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Matlock Recap: The Web, So Tangled
Matty’s constant lies are starting to catch up to her.
Matty gets into a similar pickle with our client of the week: the chronically anxious artist Robert Walton (John Billingsley), who is suing the owners of his apartment complex because his wife died of respiratory failure, possibly caused by bacteria present in the building’s aged plumbing. Matty is clearly drawing on memories of her daughter Ellie when she sympathizes with Robert about absently setting a place at the table for a lost loved one or when they talk about the moment before opening the front door when they imagine their person is still alive. When Olympia says Matlock has a lot in common with their client, Matty quips, “Did Robert catch Sandy under a hooker wearing a flapper dress too?” The stunned stares she gets from her co-workers suggest that she may be taking things a bit too far and making everyone uncomfortable.
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