Jason Ritter ’s wife, Melanie Lynskey , is excited to keep watching him on Matlock now that the show was renewed — and not just because she has to support her husband’s work. Lynskey, 47, took to X on Tuesday, October 22, to share the news that the hit CBS procedural was picked up for season 2 after only airing two episodes so far. “So proud of my husband! This show is SO GOOD,” Lynskey wrote.
“Jason is amazing on it, and Kathy Bates continues to be the pinnacle of greatness and everything I hope to be as an actor. Skye P Marshall is a superstar.” The actress found a way to poke fun at Ritter, 44, adding, “I would watch this even if it wasn’t my marital obligation.
” Matlock, which premiered in September , follows a wealthy retired lawyer named Madeline Kingston ( Kathy Bates ) who pretends to be a poor widower named Matty Matlock to get a job at a firm. As it turns out, Matty thinks someone at the company is complicit in the opioid epidemic that resulted in her daughter’s death. Ritter plays Julian, who is a senior partner at Jacobson & Moore.
He is married to Skye P. Marshall ‘s character, Olympia, who filed for divorce from Julian before the events in the pilot. Before joining the cast of CBS’ newest hit , Ritter shared the screen with Lynskey on multiple occasions.
The couple met while filming The Big Ask in 2013 and later collaborated on projects such as We’ll Never Have Paris and The Intervention . Ritter also scored cameo roles in Lynskey’s.
