Perry Mason - Season 1 - Eps 1: Chapter 1
Los Angeles, 1931. On the heels of an unsavory investigation involving a famous comedian, Perry Mason--a PI struggling to make ends meet--and his right-hand man Pete Strickland are hired by attorney E.B. Jonathan, Perry's mentor, to solve a perplexing case: the brutal kidnapping of one-year-old Charlie Dodson, whose parents were targeted for a $100,000 ransom.
About Perry Mason
Title: Perry Mason
First Air Date: 2020-06-21
Last Air Date: 2023-04-24
Status: Canceled
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 347 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 16
Network: HBO
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Production Companies: Team Downey, Dwight Street Book Club, Inflatable Moose Co., AMBEG Screen Products, HBO
Synopsis
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
Cast
Matthew Rhys
Perry Mason
Juliet Rylance
Della Street
Chris Chalk
Paul Drake
Justin Kirk
Hamilton Burger
Diarra Kilpatrick
Clara Drake
Eric Lange
Detective Gene Holcomb
Katherine Waterston
Ginny Aimes