Perry Mason: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Perry Mason Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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The Case of the Missing Button
Sep 24, 1964 · 52 min
A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for murder.
The Case of the Paper Bullets
Oct 1, 1964 · 52 min
Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families.
The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor
Oct 8, 1964 · 52 min
Mona Harvey is the principal stockholder in a publishing company run by her uncle, Everett, and the wife of an eccentric sculptor named Hannibal Harvey who is being blackmailed. Un
The Case of the Sleepy Slayer
Oct 15, 1964 · 52 min
Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.
The Case of the Betrayed Bride
Oct 22, 1964 · 52 min
A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.
The Case of the Nautical Knot
Oct 29, 1964 · 52 min
Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.
The Case of the Bullied Bowler
Nov 5, 1964 · 52 min
Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.
The Case of a Place Called Midnight
Nov 12, 1964 · 52 min
In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.
The Case of the Tragic Trophy
Nov 19, 1964 · 52 min
Investigating the "other woman" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.
The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
Nov 26, 1964 · 52 min
Reba Burgess's control of her late husband's mining company is threatened when a man turns up with a partnership agreement—signed by Burgess before he died.
The Case of the Latent Lover
Dec 3, 1964 · 52 min
An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.
The Case of the Wooden Nickels
Dec 10, 1964 · 52 min
Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
Dec 17, 1964 · 52 min
A model fails to read the fine print when she signs a curious contract paying her $200 a week to gain weight for an assignment.
The Case of the Ruinous Road
Dec 31, 1964 · 52 min
The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.
The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer
Jan 7, 1965 · 52 min
Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.
The Case of the Thermal Thief
Jan 14, 1965 · 52 min
Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace.
The Case of the Golden Venom
Jan 21, 1965 · 52 min
A woman hires Mason to nullify a clause in her late husband's will that disinherits her if she reopens the investigation of her son's death.
The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap
Feb 4, 1965 · 52 min
Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.
The Case of the Feather Cloak
Feb 11, 1965 · 52 min
In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.
The Case of the Lover's Gamble
Feb 18, 1965 · 52 min
A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.
The Case of the Fatal Fetish
Mar 4, 1965 · 52 min
Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.
The Case of the Sad Sicilian
Mar 11, 1965 · 52 min
Paulo Porro is a charming young man from Sicily with a clever scam for ingratiating himself with Italian-American families. But when he tries his charms on Enrico Bacio, Paulo runs
The Case of the Murderous Mermaid
Mar 18, 1965 · 52 min
Former swimming champion Victoria Dawn is now overweight, out of shape, and the owner of a chain of failing health spas. Desperate to regain some of her former glory she hires youn
The Case of the Careless Kitten
Mar 25, 1965 · 52 min
Franklin Shore, supposedly dead for 10 years, telephones his niece, Helen, and gives her instructions on how to meet him. Then someone takes a shot at Helen's boyfriend and attempt
The Case of the Deadly Debt
Apr 1, 1965 · 52 min
Police detective Danny Talbert's father dies from a heart attack caused by stress from the fact that he was into mobster Steve Radom for a $10,000 debt. Or so Danny believes. When
The Case of the Gambling Lady
Apr 8, 1965 · 52 min
Pete Warren's estranged wife, Myrna, is killing time in Reno waiting for their divorce to go through. When Myrna gets involved in a counterfeit gambling chip scam, Pete makes the m
The Case of the Duplicate Case
Apr 22, 1965 · 52 min
An unsuccessful salesman has a lot of explaining to do when he throws down his sample case in disgust—and large sums of money fall out.
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
Apr 29, 1965 · 52 min
Della buys the diary of a drowned woman at an auction and after reading the entries becomes convinced that the woman's death was not a suicide as was ruled at the time. This leads
The Case of the Wrongful Writ
May 6, 1965 · 52 min
Lawyer Ward Toyama, a friend of Perry's, gets caught up in an illegal gunrunning operation and murder on the high seas after being contacted by a man claiming to be an intelligence
The Case of the Mischievous Doll
May 13, 1965 · 52 min
Perry is paid a visit by a Dorrie Ambler who wants him to verify her identity. Shady private eye Phil Arthur has been paying her to frequent certain places around town and Dorrie t