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Matlock Recap: Pharma Woes
Matty has to defend the amoral corporate villains responsible she’s trying to take down — is this Matlock’s idea of a holiday episode?
The plaintiffs aren’t impressed with “Grandma Death.” Not only do they reject her escalating offers (first $50,000, then $150,000, then $250,000), but Jessie puts Wellbrexa on blast on TikTok for “mansplaining the cost of my suffering.” The pair announce their plan to get the judge to shut down the drug trial while they convert their lawsuit into a class action. In a late-night meeting with the judge — dragging Jessie and Paige from their own holiday party in Christmas pajamas — Julian is able to get those texts excluded, effectively killing the ladies’ case and saving his and Matty’s big pharma careers. Still, as someone who thinks a lot about the budget restrictions in modern network television, I couldn’t help but wonder if Sam Anderson and Aaron D. Harris were missing this week because the production needed to redirect their pay to the less frequently appearing supporting players Yael Grobglas, Patricia Belcher, Francisco Chacin, Piper Curda, Bella Ortiz, Beau Bridges and Eme Ikwuakor (as Elijah, back from Dallas!
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