Pregame

After her guilt feelings were stressed in the last episode, Kathy Bates gets to expand the range of her Matlock character here, distracted by those feelings while trying to help Olympia win a major case based on a dangerous energy drink "Slammed" marketed towards young persons.

Case becomes more serious when they get a client Zoe accused of murdering a fellow sorority sister by spiking a Slammed drink served to the victim.

With a vindictive assistant district attorney out to defeat Olympia, the case quickly goes south, as circumstantial evidence mounts up against Zoe. But Olympia pulls a Perry Mason and identifies the real culprit sitting in court. Zoe's lingering guilt feelings concerning the victim mirror Matty's own. But the major class action suit remains.

A fun subplot has Matty bringing her grandson Alfie to work for Family Day. And Alfie's cleverness helps advance their clandestine investigation into Julian's culpability re: his mom's death.

Beau Bridges as the boss is back, mysterious as ever, and Leah's love affair with Kira advances but with complications. A new character is teased, as Matty's quirky sister Bitsy (played by '80s star Julie Hagerty) shows up just as the segment ends.