Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Matlock Episode 17.“I’m Matty Matlock, like the old TV show.” Introducing herself with that statement, Kathy Bates doesn’t replace Andy Griffith’s OG lawyer but stands on her own as a reinvention of the titular character in the reboot of Matlock. Bates is up to the challenge of playing two versions of Matty: the sharp-yet-frazzled new employee of Jacobson Moore and the grieving mother who has infiltrated to expose the law firm’s…
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