Matlock (2024) s02e16 Episode Script

Who are you and what do you want?
I have a criminal conspiracy,
which means your bosses at the D.O.J.
can't know about the case,
Agent Gutierrez.
- What's the case?
- A major law firm
hid a study that could have saved
hundreds of thousands of lives.
Emmalyn Belvin is the reason
we know about it.
BELVIN: I guess this
is me saying goodbye.
Hi, Eva.
I thought the partners in charge
were arriving on Thursday.
I heard Senior's retiring.
We're defending Felix Dominguez.
HUNTER: The airline's saying
Felix was under the influence
and failed to properly
stabilize the ramp.
I need to confirm your team.
Seven days, eight hours,
32 minutes until the merger
OLYMPIA: We could start our own firm.
Lawrence and Kingston.
SARAH: Who is this Kingston?
- I can't say.
- You just said
that you and Olympia trust me.
Olympia floated the idea of me
staying Matty Matlock.
And I would stay dead?
My father he's been playing us.
There is no dementia. He knows.
LIDA: The bank records you provided
for Howard Markston
and Eternal Glamour are fake.
He's been leading us
down the wrong path.
MATTY: He put the study back.
There is no crime.
No.
Senior doesn't get to
disappear his crime. Not again.
Obviously, we were close.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent
us off track with Debra Palmer.
So, we rebuild our case
from the ground up.
Everything we had
before the fake financials.
We know what happened and when.
We've got expense reports and emails.
We'll cobble together a case.
In four days?
We have no other choice.
And if we don't end up
with enough evidence,
I'll go on the news shows,
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube.
This story'll be everywhere.
I'll be everywhere.
And I will make sure that
your father will never
have a single moment of peace
for the rest of his ever-loving life.
- Meet Madeleine Kingston.
- Hm.
Come on. Let's put our case
back together.
Here's what we know is true.
April 6th, 2010,
your father called and instructed you
to take the Wellbrexa study
from discovery.
And he said he arranged a fire drill
so I could take it
without swiping my key card.
No tracks.
OLYMPIA: While he was in Australia
with the Wellbrexa head honchos
and good old Deborah Palmer.
MATTY: He took the company jet.
JULIAN: We know from the charter sheet
they refueled in Dallas.
Once they got to Sydney, Senior
and Debra went to the opera box
with Dixie and her husband Keith,
the head of the Wellbrexa Board.
Dixie said she heard them
talk about Milton.
JULIAN: In Milton, Massachusetts
we got the journals
of the scientist who conducted
the Wellbrexa study.
She wrote about a bag of cash
she got to bury the study.
$350,000 delivered by the Wolf.
- That's the part we need to prove.
- MATTY: Yup.
We have to establish a money trail
between Senior and the Wolf.
You think Agent Gutierrez will still
- work with us?
- Well
we could just bring her here
to our show-and-tell.
[OLYMPIA AND JULIAN CHUCKLE]
I mean, we need someone besides Julian
to testify that the study was taken.
You two focus on the money trail.
It's time for me to reconnect
with an old friend.
[ELEVATOR DOORS SLIDE CLOSED]
Morning, Sarah.
I saw you had an appointment
this morning before court.
I will keep the case moving forward.
Great. Thanks. Um
and also, wanted to apologize.
- Yesterday
- Was exactly what I needed.
I reorganized my priorities,
and I don't know when or how,
but I became the kind of Gen Z
squish that I used to mock.
- But the old Sarah is back.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
And she's a 30-year-old
millennial sniper.
[ELEVATOR DOORS SLIDE OPEN]
- Stop! Freeze. - Oh.
- Oh-oh. Oh.
The senior partners from Lamar
and Olson and Jacobson Moore
are about to round the corner,
and you will not obstruct their view.
And, of course,
this is the floor that houses
most of litigation.
And here is our new logo,
which will be officially
unveiled at the closing.
- Oh, dear.
- [GROANS]
That better not happen at the party.
GWEN: It definitely will not.
[CHUCKLES]
This way.
Did you see that?
Oil and Gas Barb
is a stone cold bitch.
Now, that is who I need
to be working for.
I'm gonna ask Olympia
for a recommendation.
Did you find out who the Reddit
poster is since we last spoke?
- Five minutes ago? No, but I
- I don't need excuses.
I need the fuel truck driver ID'd.
