Matlock (2024) s01e17 Episode Script
I Was That, Too
1
Previously on Matlock
MATTY: The law firm
Jacobson Moore hid documents
that could have taken opioids
off the market ten years earlier.
Think of how many lives
that could've saved.
Including our daughter's.
It wasn't Olympia, Matty.
It must've been Julian.
She didn't take the study.
OLYMPIA: It's wild to me, Matty,
how far we've come.
- Heading home?
- Olympia!
My goodness, you could give
an old lady a heart attack.
Is it the Johnson case?
You are the Johnson case.
And I had to bring
that fettuccine Alfredo
all the way to your apartment in Queens.
♪
Could I see the CCTV footage
from outside the courthouse?
I need you to trace
this car's license plate.
So, who the hell are you,
Madeline Matlock?
♪
I'm going to ask you one more time.
Who the hell are you?
- Olympia, I don't know
- I know there's a town car
waiting around the corner registered
to an address in Westchester.
Do you live there?
I would think very carefully
before lying to my face again.
I do, yes.
Text the driver.
Tell him you have a new case
and you're going back to the office.
[TYPING ON PHONE]
Send it.
[PHONE WHOOSHES]
[PHONE CHIMES IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Olympia.
I can explain.
This whole thing
it has to do with my daughter.
Stop.
I don't even know if you had a daughter.
I assure you I did.
Get in.
♪
[KEYS CLACKING LOUDLY]
Did Olympia text us a new assignment?
Just something personal.
No, you only bang on the keys
like a rage-fueled
jackhammer when it's work.
Okay, fine. It is work-related-ish.
And I'll tell you if you promise
not to clutch your pearls.
I left them at home. What did you do?
Nothing. I just
- took a tiny little case.
- A case?
It's so not a big deal.
Remember Cheryl from Gene's case?
Her trainer, Dino that's my client
- [SIGHS]
- Anyway, Dino just needed
a strongly worded cease and desist
to scare off his business partner.
We're not allowed to take cases
without Olympia signing off,
- and she definitely wouldn't sign off on this.
- Stop it.
It's just a letter.
And Olympia always says,
"Ask forgiveness, not permission,"
and that is what I'm doing.
Just getting myself some experience.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
While also conveniently taking my mind
off the fact that Kira
is out with another hang.
- So that's happening tonight?
- Yeah.
And while I'd love to
issue her a cease and desist
and put an end to this
open relationship madness,
I said I would try it.
So let me just focus on Dino, okay?
Okay.
Don't you have a dinner date with Satan?
- I I mean Simone.
- Yes.
Uh, wait. Hi. Um,
there's a woman here who's
a client with an emergency,
but she won't give me her name,
she only wants to speak to Olympia,
and I can't reach Olympia.
And while I don't like to assume things
about people, I'm
pretty sure she's, like,
really pregnant.
Uh, I'll try to reach Olympia.
BILLY: Okay.
♪
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[BEEPING] [DOOR UNLOCKS]
♪
Olympia, if you'd just listen
No. You are clearly
a master manipulator,
a pathological liar, and,
by my best guesstimation,
a world-class con woman.
So I don't trust anything
that comes out of your mouth.
Give me your bags and write
down the passcode to your phone.
Now.
♪
- Hands on the table.
- Is that really necessary?
♪
A burner phone?
Sit down.
[CLEARS THROAT]
"Sorry, Alfie, darling.
Pulled back to work.
Don't stay up past "
10:00.
[PHONE WHOOSHES]
Write down every single
lie you've told me and why.
I'm your judge.
I'm your jury.
I'll read it,
and then I'll decide what happens next.
[BEEPING]
♪
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[OVERLAPPING WHISPERING]
ANNIE: Oh, finally.
We have been trying to reach you.
BILLY: There's a woman here,
but she won't talk to anyone but you.
[SIGHS]
- Hello there, Miss ?
- Uh, Amy.
Amy. Do we know each other?
No, but you're my lawyer.
Or I mean the-the firm is my,
um, husband's family lawyers.
Ah.
The Buckleys.
Yeah, that's the
[SHUDDERS] usual reaction.
A managing partner handles your
family's litigation himself.
Yeah. Senior.
He's the one that did my prenup
when I married Grant two years ago.
Jacobson Moore handled both sides?
Yes, but they're all in the
pockets of the Buckleys, okay?
And then I saw you on the news.
I saw you get that
innocent man out of jail,
and I thought that
maybe you would help me.
Help-help you how?
[SHUDDERS] Grant has a work trip,
and he got my doctor
to move up my C-section.
[SHUDDERS] To tomorrow.
To 9:00 a.m. And I just
I need a divorce by then.
Please.
He's angry, he's controlling,
and-and when he finds out that
this baby isn't his [CRYING]
I don't know what he's gonna do.
- [SNIFFLES]
- Oh.
I just got the prenatal
paternity test back.
Grant lets me visit my
mom in Ohio twice a year.
- "Lets" you?
- Oh, yeah. He controls everything.
Even my OB loops him in.
So I got the testing done in Akron.
And I said to myself, you know, if
if it's Grant's baby, then, fine,
this is my destiny.
But if it's not,
then I have to get away.
To be with the baby's father?
Oh. No. It's-it's not about him.
He's, um, some guy I
knew from high school.
It was a one-off thing.
But Grant will fight for
custody just to spite me.
That-that's why I
need a divorce tonight.
Amy, family law isn't my specialty,
but I do know that divorces take time.
We'd have to serve Grant papers
and then put a reasonable clock on them.
And, unfortunately, "before sunrise"
isn't legally reasonable.
No, please. You-you
have to do something.
I-I
I only have three more hours
before he realizes that I'm gone.
How long has it been like this?
Two years.
Look, you have to understand
I was 23 when I met him.
He was 38.
He was successful and-and
accomplished and charming.
But everything changed
once we got married.
Suddenly, I couldn't
see friends without him.
Even though he knew I wasn't religious,
every Sunday, he would
pressure me to go to church.
And if I even hesitated, he would say,
"Well, what is it that
you're feeling guilty about?"
And then he wanted to
have kids right away
even though we had agreed to wait.
I'm pretty sure he
sabotaged my birth control.
He tracks what I eat, what I drink.
He's booked a baptism for
our daughter it's a girl
and he did it without me knowing.
If I do anything wrong,
if I disagree with him,
he-he berates me.
Okay.
We can't get a divorce tonight,
but maybe we can get a temporary
restraining order in night court,
at least keep Grant
away from the hospital
so that he does not sign
the birth certificate.
Then he'll have less
claim on your daughter
when we do start divorce proceedings.
And he-he won't find out?
Not until after the
restraining order is issued.
Now, I need you to go through all
of your emails, texts, voicemails.
Anything even remotely threatening,
give them to Sarah and Billy
so they can prepare them to
enter into evidence, okay?
All right.
Um, Olympia,
do you think maybe we
should call in Matty?
Since it's all hands on deck?
No. Matty is exhausted and
she requested the night off.
You two can handle this.
Call and get us a
hearing in night court.
- Hey, you.
- Hey.
So, I thought I'd be
working a little late,
but now it's looking like late late
- and Rosie can only stay until 9:00, so
- No problem.
