Belly of the Beast – Matlock (2024) Podcast Episode 7

The seventh episode of Matlock (2024) was titled Belly of the Beast and was the seventh episode of the show’s first season. Drama surrounds the Jacobson Moore office Christmas party as Madeline gets her first shot at a Wellbrexa case. In this podcast Gerry and Iain consider moral thresholds. Madeline finally gets a chance to work with Wellbrexa and their team of legal ‘bros’, including Trent (Josh Archer), Cody (Brandon Marino) and Ben (Lecon Rector) as they try to settle a claim by Jessie Stevenson (Dominique Gayle), a young musician whose career was lost when a drug trial led to her losing a kidney and developing shakes. Her lawyer, Paige Carver (Zamani Wilder) is also young, but confident she can take down the pharma giants. When it’s revealed that the drug trial results were manipulated by Dr Paul Blackwell (Mark Atteberry), Julian and Madeline are fired from the case, but some expert work regains their reputation and leaves Jessie with nothing to show for her suffering. Meanwhile, Claudia (Bella Ortiz) has some devastating news for Billy. This episode was directed by Tessa Blake. The writer was Hennah Sekander. If you have thoughts on any aspect of Belly of the Beast or the new Matlock more generally, please share them below, or find us on Bluesky at @columbopodcast, on X at @columbopodcast or on Threads at the same handle. The Columbo Podcast is widely available – on iTunes, Spotify, tunein, Pocket Casts or pretty much wherever you choose to receive and manage your podcasts. If you enjoy the show it would be greatly appreciated if you consider leaving ratings and reviews on these sites – particularly iTunes – as that can make a big difference to growing the podcast’s audience. Belly of the Beast was released in 2024. It is 42 minutes long and originally aired on CBS. Episodes continue to stream on Paramount+ internationally and on Sky in the UK.