The airline buried the fact
that there was another
vehicle was there,
- probably to pin this on Felix.
- I wasn't finished, chill out.
Sorry. The stress of the
merger's been getting to me,
and you've also been
calling since 5:00 a.m.
The post also mentioned
an old dude in a safety vest
who was yelling
at the fuel truck driver
a wing walker
so I got employee records.
Call Felix and have him come in.
He can help us comb through them.
I already did.
Hey, there, Emmalyn.
Emmalyn?
MAN: She doesn't want
to talk to you. Beat it.
Use both feet.
Well
I think there must be some mix-up.
I'm a friend of Emmalyn's
from her former job.
- Hey there, Barry.
- [BARKS, GROWLS]
I know exactly who you are,
Matty Matlock,
and you're not getting
anywhere near her.
Whoa, big fella. Holster your hound.
I come bearing biscuits.
Blueberry, Emmalyn's favorite.
And yours, hopefully, too, Mister
Hank Sherbinger.
And if you think baked goods
are enough to make up
for abandoning Emmalyn
[SIGHS] I know I've been distant,
but, uh, I have a good reason.
We know the reason.
You weren't a real friend
to begin with.
Emmalyn was devastated
after getting fired.
And did you come around
with your biscuits then?
Did you pick her up off the floor?
No. You met her for one drink,
texted her a few times.
Toasted and ghosted.
My grandson was going through
a hard time.
Emmalyn, I'm sorry.
Please?
Save it.
Emmalyn wants nothing to do
with anyone from Jacobson Moore.
The whole place is toxic.
[SIGHS] Hank volunteers
at assisted living homes.
He cleans up trash at the beach.
- That's so nice.
- It not nice.
Nice would be finding dirt
on this goody two-shoes.
Isn't there any other way we can
get Belvin to come forward?
That doesn't ruin her relationship?
Don't you think if there were,
I'd take it?
Hank's the gatekeeper.
- I just feel bad.
- We don't have time to feel bad.
We have 36 hours
to get Belvin to walk into the D.O.J.
and testify that the document
was taken.
How did it go with Alfie?
He's angry we said no to Joey.
He doesn't want to live in Georgia.
Well, it's just a backup plan.
I mean, we're not going to jail.
Nothing will go wrong.
I just have to keep focused.
Hands on the wheel,
eyes straight ahead.
All for Ellie.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What did you guys find?
We can put the Wolf in Dallas
when Senior's plane landed there
to refuel on its way to Australia.
Well, I thought he was working
for a security firm
- based out of Chicago back then.
- He was,
but he was sent to Dallas
to consult for AT&T.
We found a Getty image of him
at a corporate party.
So, Senior must have met him
on the ground
and handed off the cash
to pay our scientist.
We just have to find a way
to prove it.
Did you figure out
how to get around Hank?
Oh, don't you worry
about Hank Sherbinger.
He's going down.
And his little dog, too.
- [LAPTOP CHIMES]
- Ooh, check your email.
Sarah and Hunter
spoke to Felix, and they
tracked down our wing walker.
Let's hope he can help our case.
MAN: Oh, Felix
is definitely not to blame.
Eastridge Air is scapegoating him
to protect their bottom line.
Well, that just so happens
to be our theory, too.
Because it's the truth.
[CHUCKLES] I was really glad
when you guys reached out.
I-I assumed this avenue
of investigation
- was shut down.
- OLYMPIA: We were looking into
a report about
another truck at the gate.
Eastridge Air probably
double-booked the truck.
All they care about is cost-cutting.
You know they make
the flight attendants
lose weight to reduce fuel costs?
"Every ounce counts,"
that's what they say.
HUNTER: I'm gonna
carb-load before my next flight
just to stick it to 'em.
[LAUGHING]: Yeah.
Back to Felix. Can you tell us
exactly what happened
with the fuel truck that day?
Uh, well, I was working
at Gate Charlie 12,
our plane needed fuel,
uh, but I saw the truck
heading to Charlie 14.
Which was Felix's ramp.
Yeah. So I went after
the driver to tell him
he was in the wrong place.
He made a U-turn and almost hit
- your man's ramp in the process.
- OLYMPIA: Wait,
"almost," you said?
Yeah, I was screaming
at the top of my lungs.
The driver heard me just in time
to avoid a collision.
Are you sure they didn't make
the slightest connection?
