Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason, based on characters from Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels. 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.
Sister Alice impulsively offers the Dodsons the church's moral and financial support. A jaw-dropping admission from Baggerly meets Mason's wrath.
The cast and creators of Perry Mason discuss how they took the legendary defense attorney character back to his gritty roots as a private investigator and recreated 1930s Los Angeles for a new kind of Perry Mason story.
Tatiana Maslany discusses Sister Alice’s connection to Perry Mason’s case and why the enigmatic preacher is drawn to help Emily Dodson.
Mason gains unauthorized access to evidence with help from Virgil, his connect at the morgue. Later, Mason tries to extract intel from an unyielding Drake.
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