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Matlock Closes Wellbrexa Arc as Finale Tees Up Season 3 Reset

A midseason 2027 return will launch a new case after a brief time jump.

Overview

  • Following Thursday's Season 2 finale, the CBS drama ended its two‑season Wellbrexa storyline and set up a new chapter without revealing specific plot turns.
  • Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman said Season 3 will bring a fresh overarching mystery after a six‑to‑nine‑month jump in the story.
  • The series will return in early 2027 in a midseason slot, with extra time for an expanded writers' room to build the new season's framework.
  • Matty and Olympia will start in a new office setting, and early episodes will track fallout that reshapes relationships, including differing reactions to Matty's long‑kept secret.
  • Casting shifts will carry into next season, with David Del Rio not returning after CBS fired him following an investigation reported by Deadline.