Positive. I was literally
under the ramp at the time.
I was getting dripped on and all.
- Dripped on?
- Yeah, from the bugs.
What bugs?
The listening devices.
Eastridge probably nicked a hose
when they wedged 'em in there.
They bug the ramps, the planes,
our wands.
The whole tarmac's crawling with bugs.
Probably how they knew I was
taking toilet paper. [CHUCKLES]
They called it stealing.
They cited it as the reason
for my termination,
but obviously,
it's because I was onto them.
Well, thank you, Virgil.
- I th-I think we got what we need.
- Yeah.
We should follow up on the drip.
- From the bugs?
- No.
The tilt cylinders are what controls
the incline of the ramp.
They're filled with hydraulic fluid.
If they were leaking,
that could be the reason
why the ramp collapsed.
The forensic engineer looked
over every inch of that truck.
If there were a leak,
he would have seen it.
Unless somebody went into the hangar
where the ramp was being stored
and fixed it
before the forensic engineer
could find it.
Great idea. Draft a subpoena
for the surveillance footage.
On my way.
Look.
"Every ounce counts."
You're quoting Virgil now?
Senior's flight to Australia
had two different cargo weights.
One for the takeoff in New York,
and one for the takeoff in Dallas.
The difference
was nine pounds, 11 ounces
less in Dallas.
Now, if you take the weight
of your average duffle bag
And that's just a thing you know?
I looked it up while you were
talking about toilet paper.
And add it
to the weight of 350K
in 100-dollar bills,
guess how much it weighs?
Nine pounds and
11 frigging ounces!
Ah, hot damn. We are back
on our money trail.
Sarah got the subpoena in.
Court's at 9:00 a.m., and I know
how to get the judge to say yes.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I just hate what
this is doing to Sarah.
I mean, it's just sending her
right back into her hard shell.
The sooner this ends, the sooner
she'll know why you're lying.
How's it coming with Belvin?
I have to break her heart.
Make it seem like Hank was making
more than copies with his co-worker
at the office supply store.
Then, when Belvin's vulnerable,
I'll I'll do my thing.
Hopefully, for the last time.
- Want a little wine?
- I want a lot of wine.
[LAUGHS]
You really think you'll find something
in the senior partner slush fund?
Client "development fund"
is where they hide
their strip club visits,
so why not their
secret lunches where they hand off
a duffle bag of cash?
You can't use your partner code
to get in.
The-the Wolf is tracking you.
I snagged Leo Henderson's.
That guy's a dick.
Mmm.
Okay, let's see.
It's generating.
I might get a dog.
Aw. I think a dog could be
good for you. And Alfie.
I'm talking about how
I reapproach Emmalyn.
I mean You think
I should get a dog?
I'm about to become
a national news story.
Why do you think I suggested it?
Who could hate a little old lady
with a golden retriever?
Did you just call me little?
Oh, it downloaded.
MATTY: Six steaks, five whiskeys,
and one Tom Collins, extra cherries.
Six people had lunch?
All five of the partners in charge
and the Wolf.
They must have made
the decision together.
- They all knew.
- They all knew.
Holy
I just can't believe that
the rot runs so deep.
Like, down to the floor of the ocean.
Where you don't even know
what kind of fishes live.
Mm-mmm. It's a horror show, Olympia.
Vampire fish and viperfish.
There's sea pigs and tube worms.
A what?
Alfie had a marine biology phase.
Well, we need to get our hands
on that Jacobson Moore
security footage
- from Dallas.
- Mm-hmm.
Prove that each viperfish
was there that day.
You have access?
No.
That's only for partners in charge.
Eva wasn't a partner in charge
back in 2010.
She was going through
a gnarly divorce from Senior.
She hates him.
And when she finds out
that he lied about dementia
Reading her in is a big risk.
Without risk, there's no reward.
Trademark that phrase.
Pretty sure it's well known.
Okay, you know who that's
making me think about?
- No risk, no reward.
- Shh.
Langston. This is Olympia,
just calling to say hey. [CHUCKLES]
Um, I-I haven't, uh,
returned your call
because I heard that you're a player.
And I was just No.
- I meant I was I meant to say that
- Hang up.
[MOUTHS]
Why would you make me do that?
[LAUGHS]
MATTY: The rot
runs deep, Edwin,
and it-it's not just Senior.