I'll just, uh, take my work home,
fall asleep reading to the twins,
wake up at 4:00 a.m.
in my clothes, panicked.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Uh, I got you. No problem.
Thanks.
You know I don't take it for granted,
not even for a second,
what a great co-parent you are.
Oh.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
EDWIN: Oh, uh, hi, darling.
Uh
listen, I don't want to
leave too many messages,
but call me, okay?
Alfie got your text.
Um, I just
I just want to know what
time you're coming home.
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
You won't be able to verify everything.
I paid a company to wipe
my history off the Internet.
[SCOFFS] Exactly what
a con man would say.
I'm not a con man.
Then what happened to your accent?
You can call my old law
firm in San Francisco.
And talk to someone you've planted?
There is one thing you can verify.
I couldn't bring myself
to erase my daughter's
Stop talking about your daughter.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[EXHALES]
MATTY: It's hard to separate
truth from fiction entirely.
Because most of what you know
about me is based in truth
but is also a lie.
[SHUDDERS]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
OLYMPIA: "But is also a lie.
You've met my grandson Alfie.
And it's true that his mother died.
But not in a car accident.
Ellie died of a drug overdose.
My husband and I "
"My husband and I"?
[PHONE CLICKS]
♪
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
Your husband is alive, apparently,
and I'm pretty sure he's saved
under "Building Super" in your phone.
He's nervous 'cause
I haven't checked in.
Call him right now.
Put it on speaker
and convince him that you're fine.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Oh.
Hey.
I was really getting worried.
I'm sorry. Olympia needs
me to stay late tonight.
And of course you don't
want to say no to her
now that you know she didn't do it.
True.
That's okay, Matty. I know
how much she means to you.
She does mean a great deal to me.
Well, you were right to trust her.
I'm sorry I gave you
such a hard time about it.
It's okay.
I got to get back to
work. Kiss Alfie for me.
Bye.
See?
Our friendship
What didn't I do?
14 years ago,
a Reddit post claimed that someone
at Jacobson Moore hid documents
that could have taken
opioids off the market earlier
and saved hundreds
of thousands of lives.
What?
Two years ago,
my grandson saw that post.
Well, obviously, it's not true.
I investigated.
It is very much true.
I know what the document is
and when it was stolen
and who did it.
Okay. Who?
Your ex-husband.
Julian.
♪
You're out of your damn mind.
I'm not. April 6, 2010.
A fire drill.
That's when the document was stolen.
And what was this document?
A study about warning labels on opioids.
And Julian took the study.
Right.
Like he put that spy pen in my office?
You did that, didn't you?
Well, I put it in Julian's
office, and then it moved
You made me think that the father
of my kids was spying on me!
Do you have any idea
what that did to me?
I was paranoid that there were
listening devices everywhere.
I-I couldn't sleep.
I tore apart my home.
I lost it on Julian, and
I was thrown into jail.
You did that.
And then you had the nerve to console me
and act like my frie
like my friend?
- Because I was that, too.
- Stop it.
Just stop, Matty.
Look
maybe Julian acted alone
or on behalf of Senior,
but I know he did it.
And I think he used the payout
- as a down payment on your brownstone.
- What?
Is that why you told me
to go after his money?
Look at your bank statements.
There were three people
on the Wellbrexa team
that didn't check in
after the fire drill.
Senior was in Australia,
you were in court,
- and Julian
- How the hell do you know
where I was 14 years ago?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES]
Because I have your laptop.
That coffee spill.
It was on purpose?
I needed
That laptop had a voicemail
from my dead father.
I know.
And I'll return it. But
the Redditor said it was you
or Julian or
[DOOR CLOSES] [LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
- Matty?
- [YELLS]
What are you doing?!
I'm so sorry!
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[LINE RINGING]
Hey. I just wanted to say
good night to the kids.
Did I catch them?
JULIAN: Oh. Just went down.
How's your night going?
A slog. I'm due in night court at 10:00.
No problem. I'll just
crash in the guest room.
What you working on?
It's, uh, top secret.
Oh, come on. You can trust me.
I'll tell you after I win. Hmm?
Thanks again.
♪
Your Honor, as you can see,
Mr. Buckley has made repeated threats
and leveled near daily
verbal abuse on my client,
creating a marriage of
control, coercion and fear.
Well, he certainly is controlling.
But for it to reach
legal threshold required
to issue a restraining
order [INHALES]
Mrs. Buckley, has Grant Buckley
ever physically assaulted you?
No, but he says things like,
"If you leave, I'll kill you," and
then he says he's joking.
I don't joke like that. Do you?
Your Honor, if there's even a chance
that my client and her
child are in danger,
isn't it within our duty of care to act?
Well, as much as I
agree with you in theory,
there are precise rules
governing a restraining order.
And while I absolutely believe
that this relationship
feels threatening,
my task is to assess if
the circumstances meet
the qualifications set
by the state of New York.
And since Mr. Buckley
has no record of violence,
no history of abuse,
the court does not have evidence to meet
those qualifications tonight.
Your Honor, this isn't right.
I understand you feel
that way, Counselor.
However, the law exists
to take feelings and
emotions out of the equation.
It's okay.
He still doesn't know where you are.
We have time to figure
out our next move.
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
Change of plans. I'm calling the cops.
Olympia, no.
Yes.
I have a case to focus on,
and I can't be objective.
That's what the law is for.
What exactly do you plan
on telling the police?
That you were here
under false pretenses.
I'm not. I legally changed my name
from Madeline Kingston
to Madeline Matlock.
Huge fan of the TV show.
[SIGHS] And I took the New York bar.
Well, it's illegal to record
someone without their knowledge.
And it's illegal to
confine someone to a room
without their consent.
False imprisonment, I think it's called.
Then we'll be in side-by-side cells.
I've been there before.
If you call the police,
my husband will send
every bit of our research
to The New York Times.
The name Julian Markston
will be as notorious as Bernie Madoff
or the Sacklers.
Think about what that will
mean for your children.
At least now you're being honest
about your contempt for me.
I have no contempt for you.
But I will do what's right by my child.
At the expense of my children?
The truth is coming
out one way or another.
But if you help me get the last piece
of financial information that I need,
I will make it clear to The Times
that you were not his accomplice.
That you were part of the solution.
That you're a hero.
Think about that when you
think about your children.
Julian did what he did.
You have a choice.
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
Hey, Sarah, what's happening?
Amy's husband just got here.
What?
SARAH: Yeah. He's at reception.
GRANT: Come on. Open the door.
- [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- What do I do?
GRANT: Hello?
Hello! I know my wife is in there!
Hello! Hey there.
Everything okay?
You took Amy to get a restraining order
the night before we have our kid.
Unfortunately, I can't
comment on privileged
- Tell me where my wife is.
- You seem really upset.
You're damn right I'm upset.
We've having a baby tomorrow.
- She is delaying her C-section.
- Enough!
Where the hell is my wife?
Are you filming me?
Company policy. If an angry man shows up
in the middle of the
night, we document it.
You'll be hearing from your boss.
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
SARAH: Olympia texted. Grant's gone.
Oh, thank God.
Uh, I also just made you,
like, a little resting area, I guess.
Do pregnant people like to rest?
Or is that just an urban myth?
Oh, it's an urban myth. No, we go hard.
Yeah, all night long.
