Season 2, episode 6 used the idiom, "smoking gun". The show is set in the1930s. This idiom was1st used in 1974. This is another example of writer laziness. Very annoying. I just made the same complaint for a different idiom in A Spy Among Friends. I assume the writers for both are trying to pander to younger generations by using a newer idiom rather than find one that is correct for the time period. Yes, I am a boomer so know more , in a lot of ways, due to just being around. But, please, please, do proper research. Also I have to use a minimum of 600 words, so am really, really trying to stretch this out.
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The flowering of Perry Mason
billsoccer14 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Perry Mason historically had been on the side of the poor and defenseless. This year he is also, with the 2 Galllardo (sp?) men being accused unjustly of killing a rich man. But was it unjustly? The court case continues to go well, with Perry insinuating that the victim actually murdered another member of his family!
Other parts of the investigation progress - there is a link to be followed to the dead Otis Jackson. The murder victims partner offers up some evidence that the victim was involved with oil (perhaps illegal exploration).
Some surprises - Perry's home seems to be broken into and someone tells the judge about the murder weapon. All this to the good. The bad? All the PC stuff is unnecessary. I don't think any millennials will be persuaded to watch despite this.
Other parts of the investigation progress - there is a link to be followed to the dead Otis Jackson. The murder victims partner offers up some evidence that the victim was involved with oil (perhaps illegal exploration).
Some surprises - Perry's home seems to be broken into and someone tells the judge about the murder weapon. All this to the good. The bad? All the PC stuff is unnecessary. I don't think any millennials will be persuaded to watch despite this.
A good episode in a Lackluster Season
soccerfan711 April 2023
So far this season of Perry Mason, the show is trying to introduce and explain too many point of views of the time period with such a weak case in the middle of it. I understand divulging from the original series and even from the first season of the remake, but it comes at the cost of the central reason why people watch the show: a guy and his team thinking outside the box to help less fortunate people while exposing those that oppress them. Now, I think I understand that the show is being written in a way where the crime itself isn't necessarily what makes the show interesting, but instead it's the characters and their roles in 1930s LA. I think that's very important to highlight, but to try to mesh it all in an 8 episode season, it comes out being a scattered mess with a very weak and lackluster storyline to keep it together.
Chapter Fourteen
Prismark1012 June 2023
Perry Mason goes ahead with his strategy to paint a bad picture of Brooks McCutcheon.
In fact Della Street takes over the advocacy in court. She gets across that Brooks McCutcheon was abusive towards women. Leaving his secretary wheelchair bound as he once strangled her. Then paying hush money to her brother, a councilman.
Perry knows it is not enough, hence why Gene Holcomb is fazed when he is subpoenaed. A cop with a business sideline that brings him in touch with the McCutcheon family.
The real swerve is that the prosecution find something incriminating in Perry Mason's office. It puts Perry on a backfoot.
There was some good courtroom shenanigans with both Perry and Della. It is just not enough with a story that is too meandering. Chinatown this ain't.
In fact Della Street takes over the advocacy in court. She gets across that Brooks McCutcheon was abusive towards women. Leaving his secretary wheelchair bound as he once strangled her. Then paying hush money to her brother, a councilman.
Perry knows it is not enough, hence why Gene Holcomb is fazed when he is subpoenaed. A cop with a business sideline that brings him in touch with the McCutcheon family.
The real swerve is that the prosecution find something incriminating in Perry Mason's office. It puts Perry on a backfoot.
There was some good courtroom shenanigans with both Perry and Della. It is just not enough with a story that is too meandering. Chinatown this ain't.
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