It's the Tom Collinses
and-and the tube worms
are running it all.
- Everything.
- I I know.
- I know. It's just
- Now, let's just go to sleep.
- [PHONE VIBRATES] - so Oh.
- Oh.
- Oh! It's Olympia.
- Oh.
- Maybe you shouldn't, uh
- No.
- Gimme, gimme, gimme.
- Here.
Okay.
Olympia!
OLYMPIA: Hey, little one.
- I want to call Langy back.
- [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHS]
- You can't.
- You can't. [LAUGHS]
- Okay. Okay.
- All right. Good night, Olympia.
- Good night.
She will call you back
in the morning when she's
I'm really drunk.
- when she is no longer really drunk.
- [LAUGHING]
Good night. [LAUGHS]
- Oh
- Okay.
- There you go.
- I
You know what? When all this is over,
I-I-I won't get like this anymore.
- Okay?
- Okay.
[LAUGHS]
- Sweet dreams, all right?
- Okay.
That's so sweet.
EDWIN: I made you a
big, greasy breakfast,
with a side of water and Advil.
Oh, I-I need all that,
but at half the volume.
- Oh.
- I've never been
run over by a herd of bison,
but I suspect this is exactly
what it feels like.
[SIGHS]
Did I give you the headlines?
That all the partners in charge
were in on removing the document?
- Yes.
- Oh.
- While laughing your head off.
- [SCOFFS]
Oh, God. I'm so sorry.
Like you used to with Ellie.
It's true.
There's this laugh you had
only with her.
And I hadn't heard it in so long,
I thought I probably
never would again, frankly.
And then, last night, I realized,
you laugh like that with Olympia.
So how can I take that away?
Wh
What are you saying?
You practicing law again, with her,
b-being Matty Matlock
y-you're you're lighter.
So, if you did that
for a few more years
Edwin
But I am not staying dead.
[LAUGHING]: Well
I should hope not.
No, in fact, I've decided,
Matty Matlock needs a boyfriend.
Perhaps an IRS agent
she bumped into at the firm.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
Well, I thought
they had a little spark.
- Oh, a little, hm?
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Morning.
- MATTY: Hi, darling.
- EDWIN: Good morning.
Look, I know you're
worried about Georgia
No, I wanted to apologize.
You guys have given up so much.
I can deal with Georgia, which
probably won't happen anyway.
Oh, darling.
Come here.
Oh.
Wish me luck in court.
I really hope
they can dim those lights.
Ms. Matlock, what exactly
do you think this footage will show?
Well, Your Honor,
the defense has discovered
the potential of a large-scale
corporate cover-up.
Can we lose the histrionics?
[SCOFFS] I can barely hear her.
They are not histrionics.
I-I I feel passionately
about what this motion
could mean for my client,
and I am trying
to keep my blood pressure down.
We are not all 50 years old.
I'm 40.
Oop. My mistake.
We have reason
to believe that the truck's
tilt cylinders
were leaking at the time
of the ramp collapse.
But they weren't when
the forensic examiner arrived.
So we're thinking that
someone from Eastridge Air
went into that hangar and fixed 'em.
SAMANTHA: That is a wild accusation.
And contradicted by the record.
We have chain of custody logs
showing no unauthorized
access to the hangar.
- Two people went in there.
- The examiner,
whose testimony we've heard,
and the security guard
protecting the evidence.
Hadn't heard from him.
In fact, there is
zero evidence in the record
identifying the second person.
Heck, it could have been
someone else entirely.
Someone with
heartburn slipping in there
to take their Pepcid.
Your Honor,
when Ms. Barrett identified
an ambiguity,
you let in her drug test.
All we're asking is that you
do the same with this footage.
Fair is fair. I'll sign the subpoena.
Court's adjourned.
[GAVEL BANGS]
Thank you.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Hey!
[LAUGHS] So, tomorrow's
going to be a busy day,
with the retirement, merger signing.
Thought we could have a drink,
toast your career.
Before we do that, Julian,
let's talk about
the elephant in the room.
I do know.
I've been dying to try this place.
Heard they have an excellent wedge.
You are not a lady who lunches.
Neither am I.
Let's skip the chitchat.
What's going on?
Senior's faking his dementia.
Uh, you know
That you were unhappy
I was power of attorney.
I just want to assure you
that we're on the same team.
- Glad to hear it.
