Matlock is off to an exciting start, and it may have narrowly avoided a massive snafu by including a main character in the premiere with CGI. Kathy Bates stars in the series as Madeline Matlock, a humble lawyer with a folksy demeanor, based on Andy Griffith’s Matlock series, considered one of the best TV procedurals ever. In reality, Bates’ character is Madeline Kingston, a wealthy woman raising her 12-year-old grandson after losing her daughter to an opioid overdose. Madeline’s covert mission is to climb the ranks of the law firm Jacobson Moore, which she believes is responsible for her daughter’s death.
