I binged this and Westworld S3 mostly because both are shows that I wished were amazing (though this one could be next season). Anyways, as I said during my comment about the first episode, a lot of this is built like a super long pilot no one asked for. Perry Mason is a lawyer, that's what the character is known for but for the first 5 episodes he isn't that, he's a Jake Gittes rip off with drinking problems I could care less about. Once Mason turns into a lawyer, the series finally takes flight and turns into something thrilling and worth checking out even though it still has some of the setbacks in the first couple of episodes.
I'd say this is the spiritual successor to Boardwalk Empire, a series that is gorgeous to look at but story wise fails to meet up to its visual standard. Perry Mason contains some lovely scenery with an amazing production value, however like other HBO content it would contains some very bleak moments which are apparent even when the story progresses. I will say that it was great that a series like this one that aired during the summer of '20, made sure not to make cops the heroes and instead left Mason and his crew save the day.
Said crew was amazing, such as Chris Chalk, Juliet Rylance and Shea Whigham who all have shining moments and makes me eager to see these characters interact with one another for more mysteries. And Rhys kinda owns up to the Mason role in the final episodes.
This shows started off not terrible and I'm sure it can turn even better now that it has Jack Amiel and Michael Bergler as showrunners. The two guys were terrific during their time on the The Knick and I only have high hopes for this series now that it's in their hands. Anyways, solid and if you guys want to have a solid drink while watching this, check out the Educated Barfly and his prohibition cocktail videos done in promotion for the series.
It makes some awkward missteps and feels like the creators didn't have the most confidence that the series would be renewed for another season, but Perry Mason is a thrilling entry into the true-crime and noir genres. I'm looking forward to the next season. I always want more of Matthew Rhys.
Shout by Miguel A. ReinaBlockedParent2020-08-10T21:47:59Z
This Perry Mason has little to do with the character in the classic television series, even in the novels that made Erle Stanley Gardner a bestselling author. Fortunately. He is a more complex character, more insecure, more depressing... He is a true "noir" character, as black as the fate of his clients. Raymond Burr's Perry Mason was inventive, talkative and clever, but also manipulative and puritan.
The series has the greatness of "Boardwalk Empire", splendid in technical aspects like the music of Terence Blanchard, although the script is an incomplete story, unbalanced in some moments that, of course, has nothing to do with the stories of the original novels. Fortunately.