- SENIOR: Me too.
And since you brought champagne,
I'd like to raise a glass
to the both of you,
two people I trust so deeply.
OLYMPIA: Senior engineered it.
He and all the partners in charge
met with the Wolf in Dallas.
Your predecessor is long
retired, but the others
they need to lose their licenses
and face prosecution.
Because they stole a study
out of discovery that could have saved
so many lives.
I'm just in shock.
It is shocking, but it's also true.
And if it went down
in the Dallas office,
there would be security footage
of everyone entering that building.
We place them all together
and the D.O.J. can pick up the mantle
and pressure one of them to flip.
That's where you come in.
Where's our waiter? I need a drink.
As partner in charge,
you have the credentials
to ask for that footage.
But we need it before
the merger closes tomorrow.
Can you get it?
Ain't nobody gonna question you.
SENIOR: Without question,
I have been hard on you
in the past, son.
But I will never forget
what you've done
in my time of need.
Of course, Dad. Anything.
Don't drink.
Hate to lose control.
OLYMPIA: Chardonay, please.
Tom Collins. Extra cherries.
Easy.
I've been looking for
a trashy beach read.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Well.
Now we both know that we both know.
How long have you known about me?
Since I got Senior alone
the other day.
I told him I'd kill the merger
if he didn't stop lying
about his retirement, and he told me
why it had to go through.
Said you guys were hunting.
- And you agreed to protect him.
- I agreed to survive him.
Again.
Uh, why were you even
in the room back then?
You weren't a partner in charge.
We had just settled our
divorce, and I don't know
if you heard,
but it was slightly bitter.
Then Senior announced in front of
the executive committee
that Dominic was retiring.
He was stepping down as
the partner in charge of Miami.
Asked me if I wanted it, I said yes.
That's when he started talking about
removing a study from discovery.
And suddenly, I understood.
Howard wasn't promoting me,
he was implicating me.
You could have walked.
Yeah, I could have.
But change doesn't happen
outside those rooms.
We need to be in them.
At what cost?
Even freedom ain't free, baby.
I have hated
Howard Markston
since April 5, 2010,
when he laid bare my ambitions
and forced me
to sacrifice my soul for them.
It can't be for nothing.
Don't go to the D.O.J.
A-And let him
get away with it,
live the rest of his life in luxury?
Old, alone and irrelevant.
That'll be a prison for him.
And the others?
A rookery of albatrosses.
I have
Lamar and Olson's ear. Trust me.
I hint at a scandal,
they cut the old guard loose.
Then we rebuild.
I get some power.
I give you a real
social justice department.
Not some marketing line
buried in the annual report.
And what if I say no?
I'm not gonna rat you out.
But I am
not gonna help you, either.
Senior put the document
back in that folder.
Where's the crime?
BELVIN: Coming.
Emmalyn, please.
I just want to apologize to you.
And to Hank.
Could I speak with him, please?
Hank's at work.
Oh, no.
Well, I've always had worse
timing than a broken watch.
Could I get five minutes
with you, then?
And after that,
if you don't want to see me
or Butterscotch,
then I understand.
It was so hard after you left.
Everyone knew
how close we were, and
I had eyes on me all the time.
And then,
when things finally calmed down,
the trouble with Alfie started.
What trouble?
He got caught shoplifting.
I'm so sorry.
No.
I'm the only one here
who should be sorry.
For toasting and ghosting,
like Hank said.
And once so much time had passed,
I just got embarrassed.
And then, a few days ago, I was
scratching Butterscotch's
little belly,
and I thought to myself
"It's never too late
to come forward
and do the right thing."
I really missed you.
I've missed you so much.
And then, when Hank
was talking about how hard
it's been for you
it nearly broke my heart in two.
I'm not like you, Matty.
I don't have a grandson.
Never had kids.
All I've ever had was my job.
And when that, and you,
went away
I felt completely
invisible.
And then,
the guy who always said
"after you" at Dunkin'
asked my name.
Oh.
Emmalyn.
Hank seems terrific.
And I
I hate I have to do this.
OLYMPIA: We watched the
footage from Eastridge Air.
Saw someone walk in.
At first, we thought he was
tampering with the tilt cylinders.
But then the guy got hot,
took off his jacket,
and he was wearing
a Port Authority PD uniform.
The forensic engineer?
All official.
I'm so sorry.
I wish I had better news.