- Cool.
- Mm.
I also brought you some weird snacks.
Um, sardines, pickles, black licorice.
Ugh, uh, any plain crackers?
I can do plain crackers.
[SIGHS]: Okay.
Sorry, I don't have much
experience with pregnancy.
None of my friends are there yet.
How old are you?
Oh. Me, too.
You know, before I met Grant,
I always thought I would go and
get my master's in neuro psych.
I always thought I'd go back
to school after I got married.
He wouldn't let you?
It wasn't "let" at first. It was
you know, "Why don't you
want to spend time with me?"
And then, "Why would you
want to go to frat parties?"
That's how it happens, you know? Slowly.
Trust me, I know what it's like
to have your boundaries stretched.
I mean
not in the same way.
What's your way?
Uh, I currently find myself
in an open relationship.
You don't like it?
Because right now, an open
relationship sounds perfect.
[PHONE CHIMES]
Senior just called, and he's pissed.
She say who tipped off the Buckleys?
No, but he said Grant will
give Amy a quick divorce.
Tonight, if she wants.
Which means there is something
really bad for her in this prenup.
First priority: comb through it.
Then research case law to
see if there is any precedent
from the 1880s to today
to help keep this baby away from Grant.
Okay, um, this is an
insane amount of work.
And I love work.
Um
Start with case law.
Got it.
[GASPS]
I need you to go through this prenup
so I can excavate a pregnant woman
from her emotionally abusive marriage.
These are her text messages and emails.
A restraining order was denied,
and with what I now know to be your
extensive history in contract law,
this should be right up your alley.
I'd love to help you,
but I need something in return.
Go to the documents room.
This is the locator number
for the missing study.
You'll see that it's gone.
Pay close attention to
any infidelity clause.
[SARAH SIGHS]
Amy is finally asleep.
Did you make your own
letterhead for your side client?
- Give it back to me.
- "Signed, Sarah Franklin,
Esquire, Attorney at Law."
- Don't you just have to pick only one?
- Give
And wow, there is some
strong language in here.
I'm developing my litigation persona.
And she is aggressive.
[CHUCKLES] Let's get back to case law.
And at the end of the night,
remind me again how much
I hate working with you.
Copy you.
Sarah Franklin,
- Esquire at Law.
- [LAUGHS]
♪
[EXHALES]
♪
MATTY: Did you look?
I did, and there appears
to be a document missing.
And I do not have an opinion
or conclusion about what that means yet
because I'm focused on Amy.
What did you find in her prenup?
It's brutal.
In addition to the usual
financial manslaughter,
there's a clause she has to go through
their approved legal counsel.
- What?
- Yeah.
You could finagle a way around it
because we're from the same firm,
but it's tightly worded.
- [SIGHS]
- If she violates,
he gets the kid, she gets
a little bit of money.
And if she had an affair?
He gets the kid, she gets no money.
[SIGHS]
Who was that woman who came to court
when you left papers at home?
JUDGE: Counselor.
My sister Bitsy.
I based the Matty
Matlock persona on her.
And Andy Griffith.
Her husband was the con man.
Caught sleeping with hookers.
Cindy Shapiro is her best friend.
I don't know anything about you.
You know a lot of things about me.
The talks we had.
The way we work together.
You heard my husband.
Our friendship was real.
How long have you been married to him?
49 years.
And our daughter died
- from a drug overdose
- Stop.
And I came here to expose
the criminal who was responsible.
But I never expected to find you.
What you've done for me,
how you've changed my life,
that was real.
I came here expecting to be invisible.
People don't see old women.
But you saw me.
If I could
erase how I've hurt you
start over with a clean slate
Start over.
Yeah.
No, start over.
Clean slate.
An annulment.
That would void the prenup completely.
But after two years?
Well, t-technically, a judge
can grant one up to four years.
It just has to fall into
one of four categories.
Did she sign under duress? No.
Under 18, no.
Lacking mental capacity, no.
Ooh. Fraud.
Seems about right.
If a party was tricked into the marriage
by a false representation
and we can prove that party
would not have gone
through with the marriage
had they known the truth,
we've got a case for annulment.
And if Grant was abusive to Amy,
I'm guessing that wasn't the first time.
Maybe he went too far in his past.
And if he purposely covered that up,
there's your provable fraud.
I'll get Billy and Sarah to
get a list of ex-girlfriends.
AMY: Hadley, I think?
She's married to a state senator.
And those are all the women
you can remember meeting
- at Grant's college reunion?
- Yeah.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH]
- [SHUDDERS]
- You okay?
Yeah.
Just, um, having one of those, um,
pre-contraction thingies,
the Braxton-Hicks.
Oh, this one just hurts a little more.
[GROANS]
Ooh.
Amy, Braxton-Hicks don't hurt.
[SHAKY EXHALE]
I think you're in labor.
What?
We need to find a pattern of abuse now.
- I pulled the Buckleys' NDAs.
- You can do that?
Ask forgiveness, not permission.
They're in my office.
Look at the language,
see if it's impeachable.
[OLYMPIA SIGHS]
Amy, we need to go to the hospital.
- We can't.
- Mm-hmm.
Trust me, the Buckleys
will have security outside
now that they know that I'm here.
They will follow me, they
will take my daughter away.
We have to be safe.
We will. I have more time.
Four minutes apart, isn't that
when we go to the hospital?
The second you hit four, we're going.
But to a different hospital.
- I'm gonna call my OB.
- Okay.
- That sounds good.
- Yeah.
This is insane. We need Matty's help.
- She's sleeping.
- She's 76.
She probably gets up
every half hour to pee.
Come on, you heard my mentor.
You're right.
Forgiveness, not permission.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
- [VIBRATING STOPS]
- Why is Matty's phone
ringing in Olympia's purse?
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- [GASPS]
- Oops.
- No. No.
[VIBRATING]
Find anything?
Um
Hello? Any loopholes in the NDA?
Uh, no, sorry. All ironclad.
Which makes sense since
Jacobson Moore drafted them.
Ah, shoot.
We just need more time
to figure something out.
Or more help.
I think Sarah's right.
Maybe we should call Matty.
Mm-hmm.
I tried her. She didn't answer.
Look, I'll take the NDAs.
Go back to your office,
keep calling ex-girlfriends.
[WHISPERS]: Billy.
Go.
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Okay, Annie, stay calm.
Yep, and tell Dr. Dashar
to stay on the phone.
I'm coming to explain everything to her.
Just tell Amy to breathe.
And you breathe, too.
Time the contractions
from when they start.
♪
- What was Olympia doing up here?
- I don't know.
[SARAH AND BILLY SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY IN HALL]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION CONTINUES]
Did you hear that?
♪
I'm a little in shock.
That you thought I would
be upset that you gave Matty
her own private office with a
freaking bathroom and a mini-fridge.
- No, I am not upset in the least.
- You sound upset.
And loud. Quiet voice.
Remember? Matty has a migraine.
- Sorry.
- Oh, had one.
Oh, my head was screeching
like a cat in a thunderstorm.
Anyway,
like I told these two,
I don't want to work up here after all.
It's too isolated, and
somehow that door got locked.
Yeah, I felt like a
prisoner in a horror movie.
[CHUCKLES]
How scary.
Mmm.
