Matlock found a surprising way to bring on Jason Ritter‘s real-life wife, Melanie Lynskey, in season 2 — but what key role does the actress play?

The hit CBS series built up to the reveal by having Matty (Kathy Bathes) and Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) discuss Senior’s (Beau Bridges) past multiple times at the beginning of the season.

The friends-turned-reluctant-allies ultimately decided to search for Senior’s ex Debra, who was with him in Australia 15 years ago when he appeared to ask Julian (Ritter) to bury the Wellbrexa document that could have helped get opioids off the streets sooner.

After going undercover in the Thursday, October 30, episode, Matty met Debra (Lynskey), who is a mortuary cosmetologist doing “open-casket work” for potential clients. Matty and Olympia try to convince

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