11/15
starring Andy Griffith as criminal lawyer Ben Matlock
Plot
It follows Madeline Matlock as she joins the workforce at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her cunning tactics to win cases and expose wrongdoing. This show has only the most tangential relationship to the original series.
This would have verified identity, address, current license status, disciplinary actions, etc
For legal reasons, they had to give Dean Hargrove a “based on the Matlock series”; credit.. In order for Matlock to be hired by a New York law firm, she would have had to verify her law license status through one of three official mechanisms, each carefully managed by the state.
Remake of Matlock (1986)
This is a charming and interesting interpretation of a legal series. The casting of Kathy Bates and Beau Bridges is classic CBS, and while this isn’t asking too much, it’s a fun and easy watch.
She handles it with aplomb
Yes, there is a twist at the end that will give the series some much-needed depth. Kathy Bates plays the title character, Matlock, a post-secondary lawyer who hasn’t practiced since 1991.
Obviously, everyone doubts her abilities and thinks she’s too old, and she tries to prove them wrong
on probation with a law firm and set out to make herself useful in order to get a job.