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CBS’s Matlock Season 2 gets an exciting new update regarding the cast. As reported by Deadline, Justina Machado, known for her work in Six Feet Under and films like Final Destination 2, is confirmed to join the legal drama as a recurring character.
She will play Eva, the 4th ex-wife of Beau Bridges’s Howard Markston, who has been described as a fearless and ambitious woman. This will also mark a reunion for many cast and crew as Machado was part of another popular series, Jane the Virgin, which was created by Jennie Snyder Urman, who also helped develop Matlock.
Matlock Season 2 is confirmed to return on October 12, 2025. Its premiere episode will pick up where the show left off in season 1, with the mystery of the WellBrexa documents finally being solved as Olympia discovers who actually stole those documents.
After that, the show will air on its scheduled day, i.e., Thursdays, from October 16, 2025, onwards.
More on this in our story.
Jane the Virgin’s Justina Machado joins Matlock Season 2
As mentioned, Justina Machado (Happy's Place) is the newest addition who will join the upcoming Matlock Season 2. She will portray a recurring character named Eva, who is one of the ex-wives of Howard, a managing partner at Jacobson Moore. According to Deadline, Machado’s Eva manages the Miami office of Jacobson Moore, and will be seen in New York for some meetings.
The new cast addition is exciting for the fans as it brought back Machado to CBS, where Jane the Virgin premiered, and also reunited her with the rom-com drama’s showrunner, Urman. Aside from that, she will also be reunited with a cast member from Jane the Virgin, Yael Grobglas, who plays Shae, a jury consultant in Matlock.
More about Matlock Season 2
Aside from Machado, most of the cast from season 1 might be seen in Matlock Season 2, with some also confirming it, for instance, Jason Ritter, who plays Julian, had already confirmed that his character will be coming back in Season 2 of Kathy Bates’s starring series.
During an interview with TVInsider at PaleyFest 2025, he shared:
"[My mustache is] for another show that I’m working on called Lanterns. Mustaches can be shaved off. As soon as I’m done [with Lanterns], I’m back to Matlock."
Urman, in another TVInsider interview, also teased about more new characters joining and said:
"There are a lot of interesting new characters coming."
With new cast members and more mysteries, for instance, we have seen that Alfie’s father might be back at the end of season 1, the drama and character plotlines will be intense and entertaining at the same time.
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