Viewers expecting a simple gender-swapped version of the classic TV show were treated with an unexpected twist at the episode's end.

Then, in the final minutes of the Matlock pilot, penned by showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman, the CBS drama pulls the rug out from under its audience’s feet. Matlock‘s big twist forces the audience to confront our own biases while also exposing this new version of Matlock as something wholly subversive in its own right.

The following contains spoilers from the Sept. 22 premiere of CBS’ Matlock, which will return in its regular, Thursdays-at-9 time slot on Oct. 17. Nearly 17 months after being ordered to series, CBS’ Matlock not-a-reboot finally got to reveal its big twist.