Migraine's better?
- Oh, much better.
- Good.
Oh.
I forgot, I think you grabbed my
phone by mistake when you left.
And I couldn't get a hold of you.
- Did I? [CHUCKLES]
- Uh-huh.
Let me check.
Oops. [LAUGHS]
Sorry about that. Here.
Thank you. Oh, and I told the kids
I have an idea how we can nail
Amy's husband on fraud.
- Makes sense.
- Mm.
You're the expert.
Going through the family's
priest is an interesting idea.
Agreed. And I have the list
of Grant's ex-girlfriends.
Perfect.
We'll use that to pressure him.
Uh, not "we."
You, right?
The priest is clearly your kind of guy.
Nice. Really, really old.
I'd love to go talk to him.
What do you think, Olympia?
Let's discuss the logistics.
Go relieve Annie and keep Amy calm.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
So you come up with that idea
just to get your phone back?
Of course not.
Two things can be true at the same time.
That's what I've been
trying to tell you.
You talk to this priest,
then make a call and
Finish that sentence. And what?
You escape.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY]
If I had wanted to escape,
it would've happened hours ago.
My medical bracelet.
GPS-monitored.
Security disguised as EMTs
would be rushing through
that door in six minutes.
But I didn't press it
because finishing this
and exposing Jacobson Moore
is the only thing
that's important to me.
By which you mean blaming my ex-husband?
Because he did it.
How discreet.
Well, fine. Then prove that.
Either way, the truth is coming out.
So, am I interviewing
the priest or what?
♪
MATTY: You mind if I turn
this voice memo thingy on?
I'm pretty sharp for my age, but whew,
Lord, when I'm tired,
I-I start one sentence
in Paris, France and
end up in Paris, Texas.
[LAUGHS]
I'm not sure what that means.
My point exactly.
So, yay or nay on recording?
No problem.
But here's the thing, Ms. Matlock.
I'm not going to say
what you want me to say.
Oh, what do you think I want you to say?
I heard that Amy tried to
get a restraining order,
which is heartbreaking.
I think it's heartbreaking
that Amy's worried
about her well-being because Grant
is abusive and controlling.
Those are very serious allegations.
Do you think Amy's lying?
I think she's overwhelmed
with the realities of motherhood.
They had some sort of disagreement.
So you've never seen any signs
that Grant is controlling
or even overly critical?
In past relationships?
No, I have not.
Mm-hmm.
Is it possible you
don't really know Grant
as well as you think you do?
I baptized the man. I confirmed him.
I counseled him the
night before his marriage
and then married him the next day.
Well I'm sure in front of you,
he seems very faithful.
Oh, he doesn't seem faithful.
He is faithful.
We see each other every
Sunday for service,
and when he's out of town,
he often reaches out for guidance.
I helped him secure St. Patrick's
for his wedding to Amy.
And we've talked at length
about raising his kids in the church.
MATTY: That was important to Grant?
Raising his kids in the church?
FATHER VALENCI: We spoke of
it before they got married.
Your Honor, in addition to this
testimony, I'd like to submit
into evidence text
exchanges between my client
and her husband in the months
leading up to their wedding.
In them, Grant clearly tells Amy
he is not religious and reassures her
over and over that any
of their future kids
won't be raised in the church,
because she's an atheist.
Your Honor, that is
undeniable, evidence-based,
- non-emotional fraud.
- [AMY GASPING IN PAIN]
Would you have married Mr. Buckley
if you'd known how religious he was?
No, Your Honor.
[GROANING]
It's official. Four minutes apart.
By the power vested in me
by the state of New York,
this marriage is annulled as of
- 5:49 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
- [BANGS GAVEL]
[GASPING] Thank you.
Thank me by having a healthy baby.
Get her to the hospital.
I'll let Dr. Dashar know
that you're on your way.
OLYMPIA: Oh, she's here. Come look.
- [OLYMPIA LAUGHS]
- SARAH: Wow.
So cute, for a baby.
Holding your daughter in
your arms for the first time
is a very powerful thing.
Her child gave her the
strength to fight back.
That's for sure.
All righty, you fine folks,
I'm gonna go upstairs and grab my stuff
out of my very temporary office.
- [SIGHS] I'm exhausted.
- Mm.
If you need me, you
know where to find me.
Really great work tonight.
Go home, get some rest.
You've earned it.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
Okay, Billy, guess what.
Oh, Sarah, I really don't
have the brain power to
I sent out the cease and desist.
- You did?
- Mm-hmm.
Did it take your mind off Kira?
Not at all. [SIGHS]
But I was talking to Amy, and
we don't think this is the
right relationship for me.
Well, if it makes you feel any better,
Simone and I are not long
for this world, either.
[SARCASTICALLY]: Oh, really?
She's making dinner reservations,
and I
I can't do serious right now.
She's gonna be so upset.
- Yeah. [SIGHS]
- [LAUGHS]
That does make me feel better.
Thank you.
OLYMPIA: "And so, that's why I did it.
And I know you think
everything I said was a lie,
but our friendship was not a lie,
and my daughter was not a lie.
Her obituary is still online.
I couldn't erase it."
♪
"Eleanor Kingston, beloved daughter
of Edwin and Madeline Kingston,
passed away on October 8, 2014.
Ellie loved baking "
MATTY: and singing karaoke.
And above all, she loved her son,
Alfred Edwin Kingston.
Ellie is one of the casualties
of the opioid epidemic.
She will never be forgotten.
Ever. Never.
OLYMPIA: First of all, you're
asking like I ask you all the time.
KATHRYN: Mommy!
Why do you and Daddy keep fighting?
We aren't, baby. We're fine.
JULIAN: Why don't you guys go
and, um, play on your
iPads in your room?
Okay?
You're going after my family's money.
No, let's just be clear
MATTY: Classic pig in a poke.
They're trying to keep
you from seeing the trust.
I am trying to see what you're hiding.
I'm not hiding anything.
I haven't exactly been doing
the kind of high-profile cases
that would merit espionage.
But no.
It-it can't be.
Julian?
The partner race? The divorce?
[GRUNTING]
[SOBBING]
KATHRYN: Are you okay?
OLYMPIA: Um yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I, um
I lost a file, and then a pen ex
exploded on me.
And then when I tried to clean it up,
I-I guess I fell asleep.
Maybe you should listen
to Grandpa's voicemail.
That always makes you feel better.
Maybe I will.
Drop off was surprisingly easy,
and I can't believe you
actually pulled an all-nighter.
[SIGHS] They were easier at 25.
[CHUCKLES] No kidding.
Well, go home and sleep.
- On my way.
- All right.
Oh, hey.
Have you found a new place yet?
For after we sell the brownstone?
Do you want to talk about that now?
And I guess I was
just thinking about
how easy last night was.
Ooh, I remember when we bought it.
We were about to close
on a two-bedroom walk-up.
Remember?
Then all of a sudden,
you came into money.
Well, I didn't come into money.
My [INHALES DEEPLY] mom
let me access the trust.
Why all of a sudden?
Just said she wanted us
to be able to buy our forever home.
Which it did not turn out to be.
Aw, come on. Sometimes
it felt like forever.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Good night.
Night.
♪
Get up.
Alfie, breakfast is served.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Finally. You forget your key?
