I would never forget
to do our cross-check.
MATTY: And what does that entail?
A visual inspection.
With those blurry eyes?
- SAMANTHA: Objection.
- SPARKMAN: Sustained.
Please disregard
Ms. Matlock's last comment.
Apologies.
Sometimes I get a bit feisty.
No further questions.
Quick redirect, Your Honor.
Was there anything wrong with
your vision that night, Colette?
No.
And I will never forget looking
at that passenger's body
on the tarmac.
Clear as day.
How far could you see?
COLETTE: All the way to the terminal.
It's been established that the
defendant was standing 20 feet
from the ramp
at the time of the accident.
Could you see
- his reaction to the fall?
- Objection!
Ms. Barrett is trying to introduce
improper character evidence.
SAMANTHA: The defense called
the witness's vision
into question. If she was able
to observe the facial expression
of someone
standing at a distance,
that should resolve any doubt.
Door's been opened.
I'll allow it.
Do you remember how
the defendant looked that night?
I do. I was screaming at him
to call 911.
Maybe he couldn't hear me
over that engine,
but he just stood there. Dazed.
- Dazed meaning high?
- Objection.
Withdrawn. Apologies.
Sometimes I get a little bit feisty.
Unbelievable. The D.A. managed
to plant the idea of drugs
in the jury's mind.
Did you prep Alvaro?
Because we need him
to counter that narrative.
Yup. I've never prepped
a prosecution witness before.
Does the D.A. know that Alvaro
was good friends with Felix?
Nope. We're getting
a free defense witness
on the prosecution's dime.
He'll help us rehabilitate Felix
and squash this drug narrative.
And can you figure out
the engine sound
that the flight attendant mentioned?
The plane's engine was off by then,
and no other vehicles were
assigned to that gate.
Could give us some insight
into what really happened.
Hunter's already making calls.
Perfect.
[SENIOR CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- Mmm.
- EVA: Well,
well, well.
Father and son bonding.
Someone snap a picture
and put it on the mantle.
Eva, if we knew you were coming,
- we'd have ordered the liver of Snow White.
- [SENIOR LAUGHS]
Says Skippy, the dwarf so stupid,
he got replaced by Dopey.
Run along.
I have to talk to your father.
SENIOR: We're eating.
But by all means,
stand there and watch us.
[LAUGHS, CHEWS LOUDLY]
Stop chewing so loudly.
Ha. She's got that thing.
Hearing people chew
makes her want
to jump out of her skin.
- Oh, yeah. Misophonia.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh, that must be torture.
[SENIOR CHUCKLES]
Ugh. So juvenile.
Howie, just tell me what's going on.
You always said retirement
was worse than death.
And yet here you are alive.
I'd say you were getting paranoid,
but you've always been like this.
I'm not paranoid. I'm perceptive.
And if you're moving pawns under
the table, I need to know why.
All you need to know, Eva,
is that I am still managing partner,
which means you work for me.
And as for what I'm up to,
I'd fend off
a hundred hostile takeovers
before giving you an edge.
Every damn day of the week.
Happy retirement.
Gift is in the mail.
Fruit of the month club.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey.
- Hey. Is now a good time to talk?
- Just for a few minutes.
- Yeah, of course.
Please.
What's, uh what's going on?
I made a decision about which
team I'm going to commit to.
- [SIGHS] Olympia's?
- Yours.
Look, I've given it a lot of thought.
And yes, Olympia's profile is higher,
but you stood by me
when no one else would.
- Sarah
- And that is not the only reason
why I want to work with you.
I truly think we make a great team.
Well, we-we do, but
as someone who cares
about you and your career,
choose Olympia. She's a partner
And she has her person Matty.
I will never be inner circle.
And now that I'm
30 [CHUCKLES]
I want to make good choices
for my career,
and for my spirit.
Because that is what
30-year-olds should be caring about.
[NERVOUS CHUCKLE]
Well, look, here's the thing.
I'm thinking
about leaving Jacobson Moore.
Going somewhere else, starting fresh.
That sounds really nice,
actually.
I could see the benefit
of that for myself.
If you were to take anyone with you.
Right.
See, I just
don't feel comfortable when
so many things are up in the air.
