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Critic Reviews
Sep 20, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Matlock is the type of series that becomes more and more addicting with each episode, and you won’t be able to stop yourself from getting increasingly engrossed in the lives of each of its characters, especially Matty. Keeping the original series’ folksy charm and blending it with completely new ideas makes Matlock addictive fun.
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Sep 23, 2024
Season 1 Review:
We may not get the sweeping courtroom declarations that Griffith often deployed as Ben Matlock, but there's something equally (or even more) compelling about the quiet competence that Bates' performance radiates. Her age is an asset, not a handicap. .... Great storytelling has no retirement age.
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The Daily BeastOct 13, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Their [Matty and Olympia's] strained relationship is the heart of Matlock’s Season 2 premiere, which debuted Sunday night, as both have second thoughts about jeopardizing their friendship to protect their own personal agendas. It’s an episode of theatrics even more so than usual, both on and off the clock.
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The TelegraphNov 26, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Yes, you have to suspend a fair chunk of disbelief to buy the idea Matty’s double whammy, a combination of homespun charm and total lack of perceived threat, gets the key suspects to open up to her every single time. But a little suspension of disbelief is what we need every once in a while.
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TV Guide MagazineOct 24, 2024
Season 1 Review:
When Bates reveals the emotional cogs that belie Matty's codger persona, she becomes the most interesting lawyer in ages. [28 Oct - 17 Nov 2024, p.4]
RogerEbert.comSep 20, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
Season 1 Review:
While Matty works on breaking into the firm’s inner circle, Urman surrounds her with capable colleagues and cases of the week. .... I found the family side of the show fuzzier than the fast-paced workplace high jinks. .... As the season continues, I hope the two halves of Matty’s double life grow less uneven. Both “Matlock” and its namesake are easy to root for.
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Sep 23, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The reboot holds a secret or two in reserve that, while making the series extremely tricky to review, also adds some welcome spin to an otherwise unpromising start. The show eventually relaxes enough — and trusts itself and Bates enough — to let the story unspool a little more organically.
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The TimesNov 26, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The viewing experience is redeemed by the brilliance of Bates, who enjoys being an older woman who has the upper hand. Whether she is doing fake folksy charm or kick-ass, her charisma and comic timing make it impossible to keep your eyes off her. Even if it’s to wonder why she has done something as disappointingly average as this.
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