Since the start of Matlock, we’ve learned that Matty isn’t who she says she is. Madeline Matlock is a fake name as she takes on a secret mission. She wants to find out who was responsible for her daughter’s death.
It turns out that her daughter died from a drug overdose. Matty, her husband, and her grandson know that someone at the law fim Matty has managed to con a job into helped the opioid company avoid having to take their drugs off the market right away. Because of this, more people died in the opioid crisis than needed to, and Matty wants to hold someone responsible.
Ellie has always just been mentioned. She’s a daughter, a mom, and a drug addict. We don’t actually know much about what she was like in life, but that’s about to change.
Marnee Carpenter will play Ellie in Matlock
TVLine shared back in September that Marnee Carpenter had been cast in the role of Ellie Matlock. Little was known at the time, and the casting wasn’t even official. It just happened that the role popped up on IMDb.
While IMDb is notorious for not always having the right information, especially before an episode airs, it looks like this was correct. If it wasn’t, there’s no way TVLine would have kept that news up without some sort of correction. The news was reiterated just recently as we got more information about the flashbacks.
Ellie will appear in Matlock in early 2025
There is some great news for those who feel they need to see Ellie to care a bit about her. We’ll get to see the character through flashbacks starting in February 2025.
It’s not clear exactly when, with TVLine saying mid-to-late-February. What we do know is that it will be episode 12 of the series, and we know that we’re onto episode 9 as the midseason premiere. Since Matlock returns on Thursday, Jan. 30, we could see episode 12 air around Thursday, Feb. 14 if there are no breaks early on in the schedule.
Matlock is available to stream on Paramount+ so you can catch up on the series so far.
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