Actress Skye P. Marshall tapped into a very personal loss as Matlock‘s Olympia this week represented clients who’d endured an unspeakable tragedy.

In the CBS freshman’s Nov. 14 episode, titled “Sixteen Steps,” Olympia Lawrence fought on behalf of two moms whose infant son died after ingesting contaminated baby formula. When the more emotionally available of the moms had to bow out of testifying (due to concerns about the stress affecting her new pregnancy), Olympia grappled with putting the more stoic mother on the stand — because it would mean compelling her to revisit that dark, dark place where she “can’t function,...