Uh
Previously on Matlock
MATTY: The law firm
Jacobson Moore hid documents
that could have taken opioids
off the market ten years earlier.
Think of how many lives
that could've saved.
Including our daughter's.
It wasn't Olympia, Matty.
It must've been Julian.
She didn't take the study.
OLYMPIA: It's wild to me, Matty,
how far we've come.
- Heading home?
- Olympia!
My goodness, you could give
an old lady a heart attack.
Is it the Johnson case?
You are the Johnson case.
And I had to bring
that fettuccine Alfredo
all the way to your apartment in Queens.
♪
Could I see the CCTV footage
from outside the courthouse?
I need you to trace
this car's license plate.
So, who the hell are you,
Madeline Matlock?
♪
I'm going to ask you one more time.
Who the hell are you?
- Olympia, I don't know
- I know there's a town car
waiting around the corner registered
to an address in Westchester.
Do you live there?
I would think very carefully
before lying to my face again.
I do, yes.
Text the driver.
Tell him you have a new case
and you're going back to the office.
[TYPING ON PHONE]
Send it.
[PHONE WHOOSHES]
[PHONE CHIMES IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Olympia.
I can explain.
This whole thing
it has to do with my daughter.
Stop.
I don't even know if you had a daughter.
I assure you I did.
Get in.
♪
[KEYS CLACKING LOUDLY]
Did Olympia text us a new assignment?
Just something personal.
No, you only bang on the keys
like a rage-fueled
jackhammer when it's work.
Okay, fine. It is work-related-ish.
And I'll tell you if you promise
not to clutch your pearls.
I left them at home. What did you do?
Nothing. I just
- took a tiny little case.
- A case?
It's so not a big deal.
Remember Cheryl from Gene's case?
Her trainer, Dino that's my client
- [SIGHS]
- Anyway, Dino just needed
a strongly worded cease and desist
to scare off his business partner.
We're not allowed to take cases
without Olympia signing off,
- and she definitely wouldn't sign off on this.
- Stop it.
It's just a letter.
And Olympia always says,
"Ask forgiveness, not permission,"
and that is what I'm doing.
Just getting myself some experience.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
While also conveniently taking my mind
off the fact that Kira
is out with another hang.
- So that's happening tonight?
- Yeah.
And while I'd love to
issue her a cease and desist
and put an end to this
open relationship madness,
I said I would try it.
So let me just focus on Dino, okay?
Okay.
Don't you have a dinner date with Satan?
- I I mean Simone.
- Yes.
Uh, wait. Hi. Um,
there's a woman here who's
a client with an emergency,
but she won't give me her name,
she only wants to speak to Olympia,
and I can't reach Olympia.
And while I don't like to assume things
about people, I'm
pretty sure she's, like,
really pregnant.
Uh, I'll try to reach Olympia.
BILLY: Okay.
♪
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[BEEPING] [DOOR UNLOCKS]
♪
Olympia, if you'd just listen
No. You are clearly
a master manipulator,
a pathological liar, and,
by my best guesstimation,
a world-class con woman.
So I don't trust anything
that comes out of your mouth.
Give me your bags and write
down the passcode to your phone.
Now.
♪
- Hands on the table.
- Is that really necessary?
♪
A burner phone?
Sit down.
[CLEARS THROAT]
"Sorry, Alfie, darling.
Pulled back to work.
Don't stay up past "
10:00.
[PHONE WHOOSHES]
Write down every single
lie you've told me and why.
I'm your judge.
I'm your jury.
I'll read it,
and then I'll decide what happens next.
[BEEPING]
♪
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[OVERLAPPING WHISPERING]
ANNIE: Oh, finally.
We have been trying to reach you.
BILLY: There's a woman here,
but she won't talk to anyone but you.
[SIGHS]
- Hello there, Miss ?
- Uh, Amy.
Amy. Do we know each other?
No, but you're my lawyer.
Or I mean the-the firm is my,
um, husband's family lawyers.
Ah.
The Buckleys.
Yeah, that's the
[SHUDDERS] usual reaction.
A managing partner handles your
family's litigation himself.
Yeah. Senior.
He's the one that did my prenup
when I married Grant two years ago.
Jacobson Moore handled both sides?
Yes, but they're all in the
pockets of the Buckleys, okay?
And then I saw you on the news.
I saw you get that
innocent man out of jail,
and I thought that
maybe you would help me.
Help-help you how?
[SHUDDERS] Grant has a work trip,
and he got my doctor
to move up my C-section.
[SHUDDERS] To tomorrow.
To 9:00 a.m. And I just
I need a divorce by then.
Please.
He's angry, he's controlling,
and-and when he finds out that
this baby isn't his [CRYING]
I don't know what he's gonna do.
- [SNIFFLES]
- Oh.
I just got the prenatal
paternity test back.
Grant lets me visit my
mom in Ohio twice a year.
- "Lets" you?
- Oh, yeah. He controls everything.
Even my OB loops him in.
So I got the testing done in Akron.
And I said to myself, you know, if
if it's Grant's baby, then, fine,
this is my destiny.
But if it's not,
then I have to get away.
To be with the baby's father?
Oh. No. It's-it's not about him.
He's, um, some guy I
knew from high school.
It was a one-off thing.
But Grant will fight for
custody just to spite me.
That-that's why I
need a divorce tonight.
Amy, family law isn't my specialty,
but I do know that divorces take time.
We'd have to serve Grant papers
and then put a reasonable clock on them.
And, unfortunately, "before sunrise"
isn't legally reasonable.
No, please. You-you
have to do something.
I-I
I only have three more hours
before he realizes that I'm gone.
How long has it been like this?
Two years.
Look, you have to understand
I was 23 when I met him.
He was 38.
He was successful and-and
accomplished and charming.
But everything changed
once we got married.
Suddenly, I couldn't
see friends without him.
Even though he knew I wasn't religious,
every Sunday, he would
pressure me to go to church.
And if I even hesitated, he would say,
"Well, what is it that
you're feeling guilty about?"
And then he wanted to
have kids right away
even though we had agreed to wait.
I'm pretty sure he
sabotaged my birth control.
He tracks what I eat, what I drink.
He's booked a baptism for
our daughter it's a girl
and he did it without me knowing.
If I do anything wrong,
if I disagree with him,
he-he berates me.
Okay.
We can't get a divorce tonight,
but maybe we can get a temporary
restraining order in night court,
at least keep Grant
away from the hospital
so that he does not sign
the birth certificate.
Then he'll have less
claim on your daughter
when we do start divorce proceedings.
And he-he won't find out?
Not until after the
restraining order is issued.
Now, I need you to go through all
of your emails, texts, voicemails.
Anything even remotely threatening,
give them to Sarah and Billy
so they can prepare them to
enter into evidence, okay?
All right.
Um, Olympia,
do you think maybe we
should call in Matty?
Since it's all hands on deck?
No. Matty is exhausted and
she requested the night off.
You two can handle this.
Call and get us a
hearing in night court.
- Hey, you.
- Hey.
So, I thought I'd be
working a little late,
but now it's looking like late late
- and Rosie can only stay until 9:00, so
- No problem.
I'll just, uh, take my work home,
fall asleep reading to the twins,
wake up at 4:00 a.m.
in my clothes, panicked.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Uh, I got you. No problem.
