In Matlock episode 1, Madeline Matlock (Kathy Bates) starts her day as the recipient of a number of kind gestures. A busy businessman buys her a coffee when she takes too long to find her purse, a young woman helps buzz her into a secure building and a receptionist allows her into an office as her hands are full. Once she’s inside, though, Madeline throws the coffee away. She takes out a map of the office she’s drawn and goes to stand at the back of a meeting of lawyers.
In the meeting, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) is told to close a case where she’s seeking $4 million in damages and Julian (Jason Ritter) boasts that he’s got $19 million out of Peabody. Madeline then interjects. She tells Julian he could get even more out of Peabody. No one there knows who she is. Madeline declares she wants the associate position that’s open. She hasn’t been able to get an interview and she assumes that’s because of her age, which she reminds them would be illegal.
