Maddy Myers

There's some similarities to Matlock, which are these.

She plays a lawyer named Madeline Matlock, who works for a law firm and has a southern accent.

But also does she?

Because it turns out at the end of the first episode, it's revealed to you that that is actually a persona that she's created because the TV show Matlock exists in the world of Kathy Bates' Matlock.

And people have heard of it.

And so when she introduces herself...

It's kind of a bit she's doing where she's like, yeah, it's kind of like the old TV show.

And the reason why she's invented this persona is because she's actually on an elaborate revenge quest against the law firm and members of it that is revealed over... The details of which are revealed over the course of season one because this is not a procedural television show.

This is a show that has a long-running thriller plot line.

It's not like a comedy show per se.

It's actually pretty serious.

I mean, Kathy Bates is...

incredible.

Like there are funny moments on this show, especially to do with the fact that she is lying to everyone, but mostly it's kind of stressful.

Like we describe it as like a stressful show in our house where sometimes we're like, are we up for watching Matlock tonight?

Because this is like a show where Kathy Bates is elaborately lying to everyone and pulling off this absurd scheme.

And she's playing a very morally gray character.

So I'm not going to explain why she's taking revenge because I think it's interesting and I'll let people watch it and determine for themselves what they think about it.

But I would say she is, in my view, very morally gray.

You're on her side nominally.