Thanks.
You know I don't take it for granted,
not even for a second,
what a great co-parent you are.
Oh.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
EDWIN: Oh, uh, hi, darling.
Uh
listen, I don't want to
leave too many messages,
but call me, okay?
Alfie got your text.
Um, I just
I just want to know what
time you're coming home.
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
You won't be able to verify everything.
I paid a company to wipe
my history off the Internet.
[SCOFFS] Exactly what
a con man would say.
I'm not a con man.
Then what happened to your accent?
You can call my old law
firm in San Francisco.
And talk to someone you've planted?
There is one thing you can verify.
I couldn't bring myself
to erase my daughter's
Stop talking about your daughter.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[EXHALES]
MATTY: It's hard to separate
truth from fiction entirely.
Because most of what you know
about me is based in truth
but is also a lie.
[SHUDDERS]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
OLYMPIA: "But is also a lie.
You've met my grandson Alfie.
And it's true that his mother died.
But not in a car accident.
Ellie died of a drug overdose.
My husband and I "
"My husband and I"?
[PHONE CLICKS]
♪
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
Your husband is alive, apparently,
and I'm pretty sure he's saved
under "Building Super" in your phone.
He's nervous 'cause
I haven't checked in.
Call him right now.
Put it on speaker
and convince him that you're fine.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Oh.
Hey.
I was really getting worried.
I'm sorry. Olympia needs
me to stay late tonight.
And of course you don't
want to say no to her
now that you know she didn't do it.
True.
That's okay, Matty. I know
how much she means to you.
She does mean a great deal to me.
Well, you were right to trust her.
I'm sorry I gave you
such a hard time about it.
It's okay.
I got to get back to
work. Kiss Alfie for me.
Bye.
See?
Our friendship
What didn't I do?
14 years ago,
a Reddit post claimed that someone
at Jacobson Moore hid documents
that could have taken
opioids off the market earlier
and saved hundreds
of thousands of lives.
What?
Two years ago,
my grandson saw that post.
Well, obviously, it's not true.
I investigated.
It is very much true.
I know what the document is
and when it was stolen
and who did it.
Okay. Who?
Your ex-husband.
Julian.
♪
You're out of your damn mind.
I'm not. April 6, 2010.
A fire drill.
That's when the document was stolen.
And what was this document?
A study about warning labels on opioids.
And Julian took the study.
Right.
Like he put that spy pen in my office?
You did that, didn't you?
Well, I put it in Julian's
office, and then it moved
You made me think that the father
of my kids was spying on me!
Do you have any idea
what that did to me?
I was paranoid that there were
listening devices everywhere.
I-I couldn't sleep.
I tore apart my home.
I lost it on Julian, and
I was thrown into jail.
You did that.
And then you had the nerve to console me
and act like my frie
like my friend?
- Because I was that, too.
- Stop it.
Just stop, Matty.
Look
maybe Julian acted alone
or on behalf of Senior,
but I know he did it.
And I think he used the payout
- as a down payment on your brownstone.
- What?
Is that why you told me
to go after his money?
Look at your bank statements.
There were three people
on the Wellbrexa team
that didn't check in
after the fire drill.
Senior was in Australia,
you were in court,
- and Julian
- How the hell do you know
where I was 14 years ago?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES]
Because I have your laptop.
That coffee spill.
It was on purpose?
I needed
That laptop had a voicemail
from my dead father.
I know.
And I'll return it. But
the Redditor said it was you
or Julian or
[DOOR CLOSES] [LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
- Matty?
- [YELLS]
What are you doing?!
I'm so sorry!
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[LINE RINGING]
Hey. I just wanted to say
good night to the kids.
Did I catch them?
JULIAN: Oh. Just went down.
How's your night going?
A slog. I'm due in night court at 10:00.
No problem. I'll just
crash in the guest room.
What you working on?
It's, uh, top secret.
Oh, come on. You can trust me.
I'll tell you after I win. Hmm?
Thanks again.
♪
Your Honor, as you can see,
Mr. Buckley has made repeated threats
and leveled near daily
verbal abuse on my client,
creating a marriage of
control, coercion and fear.
Well, he certainly is controlling.
But for it to reach
legal threshold required
to issue a restraining
order [INHALES]
Mrs. Buckley, has Grant Buckley
ever physically assaulted you?
No, but he says things like,
"If you leave, I'll kill you," and
then he says he's joking.
I don't joke like that. Do you?
Your Honor, if there's even a chance
that my client and her
child are in danger,
isn't it within our duty of care to act?
Well, as much as I
agree with you in theory,
there are precise rules
governing a restraining order.
And while I absolutely believe
that this relationship
feels threatening,
my task is to assess if
the circumstances meet
the qualifications set
by the state of New York.
And since Mr. Buckley
has no record of violence,
no history of abuse,
the court does not have evidence to meet
those qualifications tonight.
Your Honor, this isn't right.
I understand you feel
that way, Counselor.
However, the law exists
to take feelings and
emotions out of the equation.
It's okay.
He still doesn't know where you are.
We have time to figure
out our next move.
[DOOR BEEPS, UNLOCKS]
Change of plans. I'm calling the cops.
Olympia, no.
Yes.
I have a case to focus on,
and I can't be objective.
That's what the law is for.
What exactly do you plan
on telling the police?
That you were here
under false pretenses.
I'm not. I legally changed my name
from Madeline Kingston
to Madeline Matlock.
Huge fan of the TV show.
[SIGHS] And I took the New York bar.
Well, it's illegal to record
someone without their knowledge.
And it's illegal to
confine someone to a room
without their consent.
False imprisonment, I think it's called.
Then we'll be in side-by-side cells.
I've been there before.
If you call the police,
my husband will send
every bit of our research
to The New York Times.
The name Julian Markston
will be as notorious as Bernie Madoff
or the Sacklers.
Think about what that will
mean for your children.
At least now you're being honest
about your contempt for me.
I have no contempt for you.
But I will do what's right by my child.
At the expense of my children?
The truth is coming
out one way or another.
But if you help me get the last piece
of financial information that I need,
I will make it clear to The Times
that you were not his accomplice.
That you were part of the solution.
That you're a hero.
Think about that when you
think about your children.
Julian did what he did.
You have a choice.
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
Hey, Sarah, what's happening?
Amy's husband just got here.
What?
SARAH: Yeah. He's at reception.
GRANT: Come on. Open the door.
- [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- What do I do?
GRANT: Hello?
Hello! I know my wife is in there!
Hello! Hey there.
Everything okay?
You took Amy to get a restraining order
the night before we have our kid.
Unfortunately, I can't
comment on privileged
- Tell me where my wife is.
- You seem really upset.
You're damn right I'm upset.
We've having a baby tomorrow.
- She is delaying her C-section.
- Enough!
Where the hell is my wife?
Are you filming me?
Company policy. If an angry man shows up
in the middle of the
night, we document it.
You'll be hearing from your boss.
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
SARAH: Olympia texted. Grant's gone.
Oh, thank God.
Uh, I also just made you,
like, a little resting area, I guess.
Do pregnant people like to rest?
Or is that just an urban myth?
Oh, it's an urban myth. No, we go hard.
Yeah, all night long.
- Cool.
- Mm.