If I knew
for sure where I was going to land
Understood.
Thank you for your honesty.
[JULIAN SIGHS]
SARAH: Julian may make a move.
Which I'm not supposed to talk about,
but Julian told me that Olympia knows,
which means you know. Right?
Right.
Are you okay?
I thought he would take me with him,
you know, like in the old movie
where that Mission: Impossible guy
and the Bridget Jones lady leave
with the goldfish?
- Jerry Maguire?
- Who cares.
Look, Julian didn't want me
enough to commit.
So I'm back on Team Olympia.
Yay.
Well, it's not exactly
a death sentence.
I mean, when I started,
you thought she hung the moon.
I know. But with Julian,
I'm inner circle.
He really trusts me.
- Olympia does, too.
- Not fully.
Yes. Fully.
You were dishonest
because you were put
in a terrible position,
and Olympia knows that's why.
And the why is important.
That's something you need
to keep in mind in your 30s.
Well, I guess, bright side,
at least I'll get
to keep working with you.
I mean it.
This year, there's
there's been a lot of turbulence.
But your friendship has meant
a lot, Matty Matlock.
Which is crazy, because
[LAUGHS] you're 80.
Like, how does a 30-year-old
hang out with an 80-year-old?
I'm 77, Missy.
You aged, not me.
[MATTY LAUGHS]
True.
SAMANTHA: Mr. Beltran,
in your capacity
as vehicle supervisor,
you were charged with making sure
that employees followed policy, right?
Sure was. Felix was always
very conscientious
about our rules and regulations.
SAMANTHA: And was he adhering to
those rules when he stepped away
from his vehicle
to take a personal phone call
the day Margot Pope died?
Technically, that violated policy.
But I'm confident it had nothing
to do with the ramp collapse.
Ever see Felix intoxicated on the job?
- No.
- Seems like you're pretty fond of the guy.
Would you tell the truth if you did?
ALVARO: Of course I would.
Ever see him take medication at work?
- No.
- I'll remind you
that you're under oath.
You never saw him take medication?
Well, I mean, a Pepcid
after lunch, but not drugs.
What about the day of the
accident? He take anything then?
Absolutely not.
So the lunch room cameras
wouldn't show him taking a pill?
Well, I mean,
it was probably just a Pepcid.
SAMANTHA:
So he did take something. Well,
what color was it? What shape?
Did it have any marking?
- I don't know.
- So he probably took a pill,
but you can't say
for sure what it was.
Sidebar, Your Honor?
I'd like to revisit the
admissibility of that drug test.
It was excluded.
Because there was
no proof of relevance.
But my witness
sorry, your witness
just gave us that proof.
I agree.
I'll allow the results
of the drug test to be admitted.
Are you on your way out, Dad?
Okay, great. I will call you tonight.
You're gonna talk to me alone
or I blow up the merger.
Hey. You must be
the new babysitter. Come on in.
I have to assume I'm being followed.
Were you careful?
Mr. Markston, I've participated
in complex
organized crime investigations
and multipronged task forces
that have brought down
the biggest criminals
that you've definitely heard of.
Mm. Right.
Not your first rodeo.
I'm not an animal person.
Let's talk turkey.
And this opioid study.
You removed it yourself
from discovery?
Uh, if I say "yes,"
do you just arrest me?
- That's not how it works.
- Oh.
But I could.
Got to be brave, Mr. Markston.
How else are you gonna
look your father in the eye
while giving testimony
that puts him in jail?
Yes, I took the study
out of discovery.
Do you think that'll be a problem?
Well, you're sort of the expert.
I meant, looking
at your father on the stand
and putting him in jail.
With immunity?
Not talking about immunity.
I'm talking about the fact
that your dad bailed you out
in high school
when you were caught cheating.
Pulled strings
to cover you in ivy leaves.
Funded this swank-a-do place.
Plus, you got rugrats
who probably love their Pop-pop.
Have you considered the fallout?
- It's all I've considered.
- Because
if I start the ball rolling,
and I pull every favor
I've squirreled away
in the past 16 years
of eating turd salad,
I need to know
that you are not going to bail.
- I won't.
- Why?
Because I don't want
to become my father.
