Perry Mason: The Case of the Angry Astronaut (1962)
Season 5, Episode 25
6/10
This episode was made more complex than needed.
10 September 2013
This is one of those episode where you have an interesting subject and an intriguing murder but when you get to the courtroom things are so slow and confusing that it takes the fun out of the entire show. This is exactly what happened in this show when we get a demonstration presented in court that was one of the most complex and puzzling performances ever presented in the series.

What has transpired is that the new leader of Winslow Aeronautics, Addison Brand, has been murdered. And it appears that a person working for the company, Mitch Heller, is the person that committed the murder. With evidence like an already poor relationship with Brand, conversations about being fired and a recording that makes threats- Lt Tragg has a lot of evidence against Heller. But it will take Perry to get around the problems and prove that his client is innocent.

With the space program hitting an all time high in the early 60's this episode was very interesting. But when Perry has the courtroom floor and shows a weird demonstration of the murder scene, things tend to sour. Perry wants us to believe that the murderer changed the room around several times and then had the ability to change his voice to sound like the murder victim. That was hard even for the most avid 'Mason' fan to comprehend.
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