The Matlock season 1 finale finally revealed the season-long mystery of who hid those documents — but then introduced a surprise pregnancy and a mysterious latest character.
Throughout the Thursday, April 17, finale of the hit CBS series, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) realized that her ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), was liable for hiding the Wellbrexa documents. He begged Olympia not to show him — not knowing she actually found the documents due to Matty’s (Kathy Bates) mission at Jacobson Moore.
Matty, meanwhile, was waiting for an update from Olympia when a stranger showed up at her door. All signs pointed to him being Alfie’s father, who Matty’s husband didn’t want them to achieve out to after their daughter’s death.
Over at Jacobson Moore, Sarah (Leah Lewis) ran lead on her first case — and won! — but her nemesis Simone (Andrea Londo) gave the impression to be plotting a solution to take her down. Then there’s Billy (David Del Rio), who was preparing to enjoy single life until his almost-fiancée revealed to him that she’s expecting.
Creator Jennie Snyder Urman exclusively told Us Weekly that this was just the start, teasing, “The season 1 finale sets up every thing. In season 2, you’ll get the answers that we’ve been promising.”
Urman is aware that expectations are high after the primary season was stuffed with twists and turns.
“It was each difficult and interesting to be on this bubble where we were shooting episode 17 when the primary episode aired. We were already down the road and now we’re airing and so we’re in conversation with the audience and I attempt to remember but not be beholden in order that we’re still telling the story,” she explained. “But I at all times think if there’s an issue — and so they’re finding an issue — I can fix that an increasing number of. I need the story to be nearly as good as possible and as airtight as possible.”
In accordance with Urman, viewers shouldn’t get too “comfortable,” adding, “It allows for the formula to alter and for that to be its own stock. We’ve loads of fun structural stuff like that next yr that I believe goes to actually surprise the audience in really fun ways since the finale leaves us in a extremely loaded position on a bunch of various story lines.”
Keep scrolling for answers to the most important questions ahead of season 2:
Why There Weren’t Any Big Hints About Julian’s Betrayal?
Jason Ritter as “Julian Markston”. CBS
“The winks were at all times things that Matty knew that she could let the audience in on. But Matty was not ahead of it on this,” Urman shared with Us. “Matty doesn’t know that she has the document that she is de facto in search of. She thought it was Olympia up until a degree after which she thought it was Julian. So because she wasn’t ahead of it — and we’re discovering it in real time together with her — there isn’t foreshadowing in that way because we’re discovering with Matty.”
The writers’ room still desired to ensure that all of the plot pieces fit together.
“We made sure it might line up. But the most important storytelling challenge — and likewise fun challenge — is that we have now a extremely, really smart character. All of them are, but Olympia and Matty particularly. So we have now to work really hard to either have something pulled over on them or pull something over on another person,” Urman noted. “It’s not like they may see all of the subtle things, which I believe makes it interesting. But there couldn’t be anything hanging out in plain daylight that indicated it might be Julian or Matty would’ve caught it.”
Was It At all times the Plan to Have Olympia Find Out About Matty’s Real Identity?
“I at all times knew that I wanted Olympia to catch her but I wanted us to modify point of views to point out Olympia’s perspective. I wanted Olympia to surprise the audience and Matty the identical way that Matty surprised us in the primary episode,” Urman said. “That was at all times the plan. We played around loads about when Olympia was going to unmask Matty for some time. It was a little bit bit earlier around episode 13 or 14. Then we realized, ‘Oh, we could have her unmasked and have this interrogation episode and that may result in the finale.’ All of the ways in which that may load up the finale made it feel like the precise order for us.”
What Else Modified — Or Didn’t Make It Into the Final Version?
Matlock went through “a little bit little bit of shifting” because the season developed.
“We stay pretty near this document we generated at first of the season, which is like 30 or 40 pages and really tells the story episode by episode. So we stick pretty near the fabric, but we flip things,” Urman told Us. “Olympia was going to seek out out Matty’s secret earlier. CBS was really amazing. I said, ‘I actually have a little bit bit more story within the finale than one episode.’ They usually let the creative dictate that. So we got to expand our episode order with a purpose to tell the creative story that we wanted.”