I'll need tonight
to look over the evidence,
and if it holds up
you have your immunity.
[SIGHS]
JOEY: Whoa.
ALFIE: Yeah. It is kind of a "whoa."
We're so sorry we lied,
but when you came into our lives,
we were in knee-deep,
and we just couldn't risk it.
What do you think?
I think, uh
it's pretty badass.
- [MATTY SIGHS, LAUGHS]
- EDWIN: Oh.
And an amazing tribute to Ellie.
But, wait.
You and Edwin broke laws, right?
So what happens to Alfie
if you go to prison?
Well [LAUGHS]
Locking up a little old lady
isn't going to be a priority.
It happens, though.
When I was in there,
my cellmate Barry was 73.
- Doing a dime.
- Well,
I'm not doing a dime,
and neither is Edwin.
Trust me, we've got
a better defense attorney
on retainer than Barry did.
EDWIN: And in an emergency,
Alfie would go to his Aunt Bitsy.
- In Georgia?
- EDWIN: Mm-hmm.
- But we'd arrange for you to visit.
- Oh. Yeah.
Or I could live here with Joey.
Stay in the house, stay at school.
I mean, if that's okay with you.
Okay? I'd love it.
MATTY: Um,
why don't you give us
a few minutes alone
so the grown-ups can talk?
[DOOR OPENS]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- I know what you're gonna say.
I'm only a few weeks sober,
there's no way I'd be
- a suitable guardian.
- Well, yeah, exactly, and
And I agree. I, I just
didn't want Alfie
to think I don't want him.
- Oh.
- Well, that's some good parenting, sir.
Assuming you want us
to be the bad guys?
- Penance for lying.
- [MATTY AND EDWIN LAUGH]
Damn. Matty Matlock,
undercover agent, huh?
Well, let-let me hear the accent.
- What? - [EDWIN LAUGHS]
- Please.
[WITH MATTY ACCENT]:
Well, sorry, son. I
I got to put my tools on the
truck and get back to my case.
- [JOEY LAUGHS]
- I got a passel of hassles.
- [EDWIN LAUGHS]
- Oof.
And I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
It was a big loss for us
that the drug test was admitted,
but it's a loss we can mitigate.
Izzy will testify
that she gave you the medication
after you got home.
My wife can't testify.
What are we missing?
[FELIX SIGHS]
I took it from the hospital
where I work.
I didn't want a prescription
on Felix's record.
Ramp operators can't
take anything with "drowsy"
listed as a side effect.
If she testifies, she'll lose her job,
- and she loves it.
- Who cares if it keeps you out of jail?
Yeah, which it might not even do.
But it's worth the risk. Right?
It's hard to say.
Might help.
But, uh, if it doesn't
Izzy, you have a new baby at home.
And you'll be exposed criminally.
As you know,
the D.A. is very aggressive.
And we don't want both
of your lives destroyed.
That would help no one.
It-It's a big decision.
Let's talk in the morning.
We'll call you.
MATTY [QUIETLY]: Oh, God.
What do you think they'll do?
Not sure. But if Izzy testifies
and she loses her job,
we take that case directly
to Lawrence and Kingston.
MATTY [LAUGHING]: Okay.
Don't you mean Kingston and Lawrence?
I think you heard what I said.
MATTY: Mm-hmm.
"K" comes before "L" in the alphabet.
[LAUGHS]
Why didn't you tell me
the old man's cheese
was slipping off the cracker?
Because he is about to retire.
And I know you don't like him,
but he has devoted his life
to Jacobson Moore.
- Lamar and Olson could sue
- Stop talking. I agree.
It's no fun kicking a puppy.
Let alone a puppy with dementia.
Well, don't look so surprised.
I was once in love with the guy,
and I do have a heart.
MATTY: I'm shocked.
My money would have been
on her kicking the puppy.
- [LAUGHS]
- Did Julian get his immunity?
The hedgehog hasn't gotten back
to him yet.
Oh, she'll call soon.
The case is good.
If the arrest goes down tomorrow,
you'll have to run Felix's defense.
Or maybe I won't.
Why? What are you thinking?
About what you said to Izzy.
How exposing herself might not
change anything for Felix.
And it comes with a huge downside.
Why ruin two lives?
