The thirteenth episode of Matlock (2024) was titled Pregame and was the thirteenth episode of the show’s first season. A sorority stunt goes badly wrong, threatening Olympia’s class action, while Billy enjoys getting to know Simone a little better. In this podcast Gerry and Iain consider attitudes to alcohol.

















Olympia’s class action against the makers of alcoholic beverage Slamm’d is threatened when a young woman called Zoey Gomes (Galilea La Salvia) is prosecuted by an eager new ADA (Andrew Ghai) following the death of one of her sorority sisters after being pressured to consume the drink.







While Olympia and her team work to prove Zoey wasn’t responsible, Madeline gets to know Senior a little better and uses Alfie’s visit for Family Day to secure additional evidence regarding the missing Wellbrexa documents. Meanwhile, both Billy and Sarah pursue relationships that the other would disapprove of.







This episode was directed by Jude Weng. The writers were Michelle Leibel and Sheridan Watson.







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Pregame was released in 2025. It is 42 minutes long and originally aired on CBS. Episodes continue to stream on Paramount+ internationally and on Sky in the UK.