The actions in this story all evolve around an elderly matriarch named Matilda Benson and how she handles her grown-up children. Ms Benson, and the wealth that she has accumulated, has this problem of wanting to control everything in her adult children's lives. And by any means possible, Matilda is going to live her late life through the actions of her children, Robert Benson and Sylvia Oxman.
Due to Matilda interference, Sylvia is going through a divorce from her husband, Frank. It seems that Frank can no longer take Sylvia running back to her mother in each time of stress. Frank wants a divorce and the custody of their son. And with Sylvia having some gambling IOU's it just may prove that Sylvia is not fit to be the best parent.
The IOU's are held by a gambling house co-owner, Danny Barker. There is a bidding war ongoing between Frank and Sylvia for the IOU's with Barker playing each for more money. It becomes sour when Danny Barker is found shot to death by none other than a pistol owned by Sylvia. This is when Perry goes from a simple paper-trail case to a murder case. With many witnesses and evidence against Perry's client, it will prove difficult to get the possibly fractured female acquitted of the crime.
The story seemed to drag at the beginning but picked up when we actually got to the murder and the evidence surrounding the killing. With so many people giving opposite court testimony, it appeared like this was going to be a confusing set of circumstance. If almost felt like we were going to have one of those moments when someone from the gallery shouts his or her confession. However, the story ended in a more sober manner when Perry connected all the pieces of this mystery. With some nice acting by the cast, this episode proved worthy for the series.
NOTE- Patricia Cutts, that played Sylvia, was always on top of her game when acting. It was sad when at age 48 she committed suicide just as she beginning a regular stint on a popular British soap-opera.