Matlock's creator addressed the speculation that a new cast member will be replacing Billy after David Del Rio was fired amid an investigation into sexual assault. Before the show's midseason finale aired on Thursday, December 11, news broke that Sarah Wright Olsen and Henry Haber are joining the season 2 cast. Wright Olsen will play Gwen, who is described as "an efficiency expert analyzing the firm" while Haber, 23, is Hunter a.k.a "a younger associate from the floater pool who is a total bro.