When CBS unveiled plans to reboot the iconic detective drama "Matlock" with Oscar-winner Kathy Bates stepping into the titular role, many worried it would be another woke hatchet job, gender-swapping Andy Griffith’s beloved character with a woman. Thankfully, however, the show actually pays homage to Griffith with a clever twist: Bates’ character, Madeline Kingston, adopts the alias Madeline “Matty” Matlock to go undercover at a swanky law firm.
Her mission? To expose their cover-up for a pharma giant linked to her daughter’s opioid overdose death. It’s a nod to the original that actually works.
Thus, it’s been pleasant to watch each episode since they’ve been free of typical leftist propaganda. That is until this week’s episode, “The Johnson Case,” which was a slap in the face to Griffith and every other white male that has ever existed.
Matty has been working at the firm as an assistant to Olympia Lawrence (Skye P. Marshall), who is a junior partner. Olympia’s “law school bestie,” Amina (Azie Tesfai), shows up and asks her to take on the case of an immigrant woman, Isabel Sanchez (Blanca Araceli), who wants to undo the conviction of a man she helped find guilty of murder 21 years ago.
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Sanchez claims the jury foreman, a white man, bullied her into voting against her conscience, as she was the only juror who believed the defendant was innocent:
As most people would, Matty initially has a strongly negative opinion of Sanchez, believing she should have spoken up sooner rather than allowing an innocent man to be imprisoned for 21 years. But when Sanchez explains it in woke terms and blames it on white patriarchy, Matty suddenly sympathizes:
There are plenty of high-powered, female CEOs that young, male interns would be afraid to go up against. But that fact is irrelevant in Hollywood’s woke narrative. Everything must be blamed on the patriarchy. Bonus points if they’re white.
Matty’s sudden pivot from “Why’d you wait so long?” to “Oh, poor you! Evil white men!” is peak Hollywood hypocrisy. "Matlock" had a good start, but now it’s just another casualty of the patriarchy blame game. Griffith’s legacy deserves better than this pandering mess.
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The AP calls the term “biological male” misleading in an editors note.
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