In the fall of 1979, a wounded federal agent collapses into his reclusive neighbor’s apartment, causing a routine night to spiral into a nightmarish standoff where secrets unravel, loyalties blur, and no one is who they claim to be.
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.