Matlock and Elsbeth each have special two-episode premieres that kicked off on Sunday, October 12, on CBS . They also both return to their regular air dates and times on Thursday, October 16.

The Matlock Season 2 premiere revealed the identity of Alfie’s ( Aaron D. Harris ) father, as promised by showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman after Season 1 came to a close in April. It also set up a tense rivalry between Matty ( Kathy Bates ) and Olympia ( Skye P. Marshall ), who are now on opposite sides of the Wellbrexa scandal, as Olympia is trying to protect her ex-husband and father of her children, Julian ( Jason Ritter ). She wants to pin the hidden study on Julian’s father, Senior ( Beau Bridges ), who ordered his son to hide the evidence of the addictive quality of opio

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