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Perry Mason: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Jun 21, 2020 Updated Jul 26, 2026

Perry Mason is a television series set in 1932 Los Angeles. The series focuses on the origin story of a defense lawyer. The show is categorized as a drama, mystery, and crime television series.

Season overview

Perry Mason is a television series set in 1932 Los Angeles. The series focuses on the origin story of a defense lawyer. The show is categorized as a drama, mystery, and crime television series.

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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Chapter 1

Jun 21, 2020 · 56 min

Los Angeles, 1931. On the heels of an unsavory investigation involving a famous comedian, Perry Mason--a PI struggling to make ends meet--and his right-hand man Pete Strickland are

S1·E2 Core

Chapter 2

Jun 28, 2020 · 64 min

Following one of her trademark barn-burning sermons, Evangelical preacher Sister Alice offers the Dodsons the church's full moral and financial support – much to her mother Birdy's

S1·E3 Core

Chapter 3

Jul 5, 2020 · 60 min

In order to gain an advantage over E.B. and team, wily district attorney Maynard Barnes goes public with a shocking new development. Mason and Strickland get unauthorized access to

S1·E4 Core

Chapter 4

Jul 12, 2020 · 59 min

Mason and Strickland lean on Virgil, again, for extra-legal assistance. Following Sister Alice's recovery from a frightening episode, Birdy urges her daughter to renounce her claim

S1·E5 Core

Chapter 5

Jul 19, 2020 · 56 min

While Mason and Della run a solemn errand up north, Strickland tracks down the sergeant originally assigned to the Dodson case. Before returning to L.A., Mason drops in on his ex-w

S1·E6 Core

Chapter 6

Jul 26, 2020 · 57 min

As Emily's trial begins and a damning witness testimony takes center stage, Mason attempts to recover from a shaky start. Meanwhile, in their search for clues that might lead to an

S1·E7 Mytharc

Chapter 7

Aug 2, 2020 · 61 min

Hoping to expose the hidden link between the Radiant Assembly's staggering debt and Charlie's ransom, Mason puts Herman Baggerly on the stand. Sister Alice faces mounting pressure

S1·E8 Mytharc

Chapter 8

Aug 9, 2020 · 63 min

After the team receives some unvarnished critique from Hamilton Burger, Della presents an increasingly stubborn Mason with her case for putting Emily on the stand. As the sensation