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Matlock runs as a procedural with a strategic edge, each case built around Madeline Matlock finding the angle that a more conventional lawyer would miss. The pleasure is cumulative: watching someone use perceived disadvantage as a tool, turning the polished machinery of a prestigious firm against itself one careful move at a time.
Beneath the case-by-case structure, the firm itself is a source of ongoing friction. Madeline is an outsider operating inside an institution that underestimates her, and that gap between how she is read and what she actually knows drives the workplace intrigue as steadily as any courtroom scene. The wit is quiet and precise rather than showy.
courtroom maneuvering, witty casework and Drama
Drama and Crime
Season 2 · 16 episodes
CBS
Follows Madeline Matlock as she rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her wily tactics to win cases and expose wrongdoing.
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