Perry Mason | Season 1 | Episode 1

Chapter One

TV-MA | 56 MIN

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 Matthew and Emily were targeted for a $100,000 ransom. After meeting with Herman Baggerly, a millionaire elder at the Dodsons' church, Perry, E.B., and E.B.'s legal secretary Della Street ponder why a family of unmistakably modest means would be extorted for such a steep price.

1.Chapter One

Attorney E.B. Jonathan hires Perry Mason to solve what could be the case of the decade - the kidnapping of one-year-old Charlie Dodson.

2.Chapter Two

Sister Alice impulsively offers the Dodsons the church's financial support. A jaw-dropping admission from Baggerly meets Mason's wrath.

3.Chapter Three

Mason gains unauthorized access to evidence with help from his connect at the morgue and tries to extract intel from an unyielding Drake.

4.Chapter Four

Mason leans on Virgil once again for extra-legal assistance. Birdy urges Sister Alice to renounce her claims about baby Charlie.

5.Chapter Five

While Mason and Della run a solemn errand up north, Strickland tracks down the sergeant originally assigned to the Dodson case.

6.Chapter Six

Mason tries to overcome his shaky start, while Della and Strickland search for a connection between Ennis and Charlie’s kidnappers.

7.Chapter Seven

Mason works to expose the Radiant Assembly’s corrupt finances, and Drake’s detective work opens a new avenue in the investigation.

8.Chapter Eight

Season finale. As the trial winds to a close, Mason and team attempt to tie up loose ends – and set the stage for their futures.