Pilot

Love the show. Brings a new style to the show. Kathy Bates is an awesome sweet character in this series. Wish she would have continued on. I think it would have made a good series. Please bring the show back.please please please bring it back. Matlock series has a great up to date feeling of humor and seriousness. Love her as the character, she is an awesome role player into the new direction of the series. A great modern direction towards a wonderful story line in the episodes. Has a great storyline of the characters and humor that grabs the audience attention towards each episode coming into play.

Kathy Bates returns to the courtroom in the 2024 reboot of Matlock, and I'm pleased to report: so far, so good.

This isn't just a retread of the Andy Griffith classic; it's a smartly repackaged legal drama with modern sensibilities, a confident tone, and Bates at the helm doing what she does best: commanding every scene with quiet ferocity and zero fuss.

If you've seen her in Harry's Law (and I did, and liked it), you'll feel at home. She brings a sly wit to Madeline Matlock, paired with enough gravity to keep things compelling. Ep 1 walks the fine line between setup and substance... it introduces us to a corporate legal setting, plants a few intriguing side characters, and gives us a decently layered case to chew on.

The writing isn't reinventing the wheel yet, but it's clean and efficient, with hints of richer character arcs down the road. Direction is solid, and the pacing thankfully doesn't drag.

I'd give the premiere a confident 7.5/10 - good, not brilliant - but there's genuine potential here. If the writers dig deeper into the ethical grey zones and give Bates more room to unleash her layered performance, this could grow into something quite special.

For now, it's a welcome return to courtroom drama done with class. Let's hope the show builds its case episode by episode.

I never even saw an episode of the original "Matlock" sure I knew it was a thing but one doesn't (didn't?) watch much TV as young adults back in the day whenever that was.

I've always loved Kathy Bates and knew she had comedic as well as murderous acting chops. Here she can show them all. As a woman "of a certain age" I'm learning to make invisibility work for me too. Just like our new Matlock.

Check it out. The beginning sequence is perfect. Of course Matlock enjoys a white age-based privilege that not all have but that doesn't make the scene any less humorous.

Add in Beau Bridges who was fabulous in the comedy "Black-ish". I have high hopes and have now met the minimum character limit here.

Such a joy to see Kathy Bates back on TV. New show had a great punch for an ending and it was wonderful to see Beau Bridges too. Great way to spend early Sunday night. Super good supporting cast Reminded me a little bit of suits. Like the intergenerational attorneys who were bickering and solving. Really interesting good writing definitely a winner. Definitely will watch this life.

Finally new shows are back on and this one was a good one. I never saw the old Matlock and I'm trying to figure out the ending a little bit which I will not give away, but I really like that surprise welcome back Kathy.

FINALLY, a show that takes the "old lady as a punch line" and turns it inside out and upside down. Bates just burst through in this one-hour legal drama with wit, charm and a warrior's fierceness. And Hooray!! How wonderful to watch a show that has a lack of cliches. There is humor galore as all the old lady tropes get trotted out and turned into a weapon that opens doors and collects evidence. And the supporting characters are actually drawn as human beings. The abundance of sharp writing and a great story premise of the pilots proves this series has great promise. I can't wait to see the next episode.