She added: “There’s definitely been roads that we thought perhaps we’d go down that we didn’t go down. But we did stick pretty closely to what we mapped out.”
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Why Was Julian the Final Selection?
Throughout the season, all signs pointed to Olympia and Senior (Beau Bridges) before it turned out that Julian was the one at fault.
“He matters to the one who matters to Matty, which is Olympia. Olympia matters to Matty and Julian matters to her. It winds everybody up in the toughest dilemma. If it was Senior, it might be a little bit bit easier because everybody could be like, ‘OK, let’s turn him in and blow it up.’ He has definitely burned enough people and made enough enemies,” the screenwriter shared. “But Julian shouldn’t be that character. He has done terrible things and has done wonderful things and has a life and a history and shared parenting. There’s just a lot that makes him an advanced character. I just love Jason Ritter’s performance in that scene when he’s begging Olympia. He explains that he made this one mistake and to please let him not be judged by the worst day of his life. Jason played it so real and so honest and heartbreaking.”
Urman didn’t want there to be option, saying, “There’s only bad options and everybody is compelling on every side. That’s what makes the dilemma really hard and the drama really wealthy and thick. It allows us to enter the following season with so many layers and different competing agendas and tensions. It just lays out a extremely packed emotional second season.”
Does This Mean Julian Will Be Explored More?
“He did this horrible thing and he’s holding secrets. He’s also attempting to redeem himself and he’s fighting for a life for himself,” Urman shared. “It just allows him to play on so many various levels and allows the interactions with Matty to be loaded in other ways. It allows the Olympia interactions to be loaded in other ways. We’ve loads more now that he’s integrated so specifically into that principal plot. We get to see more of him, which I believe makes everyone pleased.”
Was the Man Who Showed Up at Matty’s House Alfie’s Father?
In brief? Yes.
“Bringing Alfie’s dad back goes to alter and destabilize the family life. This one place where every thing was on firm ground — suddenly there’s this other element that’s out of Matty’s control, which shouldn’t be a spot that she likes to be,” Urman noted. “She’s not comfortable after they’re out of her control. They must do a DNA test and see if this guy is the daddy. Suddenly they must incorporate him into things. When did he know Ellie? What’s his status with addiction? Do they wish to become involved?”
She continued: “It brings all of that to the forefront. It definitely brings Ellie back into the story in a possible way. You will certainly see more flashbacks that examine among the joy of Ellie and her mother and their relationship — not only the pain.”
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Is Hot Billy Summer No Longer an Option?
Urman teased that Claudia’s pregnancy doesn’t mean Billy has to return to pleasing other people over himself, telling Us, “You’re asking the questions that we ask within the writers’ room. But I can’t give it away since it’s all within the season 2 premiere.”
Where Does Sarah Go After That Profession High?
“There may need been twists and turns along the way in which but she showed up in court and he or she did it. It was amazing. She feels celebrated and seen and it’s such a moment of triumph and we understand it emotionally,” Urman detailed. “Then after all we understand there’s going to be some drama that follows it. But I need to live in Sarah feeling like she’s in place and have a good time that before the rug gets pulled out from under her.”
Could Olympia and Matty Develop into Friends Again?
Urman called the central friendship “an epic love story,” adding, “We’re shaping it as if it’s an epic love story over the course of seasons. Depending on what Olympia does with the document, it controls how their relationship will unfold. You’re really watching two individuals who love one another. It’s all really complicated immediately and Matty loves Olympia. The query is, ‘Can Olympia forgive Matty?’ That’s where we lose them on the finale. Matty loves Olympia and if she could preserve the friendship and land the plane on her crime mission, that may be perfect.”
What Guest Stars Could Pop Up in Season 2?
“I’ve gotten just a few individuals who have reached out to me and just a few people have reached out. I don’t wish to say who,” Urman teased. “But it surely has definitely been exciting that there are folks that are reaching out and saying, ‘I need to be on Matlock.’ And I do know why they wish to be on Matlock. They wish to act with Kathy Bates. She is a legend. So I’m desirous to say yes to all of those asks.”
