Two poor young Mexican men are quickly arrested for the murder of Brooks McCutcheon. The family of the Gallardo brothers plead with Perry Mason to take on their case. The brothers are innocent.
Finally I think, this is more like the old Perry Mason. He fights the unwinnable, goes for the underdog. Not so fast.
This Perry Mason is in a quandary, criminal cases take a lot out of him. There is easy money to be made by doing civil lawsuits for guys like Sunny Gryce.
Eventually both Perry and Della Street relent. The brothers were fitted up, the evidence against them is shonky.
All they need is an ace private detective to be on the case. However Paul Drake is not so sure, he feels betrayed by Perry Mason. It seems there is no need for a private detective for civil lawsuits and Paul was not happy.
The second series is chugging along nicely. There is a slow build up of complex narratives. Perry discovers that Brooks McCutcheon himself was a shoddy businessman who left behind a trail of debts.
Finally I think, this is more like the old Perry Mason. He fights the unwinnable, goes for the underdog. Not so fast.
This Perry Mason is in a quandary, criminal cases take a lot out of him. There is easy money to be made by doing civil lawsuits for guys like Sunny Gryce.
Eventually both Perry and Della Street relent. The brothers were fitted up, the evidence against them is shonky.
All they need is an ace private detective to be on the case. However Paul Drake is not so sure, he feels betrayed by Perry Mason. It seems there is no need for a private detective for civil lawsuits and Paul was not happy.
The second series is chugging along nicely. There is a slow build up of complex narratives. Perry discovers that Brooks McCutcheon himself was a shoddy businessman who left behind a trail of debts.
