Perry Mason: Season 5
Perry Mason Season 5 continues the overarching saga across thirty episodes. The television series follows the cases of master criminal defense. Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. As part of the mystery, drama, and crime genres, the season maintains the established format of the television show. The narrative continues the professional endeavors of the master criminal defense attorney as
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Perry Mason operates as a master criminal defense attorney.
- The series focuses on mystery, drama, and crime genres.
- The narrative premise explores the idea that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
- The show spans multiple episodes across its ongoing television run.
Season overview
Perry Mason Season 5 continues the overarching saga across thirty episodes. The television series follows the cases of master criminal defense. Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. As part of the mystery, drama, and crime genres, the season maintains the established format of the television show. The narrative continues the professional endeavors of the master criminal defense attorney as he tackles various legal cases. Viewers follow the unfolding courtroom drama and investigative procedures inherent in each case presented throughout the thirty episodes of the fifth season. The dramatic structure centers on the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances, testing the characters within the legal and investigative framework of the series. The season is documented as part of the ongoing television database records for the 1957 series.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Case of the Jealous Journalist
Sep 2, 1961 · 51 min
The drowning death of a newspaper executive during a fishing trip sets off all kinds of repercussions at the newspaper itself.
The Case of the Impatient Partner
Sep 16, 1961 · 52 min
Paint manufacturer Amory Fallon suspects that his partner Ned Thompson is behind a mysterious fire and explosion.
The Case of the Missing Melody
Sep 30, 1961 · 51 min
Perry and Della attend the wedding of Polly Courtland to Eddy King. The ceremony is halted at the altar when Polly begins screaming, "No! No!" and hurriedly exits the church. It se
The Case of the Malicious Mariner
Oct 7, 1961 · 51 min
During a terrible storm at sea, First Officer Jerry Griffin dumps a million dollars worth of goods into the sea in order to lessen the chances of his cargo freighter sinking. Once
The Case of the Crying Comedian
Oct 14, 1961 · 51 min
Comic Charlie Hatch learns that the woman he loved and lost, Anne Gilrain, has escaped from a sanitarium to which she was forced to commit herself by her husband, Tom. When Tom Gil
The Case of the Meddling Medium
Oct 21, 1961 · 51 min
Phony psychic Phillip Paisley meets a grisly death when an elevator that has been tampered with crashes. In the climactic scene Perry sets up another fantastic demonstration to pro
The Case of the Pathetic Patient
Oct 28, 1961 · 51 min
Perry finds himself defending Dr. Wayne Edley who has been accused of committing two murders.
The Case of the Traveling Treasure
Nov 4, 1961 · 51 min
Perry and Paul are all set to go deep see fishing on a boat owned by their friend, Scott Cahill, but when Cahill's regular customer wants the boat for the weekend they have to char
The Case of the Posthumous Painter
Nov 11, 1961 · 51 min
Artist Jack Culross fakes his own suicide and sees the sales of his paintings go through the roof. His only problem was that he forgot to inform his wife Edna of the scheme. After
The Case of the Injured Innocent
Nov 18, 1961 · 51 min
A really weird courtroom confession scene highlights this episode about the murder of a race car driver.
The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
Nov 25, 1961 · 51 min
Health club instructor Ward Nichols wants to marry the daughter of his employer, Bernard Daniels, but Ward's estranged wife, Veronica, is pressuring him for money and claiming to b
The Case of the Brazen Bequest
Dec 2, 1961 · 51 min
Charles Cromwell, the president-elect of Euclid College, worries that some less than stellar moments from his past will be exposed when Maisie Freitag arrives on the scene to make
The Case of the Renegade Refugee
Dec 9, 1961 · 51 min
A journalist is murdered while tracking an ex-Nazi war criminal who may be posing as an executive at a company called Space Associates, Ltd.
The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
Dec 16, 1961 · 51 min
Wealthy Walter Frazer has always blamed his daughter-in-law Sue Ellen for his son Gregson's failures. You can only imagine how he feels when Sue Ellen is accused of Gregson's murde
The Case of the Roving River
Dec 30, 1961 · 51 min
Perry is hired to help settle a land dispute in the Manzana Valley but the key witness is blown up by a homemade bomb. As usual, Perry's client is accused of the crime.
The Case of the Shapely Shadow
Jan 6, 1962 · 51 min
Naive secretary Janice Wainwright carries out boss Morley Thielman's orders and places a briefcase containing more than $100,000.00 in a train station locker. Then she waits for th
The Case of the Captain's Coins
Jan 13, 1962 · 51 min
Historian Phillip Andrews tries to make a case that his fiancee, Evelyn Faraday, is entitled to a share of a shipping company fortune. Phillip then finds himself accused of murderi
The Case of the Tarnished Trademark
Jan 20, 1962 · 51 min
Axel Norstaad sells his much respected furniture trademark to Martin Somers, described by some as the slide trombone of the furniture business. Somers immediately begins stripping
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
Feb 3, 1962 · 51 min
Eleanor Corbin pleads amnesia after police find her running and screaming through the woods near her apartment building. Her loss of memory is of little help to her when she is lat
The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal
Feb 10, 1962 · 51 min
A casual pen pal relationship leads to insider information and murder.
The Case of the Mystified Miner
Feb 24, 1962 · 51 min
Mason tries to clear his young, naive woman client, a corporate executive secretary, as a twisting and wheeling plot of murder, kidnapping, and embezzlement unfolds.
The Case of the Crippled Cougar
Mar 3, 1962 · 51 min
Mike Preston is a bitter man who despises Hugh Jamison because he mistakenly believes Jamison stole $100,000 from him and is responsible for him being crippled. Trying to entrap Ja
The Case of the Absent Artist
Mar 17, 1962 · 51 min
Cartoonist Pete Manders is elated when the owner of the comic strip "Zingy" offers to sell him the strip for a song. Pete is less than elated when he learns that his girlfriend Les
The Case of the Melancholy Marksman
Mar 24, 1962 · 51 min
Ted Chase discovers that his second wife, Irene, might have killed his first wife and contemplates revenge but someone else gets to Irene first. In his defense of Ted, Perry discov
The Case of the Angry Astronaut
Apr 7, 1962 · 51 min
Astronaut Matthew Heller is suspected of killing his old service rival, General Addison Brand, after Brand is put in charge of the astronaut program.
The Case of the Borrowed Baby
Apr 14, 1962 · 51 min
A baby who mysteriously appears in Perry's office has a rare St. Christopher medal, which could help identify the baby's parents. If only the suspected father wasn't dead.
The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
Apr 28, 1962 · 51 min
A crazy man (or is he?), his dead nephew and a military base are tangled up in a confusing Perry Mason episode.
The Case of the Ancient Romeo
May 5, 1962 · 51 min
Perry and Della go out for a night at the theatre to see Perry's actor friend, Steve Brock, perform as Paris in Romeo and Juliet. The lights mysteriously go out during the dueling
The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox
May 19, 1962 · 51 min
Aspiring screenwriter Herbert Simms submits his first teleplay to producer Charlie Corby who tries to use the manuscript as his own. Corby's scheme comes a cropper when he gets fat
The Case of the Lonely Eloper
May 26, 1962 · 51 min
Merle Telford is a naive and maladjusted young woman who is about to turn 21 and receive a substantial inheritance. She plans to run away from her guardians and elope with Danny Pi