The following contains spoilers for Matlock season 1 episode 6, “Sixteen Steps,” now streaming on Paramount+Matlock season 1, episode 6, “Sixteen Steps,” sets up a new mystery thanks to some unexpected connections teased through connection. “Sixteen Steps” revolves around a Jacobson Moore reopened case involving two grieving parents suing a baby formula company for contaminated formula. The episode introduces flashbacks involving Madeline, Julian, and Olympia from two years prior when Jacobson Moore first tried the baby formula case. It coincides with Madeline’s decision to move to New York and go undercover at Jacobson Moore to find out what happened to the hidden opioid documents.

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