I also brought you some weird snacks.
Um, sardines, pickles, black licorice.
Ugh, uh, any plain crackers?
I can do plain crackers.
[SIGHS]: Okay.
Sorry, I don't have much
experience with pregnancy.
None of my friends are there yet.
How old are you?
Oh. Me, too.
You know, before I met Grant,
I always thought I would go and
get my master's in neuro psych.
I always thought I'd go back
to school after I got married.
He wouldn't let you?
It wasn't "let" at first. It was
you know, "Why don't you
want to spend time with me?"
And then, "Why would you
want to go to frat parties?"
That's how it happens, you know? Slowly.
Trust me, I know what it's like
to have your boundaries stretched.
I mean
not in the same way.
What's your way?
Uh, I currently find myself
in an open relationship.
You don't like it?
Because right now, an open
relationship sounds perfect.
[PHONE CHIMES]
Senior just called, and he's pissed.
She say who tipped off the Buckleys?
No, but he said Grant will
give Amy a quick divorce.
Tonight, if she wants.
Which means there is something
really bad for her in this prenup.
First priority: comb through it.
Then research case law to
see if there is any precedent
from the 1880s to today
to help keep this baby away from Grant.
Okay, um, this is an
insane amount of work.
And I love work.
Um
Start with case law.
Got it.
[GASPS]
I need you to go through this prenup
so I can excavate a pregnant woman
from her emotionally abusive marriage.
These are her text messages and emails.
A restraining order was denied,
and with what I now know to be your
extensive history in contract law,
this should be right up your alley.
I'd love to help you,
but I need something in return.
Go to the documents room.
This is the locator number
for the missing study.
You'll see that it's gone.
Pay close attention to
any infidelity clause.
[SARAH SIGHS]
Amy is finally asleep.
Did you make your own
letterhead for your side client?
- Give it back to me.
- "Signed, Sarah Franklin,
Esquire, Attorney at Law."
- Don't you just have to pick only one?
- Give
And wow, there is some
strong language in here.
I'm developing my litigation persona.
And she is aggressive.
[CHUCKLES] Let's get back to case law.
And at the end of the night,
remind me again how much
I hate working with you.
Copy you.
Sarah Franklin,
- Esquire at Law.
- [LAUGHS]
♪
[EXHALES]
♪
MATTY: Did you look?
I did, and there appears
to be a document missing.
And I do not have an opinion
or conclusion about what that means yet
because I'm focused on Amy.
What did you find in her prenup?
It's brutal.
In addition to the usual
financial manslaughter,
there's a clause she has to go through
their approved legal counsel.
- What?
- Yeah.
You could finagle a way around it
because we're from the same firm,
but it's tightly worded.
- [SIGHS]
- If she violates,
he gets the kid, she gets
a little bit of money.
And if she had an affair?
He gets the kid, she gets no money.
[SIGHS]
Who was that woman who came to court
when you left papers at home?
JUDGE: Counselor.
My sister Bitsy.
I based the Matty
Matlock persona on her.
And Andy Griffith.
Her husband was the con man.
Caught sleeping with hookers.
Cindy Shapiro is her best friend.
I don't know anything about you.
You know a lot of things about me.
The talks we had.
The way we work together.
You heard my husband.
Our friendship was real.
How long have you been married to him?
49 years.
And our daughter died
- from a drug overdose
- Stop.
And I came here to expose
the criminal who was responsible.
But I never expected to find you.
What you've done for me,
how you've changed my life,
that was real.
I came here expecting to be invisible.
People don't see old women.
But you saw me.
If I could
erase how I've hurt you
start over with a clean slate
Start over.
Yeah.
No, start over.
Clean slate.
An annulment.
That would void the prenup completely.
But after two years?
Well, t-technically, a judge
can grant one up to four years.
It just has to fall into
one of four categories.
Did she sign under duress? No.
Under 18, no.
Lacking mental capacity, no.
Ooh. Fraud.
Seems about right.
If a party was tricked into the marriage
by a false representation
and we can prove that party
would not have gone
through with the marriage
had they known the truth,
we've got a case for annulment.
And if Grant was abusive to Amy,
I'm guessing that wasn't the first time.
Maybe he went too far in his past.
And if he purposely covered that up,
there's your provable fraud.
I'll get Billy and Sarah to
get a list of ex-girlfriends.
AMY: Hadley, I think?
She's married to a state senator.
And those are all the women
you can remember meeting
- at Grant's college reunion?
- Yeah.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH]
- [SHUDDERS]
- You okay?
Yeah.
Just, um, having one of those, um,
pre-contraction thingies,
the Braxton-Hicks.
Oh, this one just hurts a little more.
[GROANS]
Ooh.
Amy, Braxton-Hicks don't hurt.
[SHAKY EXHALE]
I think you're in labor.
What?
We need to find a pattern of abuse now.
- I pulled the Buckleys' NDAs.
- You can do that?
Ask forgiveness, not permission.
They're in my office.
Look at the language,
see if it's impeachable.
[OLYMPIA SIGHS]
Amy, we need to go to the hospital.
- We can't.
- Mm-hmm.
Trust me, the Buckleys
will have security outside
now that they know that I'm here.
They will follow me, they
will take my daughter away.
We have to be safe.
We will. I have more time.
Four minutes apart, isn't that
when we go to the hospital?
The second you hit four, we're going.
But to a different hospital.
- I'm gonna call my OB.
- Okay.
- That sounds good.
- Yeah.
This is insane. We need Matty's help.
- She's sleeping.
- She's 76.
She probably gets up
every half hour to pee.
Come on, you heard my mentor.
You're right.
Forgiveness, not permission.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
- [VIBRATING STOPS]
- Why is Matty's phone
ringing in Olympia's purse?
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- [GASPS]
- Oops.
- No. No.
[VIBRATING]
Find anything?
Um
Hello? Any loopholes in the NDA?
Uh, no, sorry. All ironclad.
Which makes sense since
Jacobson Moore drafted them.
Ah, shoot.
We just need more time
to figure something out.
Or more help.
I think Sarah's right.
Maybe we should call Matty.
Mm-hmm.
I tried her. She didn't answer.
Look, I'll take the NDAs.
Go back to your office,
keep calling ex-girlfriends.
[WHISPERS]: Billy.
Go.
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Okay, Annie, stay calm.
Yep, and tell Dr. Dashar
to stay on the phone.
I'm coming to explain everything to her.
Just tell Amy to breathe.
And you breathe, too.
Time the contractions
from when they start.
♪
- What was Olympia doing up here?
- I don't know.
[SARAH AND BILLY SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY IN HALL]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION CONTINUES]
Did you hear that?
♪
I'm a little in shock.
That you thought I would
be upset that you gave Matty
her own private office with a
freaking bathroom and a mini-fridge.
- No, I am not upset in the least.
- You sound upset.
And loud. Quiet voice.
Remember? Matty has a migraine.
- Sorry.
- Oh, had one.
Oh, my head was screeching
like a cat in a thunderstorm.
Anyway,
like I told these two,
I don't want to work up here after all.
It's too isolated, and
somehow that door got locked.
Yeah, I felt like a
prisoner in a horror movie.
[CHUCKLES]
How scary.
Mmm.
Migraine's better?
- Oh, much better.
