Don't Miss Matlock Season 2 Episode 7: Release Date, Exact Time, and Where to Watch
Matlock returns with Season 2 Episode 7, Prior Bad Acts, as Olympia fights to repair family ties while taking on a case tangled up in her mother’s new life — find out when it drops and where to watch.
Quick heads-up for the legal-drama crowd: Matlock Season 2 is about to drop Episode 7, and it sounds like a messy family case with a twist is on deck.
When and where to watch
- Episode: 'Prior Bad Acts'
- Air date: Thursday, December 4, 2025
- Time: 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET
- Where: CBS
What this episode is about
Olympia is trying to patch things up with her family while taking on a case that hits way too close to home: it involves her mom's new husband. As if that isn't complicated enough, she and Matty run into an unexpected revelation that threatens to blow the whole thing open.
Also, yes, that title 'Prior Bad Acts' is a law-nerd nod to the evidentiary issue about whether you can use someone's past behavior against them. So expect some courtroom maneuvering around what the jury can actually hear.
Refresh on this version of Matlock
This is the modern update of the 80s series, developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. Kathy Bates plays Madeline 'Matty' Matlock, a sharp, deceptively unassuming attorney who returns to a high-powered law firm in her seventies and makes a habit of exposing rot from the inside. The cast also includes Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio, Leah Lewis, and Sam Anderson.