Matlock
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The lawyering part of working at a law firm was never a major part of Mattys master plan.
But theres some real resonance to the way the plot unfolds, which may have ramifications beyond the verdict.
So, the lawsuit.
Alex says Jeremy groped her in the coat closet at the office holiday party.
Jeremy says she was drunk which she admits and that he was helping her.
HR exonerated him after a cursory investigation.
After the incident, Alex tried to avoid Jeremy, but lingering trauma impacted her ability to work.
What makes this case a stinker according to Matty is that Alex is no angel.
where he role-played as a boss and she role-played as the submissive underling.
Olympia explains to Matty that she took this casebecauseAlex is messy.
Sexual harassment, she says, demands a reckoning regardless of the target.
But Matty struggles with this.
Back inherday, women expected to endure a little grab-ass at work.
Shae is trouble waiting to happen.
This brings us to the patness I mentioned above.
Mattys ultimate change of heart is simplistic.
She says all this to the jury and gets through to them.
Matty Matlocks whole shtick is being a down-to-earth old person who rolls her eyes at the youths.
Its not entirely an act.
But it sure is fun to watch her try.
The episode ends before Matty and Alfie can extract any dirt from the purloined computer.
It pulls Matty up short for a moment, wondering if shes trying to take down a good person.
But she quickly regains her chill and remembers someotherwords Olympia said to her.
The episode ends with her coldly muttering, Were not friends.
But Shae later confesses to Olympia that Julian paid her full fee.
We all have our thing.
She sees humility as an advantage.