- Good.
Oh.
I forgot, I think you grabbed my
phone by mistake when you left.
And I couldn't get a hold of you.
- Did I? [CHUCKLES]
- Uh-huh.
Let me check.
Oops. [LAUGHS]
Sorry about that. Here.
Thank you. Oh, and I told the kids
I have an idea how we can nail
Amy's husband on fraud.
- Makes sense.
- Mm.
You're the expert.
Going through the family's
priest is an interesting idea.
Agreed. And I have the list
of Grant's ex-girlfriends.
Perfect.
We'll use that to pressure him.
Uh, not "we."
You, right?
The priest is clearly your kind of guy.
Nice. Really, really old.
I'd love to go talk to him.
What do you think, Olympia?
Let's discuss the logistics.
Go relieve Annie and keep Amy calm.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
So you come up with that idea
just to get your phone back?
Of course not.
Two things can be true at the same time.
That's what I've been
trying to tell you.
You talk to this priest,
then make a call and
Finish that sentence. And what?
You escape.
[SCOFFS SOFTLY]
If I had wanted to escape,
it would've happened hours ago.
My medical bracelet.
GPS-monitored.
Security disguised as EMTs
would be rushing through
that door in six minutes.
But I didn't press it
because finishing this
and exposing Jacobson Moore
is the only thing
that's important to me.
By which you mean blaming my ex-husband?
Because he did it.
How discreet.
Well, fine. Then prove that.
Either way, the truth is coming out.
So, am I interviewing
the priest or what?
♪
MATTY: You mind if I turn
this voice memo thingy on?
I'm pretty sharp for my age, but whew,
Lord, when I'm tired,
I-I start one sentence
in Paris, France and
end up in Paris, Texas.
[LAUGHS]
I'm not sure what that means.
My point exactly.
So, yay or nay on recording?
No problem.
But here's the thing, Ms. Matlock.
I'm not going to say
what you want me to say.
Oh, what do you think I want you to say?
I heard that Amy tried to
get a restraining order,
which is heartbreaking.
I think it's heartbreaking
that Amy's worried
about her well-being because Grant
is abusive and controlling.
Those are very serious allegations.
Do you think Amy's lying?
I think she's overwhelmed
with the realities of motherhood.
They had some sort of disagreement.
So you've never seen any signs
that Grant is controlling
or even overly critical?
In past relationships?
No, I have not.
Mm-hmm.
Is it possible you
don't really know Grant
as well as you think you do?
I baptized the man. I confirmed him.
I counseled him the
night before his marriage
and then married him the next day.
Well I'm sure in front of you,
he seems very faithful.
Oh, he doesn't seem faithful.
He is faithful.
We see each other every
Sunday for service,
and when he's out of town,
he often reaches out for guidance.
I helped him secure St. Patrick's
for his wedding to Amy.
And we've talked at length
about raising his kids in the church.
MATTY: That was important to Grant?
Raising his kids in the church?
FATHER VALENCI: We spoke of
it before they got married.
Your Honor, in addition to this
testimony, I'd like to submit
into evidence text
exchanges between my client
and her husband in the months
leading up to their wedding.
In them, Grant clearly tells Amy
he is not religious and reassures her
over and over that any
of their future kids
won't be raised in the church,
because she's an atheist.
Your Honor, that is
undeniable, evidence-based,
- non-emotional fraud.
- [AMY GASPING IN PAIN]
Would you have married Mr. Buckley
if you'd known how religious he was?
No, Your Honor.
[GROANING]
It's official. Four minutes apart.
By the power vested in me
by the state of New York,
this marriage is annulled as of
- 5:49 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
- [BANGS GAVEL]
[GASPING] Thank you.
Thank me by having a healthy baby.
Get her to the hospital.
I'll let Dr. Dashar know
that you're on your way.
OLYMPIA: Oh, she's here. Come look.
- [OLYMPIA LAUGHS]
- SARAH: Wow.
So cute, for a baby.
Holding your daughter in
your arms for the first time
is a very powerful thing.
Her child gave her the
strength to fight back.
That's for sure.
All righty, you fine folks,
I'm gonna go upstairs and grab my stuff
out of my very temporary office.
- [SIGHS] I'm exhausted.
- Mm.
If you need me, you
know where to find me.
Really great work tonight.
Go home, get some rest.
You've earned it.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
Okay, Billy, guess what.
Oh, Sarah, I really don't
have the brain power to
I sent out the cease and desist.
- You did?
- Mm-hmm.
Did it take your mind off Kira?
Not at all. [SIGHS]
But I was talking to Amy, and
we don't think this is the
right relationship for me.
Well, if it makes you feel any better,
Simone and I are not long
for this world, either.
[SARCASTICALLY]: Oh, really?
She's making dinner reservations,
and I
I can't do serious right now.
She's gonna be so upset.
- Yeah. [SIGHS]
- [LAUGHS]
That does make me feel better.
Thank you.
OLYMPIA: "And so, that's why I did it.
And I know you think
everything I said was a lie,
but our friendship was not a lie,
and my daughter was not a lie.
Her obituary is still online.
I couldn't erase it."
♪
"Eleanor Kingston, beloved daughter
of Edwin and Madeline Kingston,
passed away on October 8, 2014.
Ellie loved baking "
MATTY: and singing karaoke.
And above all, she loved her son,
Alfred Edwin Kingston.
Ellie is one of the casualties
of the opioid epidemic.
She will never be forgotten.
Ever. Never.
OLYMPIA: First of all, you're
asking like I ask you all the time.
KATHRYN: Mommy!
Why do you and Daddy keep fighting?
We aren't, baby. We're fine.
JULIAN: Why don't you guys go
and, um, play on your
iPads in your room?
Okay?
You're going after my family's money.
No, let's just be clear
MATTY: Classic pig in a poke.
They're trying to keep
you from seeing the trust.
I am trying to see what you're hiding.
I'm not hiding anything.
I haven't exactly been doing
the kind of high-profile cases
that would merit espionage.
But no.
It-it can't be.
Julian?
The partner race? The divorce?
[GRUNTING]
[SOBBING]
KATHRYN: Are you okay?
OLYMPIA: Um yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I, um
I lost a file, and then a pen ex
exploded on me.
And then when I tried to clean it up,
I-I guess I fell asleep.
Maybe you should listen
to Grandpa's voicemail.
That always makes you feel better.
Maybe I will.
Drop off was surprisingly easy,
and I can't believe you
actually pulled an all-nighter.
[SIGHS] They were easier at 25.
[CHUCKLES] No kidding.
Well, go home and sleep.
- On my way.
- All right.
Oh, hey.
Have you found a new place yet?
For after we sell the brownstone?
Do you want to talk about that now?
And I guess I was
just thinking about
how easy last night was.
Ooh, I remember when we bought it.
We were about to close
on a two-bedroom walk-up.
Remember?
Then all of a sudden,
you came into money.
Well, I didn't come into money.
My [INHALES DEEPLY] mom
let me access the trust.
Why all of a sudden?
Just said she wanted us
to be able to buy our forever home.
Which it did not turn out to be.
Aw, come on. Sometimes
it felt like forever.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Good night.
Night.
♪
Get up.
Alfie, breakfast is served.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Finally. You forget your key?
Uh