When Is David Del Rio’s Last ‘Matlock’? Fans Get Confusing Update in New Episode

David Del Rio was fired from Matlock in October, but it’s unclear when his final appearance will be. He appeared as Billy Martinez in the episode that aired on Thursday, December 4, on CBS, and the story provided no updates to Billy’s confusing conversation with his pregnant girlfriend, Claudia, from the episode before. With the Matlock midseason finale coming up on December 11, viewers are left to wonder if that will be his last episode and how his exit will be explained.

Matlock Season 2 Episode 7, “Prior Bad Acts,” showed Matty (Kathy Bates) and Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) hoping that the Jacobson Moore board vote to remove Senior (Beau Bridges) from power would go through. But Senior came prepared to a pivotal meeting and successfully stalled the vote. This forced Matty and Olympia to regroup. Now, they’re focusing on trying to find an NDA that could implicate Senior in the Wellbrexa case they’re building. Julian (Jason Ritter) retrieved the NDA and an SD card that could help Matty and Olympia win, but Senior also recruited Sarah (Leah Lewis) to keep an eye on his son’s activity. The promo for the Matlock midseason finale (below) shows her deeply concerned in a conversation with Olympia and saying, “Standing up in these moments is important.” What is she going to reveal?