There has been a phantom haunting this Matlock season. Her name is Debra Palmer, and at various times over the past three episodes, either Olympia or Matty (or both) has raised the hope that the mysterious Ms. Palmer could crack Jacobson-Moore’s Wellbrexa scandal wide open — and in the process maybe fix their fractured friendship.

Going into this week’s episode, all Olympia and Matty knew about Debra was that she was briefly Senior’s romantic companion 15 years ago during a company retreat in Australia, happening at the same time that Julian was being pressured to bury Wellbrexa’s internal study about the addicting properties of their opioids. The ladies hoped Debra, when found, could identify some of the retreat’s other attendees and maybe pin one or more of them to the decision to lea

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