Matlock showrunner and executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman is teasing the conclusion of the first half of the second season and what’s ahead when the show returns early next year. The mid-season finale “Call It a Christmas Gift” airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on CBS .

Hot off the presses, there are two new additions to the recurring cast for Season 2. They are Sarah Wright Olsen ( Parks and Recreation , American Made ) and newcomer Henry Haber. Wright Olsen will play Gwen, an efficiency expert analyzing the firm, and Haber as Hunter, a younger associate from the floater pool who is a total bro. Their characters do not appear in tonight’s episode, but they have recently begun work on the series.

In conversation with Snyder Urman earlier this week, she confirmed Haber is not joining

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