But we have to be realistic.
So I reached out to
the D.A. to talk about a plea.
Well, what did the D.A. offer?
Sorry I'm late.
Four years.
No, that's double what
they offered six months ago.
OLYMPIA: I know. And I
know it's hard to contemplate.
But, given where we are at,
I have to advise you to take the deal.
With the drug test in,
we needed to feed the jury
a plausible alternate theory.
And ours didn't pan out.
IZZY: I'll take the stand,
- explain it.
- And if they don't
believe you, and you
- lose your job
- No, we-we can't give up.
Not after everything
we've gone through,
everything we've sacrificed.
What you are talking about
is known as the fallacy of sunk costs.
It's a psychological trap.
Continuing to do something
that won't work
because you've invested so much time,
money, effort, whatever it is.
It's why people
throw good money after bad.
Why we dig in
and don't look around
at the landscape
and evaluate the best path forward
given all the circumstances.
If you take the plea,
the next four years
will feel impossible,
but you will be there for your
son's first day of kindergarten.
You gamble on the jury
and you might not be home
until he is in high school.
Can-can I think it over?
Of course. Take the night.
We're here if you have any questions.
How'd it go with Belvin?
I couldn't do it.
- What?
- I was
sitting there, looking at Emmalyn,
- and she seemed so happy.
- Yeah, but
we need her to testify.
We are so close.
- You can explain later.
- Or it's like
you just said.
The sunk cost fallacy.
You know,
throwing good money after bad.
Wait, what do you mean?
I mean, I'm looking at the landscape,
and maybe it's time
to lay down the sword.
Senior's retiring.
You take Eva's deal,
she helps push out the other partners.
Julian doesn't
have to lose his license.
You get a great big old
social justice department.
You do great work.
Or rather, we can do great work.
Edwin agreed.
Matty Matlock for a couple more years.
He did?
Yes, he did.
I can stay here,
I can date my husband.
No media scrutiny.
But what about Ellie?
I mean, you're doing it for her.
You know, I think
I was looking at it all wrong.
I think Ellie led me here.
To you.
When we first met,
I was only looking
at the end of my life.
And now there's just
so much possibility.
Do you really think
you could walk away?
From what?
The whole thing.
We don't have anything.
I can still come forward.
I could-I could wear a wire.
Well, you could,
but what if it doesn't work?
And you in jail
doesn't bring my daughter back.
So
so-so you're okay letting go?
And in other news,
Hell just froze over.
[LAUGHS]
Wait. Oh, my God.
I think I know why the ramp collapsed.
Alvaro, welcome back.
And welcome to the fascinating
world of tilt cylinders.
Know about those?
Yes, ma'am.
All our ramp trucks have 'em.
And are those tilt cylinders
are they filled
with a specialized hydraulic fluid?
They are.
And does that hydraulic fluid go bad?
ALVARO: It degrades over time,
which is why we replace it.
- And how often would that be?
- Used to be
every six months,
but Eastridge changed it
to annually to save money.
MATTY: Huh. Is that a problem?
ALVARO: It technically
meets regulations, but as
the base oils break down,
the water content goes up,
which could be problematic
in severe weather conditions.
Well, it was six below with windchill
the day of the accident.
- Would you call that severe?
- Extremely.
MATTY: Your Honor,
with your permission, we have a little
demonstration for the jury.
Can you explain what you got there?
A tilt cylinder.
After you called me last night,
I went to the airport
and took one of these off our ramps.
And then, what'd you do with it?
Brought it home,
set my freezer
that's in the garage to six below,
and left it in there overnight.
This morning
As entertaining as this is,
our forensic engineer showed
no evidence of frozen fluid.
You want to tell them why?
Because it had already melted.
The hangar where the truck was
overnight is climate controlled.
MATTY: So toasty,
the forensic engineer
had to take off his parka.
But outside, the liquid
in the cylinders froze.
Ms. Pope stepped out,
the fluid cracked
and the ramp fell.
Margot Pope
wasn't killed by my client's actions.
She was killed by
a corporation disregarding safety.
By yet another greedy bigwig
putting profits ahead of people.
[SIGHS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
If it isn't the man of the hour.
Matlock. Been a while.
That your retirement speech?
- No sneak peeks.
- Oh.
[CHUCKLES]
How does it feel
to get to the finish line?
You hunt, Matlock?
