Matlock season 1 was built around the mystery of who hid the Wellbrexa documents, indicating that whoever was behind this illegal scheme was the true villain of the series. Without that inciting incident, Kathy Bates’ Madeline Kingston would never have gone undercover as poor, widowed Madeline Matlock to get a job at Jacobson Moore.

While the Matlock season 1 finale definitively answered that it was Julian (Jason Ritter) who physically took the documents, though he was just the puppet under the masterminding of his father, Senior (Beau Bridges). Senior seems like the obvious Matlock villain , but the new trailer for season 2 proves there is a more subtle enemy working against Madeline’s best interests.

There are still many unanswered questions from Matlock season 1 , and M

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