Perry Mason: Season 2
Perry Mason Season 2 continues the overarching saga across thirty episodes. The television and film archivist reference details the master criminal defense cases presented in the series. The narrative explores the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. The season follows the ongoing legal and investigative work of criminal defense attorney Perry Mason as he handles various compl
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Perry Mason is a master criminal defense attorney.
- The series explores the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
- The overarching saga spans thirty episodes.
- The show falls under the mystery, drama, and crime genres.
Season overview
Perry Mason Season 2 continues the overarching saga across thirty episodes. The television and film archivist reference details the master criminal defense cases presented in the series. The narrative explores the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. The season follows the ongoing legal and investigative work of criminal defense attorney Perry Mason as he handles various complex mystery, drama, and crime cases within the overarching framework of the television series. No additional specific plot events, character names, or spoiler details are provided in the source material beyond these broad thematic elements of the master criminal defense cases spanning thirty episodes.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Case of the Corresponding Corpse
Sep 20, 1958 · 52 min
Perry receives a telephone call from George Beaumont, a man who supposedly died in a plane crash nearly three years before, and later ends up actually dead.
The Case of the Lucky Loser
Sep 27, 1958 · 52 min
Perry has all kinds of troubles in this one when a murder brings him into the tangled financial and personal affairs of the wealthy Balfour family.
The Case of the Pint-Sized Client
Oct 4, 1958 · 52 min
Robbers lift a bundle from the Hargrove Finance Company and Frank Anderson is murdered in the aftermath. Anthony "Pop" Renzi is identified as one of the robbers and charged with bo
The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant
Oct 11, 1958 · 52 min
Major Frank Lessing, a payroll officer on an Army base, is found murdered and Sgt. Joseph Dexter is charged with the crime. The case hinges on a payroll robbery committed in the Ph
The Case of the Curious Bride
Oct 18, 1958 · 52 min
Rhoda Reynolds is charged with murdering her blackmailing ex-husband, Arthur Kane. At the trial, Perry moves the proceedings to the room in which Kane was murdered in order to re-e
The Case of the Buried Clock
Nov 1, 1958 · 52 min
Slimy Jack Hardisty embezzles $100,000.00 from his father-in-law, Dr. Blane. The greedy Hardisty then tries to blackmail the good doctor for more. Perry is hired by Dr. Blane to pu
The Case of the Married Moonlighter
Nov 8, 1958 · 52 min
A moonlighting school teacher is charged with the murder of a male acquaintence he had taken home after the acquaintence had earlier raised a disturbance at his night job at a ca
The Case of the Jilted Jockey
Nov 15, 1958 · 52 min
Jockey Tic Barton is in a mess of trouble. First he's fired when his horse loses a fixed race and then he's charged with murder after confronting Johnny Starr, the man actually res
The Case of the Purple Woman
Dec 6, 1958 · 52 min
An art collector, Rufus Varner, is told by a reputable art critic that one of his most prized art paintings "The Purple Woman" is a forgery. Varner visits the art dealer from whom
The Case of the Fancy Figures
Dec 13, 1958 · 52 min
Martin Ellis is sent to jail for stealing the sum of $300,000.00. Ellis is later exonerated thanks to evidence discovered by his wife and the real thief, Charles Brewster, is arres
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
Dec 20, 1958 · 52 min
The courtroom action in this episode takes place at a coroner's inquest as a parrot holds the key to freeing suspect Ellen Sabin from blame in the murder of her husband.
The Case of the Shattered Dream
Jan 3, 1959 · 52 min
Sarah Werner asks Perry to find her husband, Hugo Werner, who ran off with her inheritance. Hugo, now using the name Hans Breel, is now working on a gem scam but his scheme backfir
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
Jan 10, 1959 · 52 min
Eva Martell is hired out of numerous candidates by Melvin Slater to impersonate a woman named Helen Reynolds. Eva is paid extremely well and given a nice apartment to live in with
The Case of the Glittering Goldfish
Jan 17, 1959 · 52 min
Rollins and Wyatt have discovered a cure for gill fever. As they plan to market the product, they find that Jack Huxley has bought the aquarium business and owns all patents and in
The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll
Jan 24, 1959 · 52 min
Two troubled women, Millie Crest and Fern Driscoll, switch identities. Millie, posing as Fern, stabs shady private eye Carl Davis in the arm in self-defense. Davis then turns up de
The Case of the Fraudulent Foto
Feb 7, 1959 · 52 min
A District Attorney is charged with the murder of a chairman of the bids committee to a defectively built hospital whom he is investigating for a series of bribes being passed arou
The Case of the Romantic Rogue
Feb 14, 1959 · 52 min
An heiress to her uncle's fortune is charged with the murder of a female private investigator during a search for her missing uncle.
The Case of the Jaded Joker
Feb 21, 1959 · 52 min
Charles Goff is an advertising executive who promised comedian Danny Ross he would pitch him for a new show in return for an introduction with the president of a large big-budget
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
Mar 7, 1959 · 52 min
Wealthy Peter Baxter decides to test the loyalty of his heirs. He pretends to change his will cutting them all out and leaving his entire estate to groundskeeper, James Hing. Hing
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Mar 14, 1959 · 52 min
Bishop Arthur Mallory is met in his hotel room by Wallace Lang, an associate of a wealthy man named Charles Burroughs. He is warned through physical violence to stop looking for t
The Case of the Lost Last Act
Mar 21, 1959 · 52 min
Playwright Ernest Royce is found shot to death in the same manner as a character in one of his unproduced plays. The play dealt with characters very close to real people and the re
The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor
Apr 4, 1959 · 52 min
Dr. David Craig discovers that tapes of conversations with his psychiatric patients are missing and being used for blackmail purposes. When the suspected thief and blackmailer, Mar
The Case of the Howling Dog
Apr 11, 1959 · 52 min
Evelyn Forbes escapes from a mental institution only to be charged with murder. The key to the case is a dog that continues to howl no matter what.
The Case of the Calendar Girl
Apr 18, 1959 · 52 min
A building contractor is charged with the murder of a wealthy political Mr.fix-it.
The Case of the Petulant Partner
Apr 25, 1959 · 52 min
Harry Bright and Chuck Clark were once best friends and business partners until Margaret entered the picture. Margaret was a much younger woman on the make who entranced Chuck int
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
May 9, 1959 · 52 min
Matilda Benson is a tough old broad who rules her children with an iron hand and the promises in her will. Her family then gets involved in a gambling scandal involving sinister ni
The Case of the Deadly Toy
May 16, 1959 · 52 min
Martin Selkirk is a major league rotter who wants Claire Allison in the worst way even though she's dating Dirk Benedict. Selkirk has Dirk's jaw broken and begins sending Claire t
The Case of the Spanish Cross
May 30, 1959 · 52 min
Young Jimmy Morrow can't seem to catch a break. Already on probation for car theft he's charged with stealing a valuable Spanish cross and killing its owner. Perry feels sorry for
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
Jun 13, 1959 · 52 min
Perry returns to his office late one night and finds an attractive woman climbing into his balcony window. She claims to be Virginia Colfax, the secretary of Ed Garvin who has an o
The Case of the Lame Canary
Jun 27, 1959 · 52 min
Ruth Prescott wants to divorce Walter Prescott so that she can be with her true love, Jimmy MacLaine. After a brush with death, Ruth becomes convinced that Walter is trying to kill