The ninth episode of Matlock (2024) was titled Friends and was the ninth episode of the show’s first season. Olympia and Madeline get closer and work to help Elijah’s cousin escape a criminal charge, as Edwin’s concerns for his wife’s objectivity grow. In this podcast Gerry and Iain consider blind faith.
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Olympia helps out Elijah’s cousin Sam (Allyson Lee Brown) who is initially looking to raise a wrongful termination suit against her former employer, before being charged with the theft of her work van and its contents. It soon emerges that her friend, Khadija (Ashli Auguillard), was covering her shift at the time of the theft.
Tracking Sam’s headphones, Madeline and Olympia identify a former colleague of Sam’s, Irv Lambert (Ron Rogge), as being behind the theft, before discovering that he is a ‘union-buster’ brought in by companies to disrupt staff from unionising, but now they need to prove that in court.
This episode was directed by Daniel Willis. The writer was John Lowe.
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Friends was released in 2025. It is 42 minutes long and originally aired on CBS. Episodes continue to stream on Paramount+ internationally and on Sky in the UK.
