Martin Carr reviews Perry Mason’s season 1 finale… This is the finale we deserved with the outcome we were banking on. A narrative Penrose steps of perpetual complexity which repays in spades those who lasted the distance. This permanently silenced those doubters who lost faith until episode five, but have remained euphoric ever since. Plot […]

Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Perry Mason… There is more at stake here than the soul of a dearly departed child. Shocking secrets are being revealed in the past and present as Sister Alice remembers, before taking matters into her own hands. Mason has a meltdown and Officer Drake joins him while Pete […]

Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Perry Mason… We are in the realm of court room drama at last as Perry Mason joins convention, embraces archetype and Matthew Rhys rises like a phoenix to embody this character. Stephen Root’s Maynard Barnes leads the despicable charge elsewhere as a conniving district attorney, seeking to profit […]

Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Perry Mason… With the demise of E B Jonathan Perry Mason has risen like a phoenix from the ashes. Back stories are given breadth, characters more depth and Sister Alice returns from her convalescence empowered. Being side swiped by an emotional sledgehammer causes people to re-evaluate, brings Della […]

Martin Carr review the fourth episode of Perry Mason… Melancholy rests heavily upon this fourth chapter as the inequities of past transgressions bring a burden home to bear. Period details, pitch perfect realisations and old school methods add an authenticity that really roots Perry Mason in the past. John Lithgow’s EB finds no solace or […]

Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Perry Mason… Court room distractions, amorous missives and perfectly placed dentures hold the key to the mystery in Perry Mason. Political games, power plays and newspaper headlines take precedence over incarcerated intimidation tactics. In a short time this has turned into a turf war between government appointed officials […]

Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Perry Mason… There is something solidly reassuring about this show even in its infancy. Mood and music combine to add a tinge of authenticity so rich you can taste it. Matthew Rhys has reinvented Perry Mason with a mile wide cold blooded streak, lashings of PTSD and moral […]

Martin Carr reviews the first episode of HBO’s Perry Mason… HBO has a reputation for producing quality content, era defining television and above all programmes with contemporary resonance. Alongside Game of Thrones, True Detective and Watchmen we now have Perry Mason for the millennial generation. Executive produced by Susan and Robert Downey Jr. this opulent […]