Can't say I do.
There's this moment.
You got the deer in your sight,
shoot him clean in the eye.
As he falls, the Earth stands still.
You won.
Feels like I killed
a ten-point trophy buck.
I can only look forward
to that feeling.
- One day.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN]
Hey, can we talk
in private real quick?
I'm sorry to do this now,
but it felt urgent.
I was approached by the D.O.J.
What?
Out of the blue.
And they said they had
all this evidence
about the Wellbrexa study.
Huh?
The one you told me to take
from discovery in 2010.
The magnitude of this betrayal.
You want to talk betrayal?
You have been faking dementia.
And you fell for it.
Because you will
never outsmart me, son.
Which must be a terrible feeling.
Yeah, it-it would be, but I have proof
that the document was stolen.
And when you put it back,
you re-upped
the statute of limitations.
We have more time to put you in jail.
- What is wrong with you?
- What is wrong with you?
You did this.
This was all your-your
massive error in judgment.
My only error in judgment
was asking you
to take the document
instead of Lester.
But you were so eager.
Just panting
outside the door.
I'll-I'll go to Barbara Greer.
She knows, you idiot.
They all know.
You're out of options.
GWEN: No. No eating
until after the merger is finalized
and I pull the curtain
and reveal the new name, 'kay?
But I had
half a white wine spritzer,
so I'm not afraid to tell you
that Olympia wrote you a wonderful
recommendation and you are safe
- in the merger.
- [SQUEALS]
That is awesome. What a relief.
Celebrate internally.
We have five minutes
till all eyes on Senior.
Congratulations.
Also, look, I know
I've been a little
- Awful?
- Intense.
Mm.
I lost my focus for a while.
But now I have it back.
And perfect timing,
because I just got a text
inviting me to a one-on-one
with Oil and Gas Barbara
after the party, at her house.
She wants me
to talk about my cases first,
so I'm gonna head out early and prep.
Be well.
We're not saying goodbye forever.
If you keep getting more
intense, we definitely are.
I'm gonna head out.
I can't hear his speech
knowing what I know.
Trust me, I get it.
But also, he's done. New day.
Glad we came to an agreement.
Attention. Attention.
If you can
please quiet down.
Welcome to the new firm.
SENIOR: Thank you all. Wow.
What a run.
He'll be out.
Can't happen soon enough.
Go, go, go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
JULIAN:
Matty, maybe you can let it go,
but I can't.
I can get my dad
- to confess.
- You don't have
immunity. You could go to jail.
I know.
But
if I don't make this choice,
I'm just like him.
Gutierrez.
I don't care about my immunity.
How can we get my father?
You'll have to wear a wire
and get a confession.
He'll know the second
I start talking Wellbrexa.
So let's use that to our advantage.
Matlock, been a while.
That your retirement speech?
Sure is.
- No sneak peaks.
- Oh.
JULIAN: You did this.
This was all your-your
massive error in judgment.
My only error in judgment
was asking you
to take the document
instead of Lester.
JULIAN: I'll-I'll go to Barbara Greer.
- [RADIO STATIC]
- SENIOR: She knows, you idiot.
They all know.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
Tell Julian good job.
And thank you
Matty. Matty Matlock.
- Howard Markston.
- What is going on?
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will
- be used against you.
- This is outrageous!
MATTY: Wish we could stay
and see the looks on
all their faces.
Not worth seeing
our faces on the news.
- Hey, hey, do not
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
If you cannot afford an attorney
I'll talk. I want a deal.
OLYMPIA: Eva sings first?
[SCOFFS] Without a doubt.
Julian could still get a deal.
Worth it.
OLYMPIA: And if
Julian doesn't get a deal,
he'll be the first case
for Lawrence and Matlock.
SARAH: What are you doing here?
Do you know Barbara Greer?
I worked at Jacobson Moore
for 39 years.
Obviously.
Well, this is her house.
Yeah, I know. I'm grooming her dog.
[DOOR OPENS]
Ah, good to see you.
I'm Edwin Kingston.
I believe you know my wife, Madeline.
Though you know her as
Matlock is first.
It's "Matlock and Lawrence."
I have the marquee profile.
Especially when this story comes out.
I go first, baby.
Then I'm pulling my money.
Then I'm telling everyone
your real name.
Okay, fine.
Let's negotiate.
[GIGGLES]
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