What I’m Watching: Perry Mason

Perry Mason: Season 2, Episode 6 “Chapter Fourteen” (B+)

It’s hard to imagine Perry actually winning this case, especially after that very literal smoking gun that the judge came to his office to find, but things were looking up when Della took charge and was able to convince the witness to admit that Brooks strangled his sister. Such tactics are unfortunately used in our modern era to cast blame on victims, which is a terrible thing, but in this case, we all know that Brooks was not a good guy. Perry’s problem is that he always pushes too far, and now he has one of his formerly loyal investigators to blame, who got caught in the trap that he set, for the prosecution finding the evidence they very much needed to make sure that Perry and his clients don’t stand a chance. Things aren’t exactly going well in prison for the brothers, and Paul is out there chasing leads that are looking grimmer and grimmer by the moment. Hamilton refuses to even have a drink with Della shows that there’s something afoot which is very sinister, and she’s spreading herself thin by making big life decisions that couldn’t come at a worse time. After Della called Ginny “tasty” and it seemed like Perry could actually be happy, he went and ruined any chance of that by accusing her of listening in to his conversations and feeding information to opposing counsel. Perry can use all the friends he has, and he’s just lost an important one, whether or not she actually betrayed him.