In this latest version, Bates plays Madeline “Matty” Matlock, an accomplished attorney who goes back to practicing law under an assumed identity to investigate a law firm that she believes is connected to the death of her daughter during the opioid epidemic. The character’s name in the show, Matlock, is a nod to the original Matlock series, a show that exists in the show as a favorite of Madeline’s deceased daughter.