Which makes sense with us, Matty.
Maybe you shouldn't come forward.
- What?
- The D.O.J.
will center their case
around Julian's testimony.
You coming forward
is not gonna change the outcome.
It will expose you
to criminal liability.
It will put your law license at risk.
It will stop this.
And I just stay Matty Matlock?
- Why not?
- [CHUCKLES]
You know,
Olympia said something funny.
Mm.
We were talking
about how all of this ends,
and [CHUCKLES] she floated the idea
of me staying Matty Matlock.
Uh, what does that mean?
Well, the D.O.J. doesn't need
Madeline Kingston
to come forward
to prosecute their case.
I could stay at Jacobson Moore,
we wouldn't be hounded by reporters.
And I would stay dead?
[LAUGHING]: Well, yes.
There's that.
- Uh
- Well, I didn't say yes.
I-I just didn't think of it
as an option, that's all.
Uh, well, I-I don't think
it is an option.
[LAUGHS]: I I want to go back.
MATTY: To what?
I-I don't know.
T-To our old life or
parts of it.
Well, we'd be all over the news.
And we closed everything after Ellie.
I mean, no one misses us.
Well, at the very least,
I would like to exist.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, fair.
I just
Ah, I guess
I'm just feeling nostalgic.
That's all.
I mean, I-I, I prepared to say goodbye
to a whole bunch of people, and
I forgot Matty Matlock. [CHUCKLES]
Never realized
how much I enjoyed being her.
What did you enjoy the most?
She smiles more.
She judges less.
She's, um
She's not a bull in a china shop.
[SNIFFLES]
[LAUGHS]
Plus, she wears
the most comfortable shoes.
Well, you can keep the shoes.
And hold on to the rest of the stuff.
Madeline Kingston
would not shop at Kohl's.
But, yeah, the other stuff.
I'm gonna miss her.
Got your text.
What's shaking?
On the case front, I found a post
in a Reddit subthread
about air travel nightmares.
The day of the accident, a guy
was going off on LaGuardia.
Said that he saw a fuel truck
hit a ramp a couple gates over.
Wowza. Well, you never know
- where a Reddit post is gonna lead.
- Right?
So I sent Hunter out
to look for the redditor.
And to get me coffee.
Because I want to talk to you alone.
I know about Lawrence and Kingston.
Olympia's thinking of starting
her own law firm, right?
Right.
I knew it.
Okay, so who is this Kingston?
Because I did a search in New York,
and there are no Kingstons
that Olympia would want
to partner with.
- So I'm about to go nationwide because
- Don't.
Why not?
Because there is no Kingston.
It's a code name that
Olympia and I use in the office
so no one knows
who she's partnering with.
[WHISPERING]: Okay. So who is it?
I can't say.
You just said
that you and Olympia trust me.
I am inner circle.
Got it. Message received.
Eva ambushed me.
I know I-I said
something wrong. She knows.
And she and I spoke,
and I took care of it.
Eva won't say anything.
I never wanted to be a burden.
Oh, you're not, Dad.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- I promise.
Oh, sorry. It's the new babysitter.
Everything okay with the kids?
Are you alone?
No. Uh,
soda is a definite no.
I had to lie to get Sarah
to stop looking
for a lawyer named Kingston.
And now she
My father knows.
- What?
- He's been playing us.
There is no dementia. He knows.
Soda is a definite no.
LIDA: The bank records you provided
for Howard Markston
and Eternal Glamour are fake.
I looked up the accounts,
they've been fabricated.
Okay.
My father
gave me those financials.
He led us to Debra Palmer.
She must have been in on it.
How did a girl get so lucky? [LAUGHS]
Oh, my God. When we were driving
back from the scientist's house
and we thought
that we were being followed
And we must have been.
Uh, I think that car has been
following us for a while.
- Really?
- I'm just gonna make a right.
- OLYMPIA: What?
- JULIAN: Yeah.
Senior has been watching us.
He's been leading us
down the wrong path.
It's okay. We still have
the bones of the case.
He took the study from discovery.
Unless
Oh, no.
He put the study back.
And if it's back
JULIAN: He can claim
the whole thing was a clerical error.
It just didn't get scanned
into discovery.
There is no crime.
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