Chapter Five 

While Mason and Della are up north, Strickland tracks down the sergeant assigned to the Dodson case. Mason drops in on his ex-wife Linda and son Teddy. Della sets out to find Mrs. Dodson more capable legal representation.

Director:

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Writers:

Eleanor Burgess, Rolin Jones (created by)

Stars:

Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Rhys	...	Perry Mason
Juliet Rylance	...	Della Street
Chris Chalk	...	Paul Drake
Shea Whigham	...	Pete Strickland
Tatiana Maslany	...	Sister Alice McKeegan
John Lithgow	...	Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
Lili Taylor	...	Birdy McKeegan
Gayle Rankin	...	Emily Dodson
Stephen Root	...	Maynard Barnes
Eric Lange	...	Detective Holcomb
Andrew Howard	...	Detective Ennis
David Wilson Barnes	...	Elder Brown
Taylor Nichols	...	Elder Seidel
Molly Ephraim	...	Hazel Prystock
Justin Kirk	...	Hamilton Burger

Storyline

While Mason and Della are up north, Strickland tracks down the sergeant assigned to the Dodson case. Mason drops in on his ex-wife Linda and son Teddy. Della sets out to find Mrs. Dodson more capable legal representation.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ian Lithgow (son of John Lithgow) plays Byron Jonathan son of E.B. Jonathan.

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Goofs

The year is 1932. When Sister Alice and other members of the Radiant Assembly of God count the donations money, one dollar bills have red Treasury seal. Yet this kind of bills were issued only at 1933 and only small amount got into circulation. The actual dollar bills at that time had blue Treasury seal.

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Quotes

Perry Mason: It wasn't right, Della. It wasn't right. He knew you'd be there in the morning. He knew you'd... you'd find him and...
Della Street: Arrange things? I suppose I should thank you.
Perry Mason: For what? Helping to turn this suicide into a more insurance-friendly demise? Forget it.
Della Street: It's very easy for you to break the rules, isn't it?
Perry Mason: Well, the way I see it, there's what's legal and there's what's right.
Della Street: You know, you can be profoundly irritating.
Perry Mason: All right.
Della Street: You drink too much. Your personal habits leave a lot to be desired. Quite...
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Soundtracks

Bessie Couldn't Help It
Written by Charles A. Bayha, J.L. Richmond, Byron H. Warner
Performed by Hoagy Carmichael

User Reviews

Now we've got something!

Like many other reviewers I was frustrated with this series. There were many things that I liked about it, especially the cast. I also liked the look of it, it seemed to capture the feel of the time period. But, it just didn't appear to be getting to a "point". To me the story was adrift.

However; based on episode 5 we seem to be finally getting somewhere. The foundation is built, now they can start building the structure of the series. I now believe this series is going to be really good. Matthew Rhys is going to nail this role just like most of us thought he would. I am a big fan of Burr's Mason and, I am glad this is different and not just a copy or parody. This is a totally different animal and, that's a good thing.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2020 (USA)

Filming Locations:

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Color:

Color