The BEST episodes of Perry Mason (2020) season 1

Every episode of Perry Mason (2020) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Perry Mason (2020) season 1!

In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.

Last Updated: 11/13/2024Network: HBOStatus: Ended
Chapter 8
star
7.83
734 votes

#1 - Chapter 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/9/2020

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 sensational trial winds to a close, Mason, Strickland, Della, and Drake attempt to tie up loose ends - and set the stage for their futures.

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Chapter 7
star
7.76
729 votes

#2 - Chapter 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/2/2020

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 from the church elders about her promises for a "resurrection." Strickland loses track of a key witness, while Drake's detective work opens a new avenue in the case.

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Chapter 6
star
7.75
738 votes

#3 - Chapter 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2020

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 exoneration, Della and Strickland investigate a potential connection between Detective Ennis and Charlie's kidnappers. Later, Mason considers betraying Drake's trust to give his client an edge.

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Chapter 5
star
7.59
744 votes

#4 - Chapter 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/19/2020

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-wife Linda and son Teddy, hoping to make amends for his recent shortcomings. Della sets out to find Mrs. Dodson more capable legal representation.

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Chapter 4
star
7.44
757 votes

#5 - Chapter 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2020

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 claims about baby Charlie. E.B. faces the reality of his financial situation and takes his frustrations out on Della.

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Chapter 3
star
7.39
821 votes

#6 - Chapter 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/5/2020

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 physical evidence with help from Virgil, Mason's connect at the city morgue. Later, Mason attempts to extract information from a withholding Drake, who's weary of Holcomb and Ennis' watchful eyes.

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Chapter 2
star
7.38
902 votes

#7 - Chapter 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/28/2020

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 dismay. During a routine domestic intervention, beat cop Paul Drake is rerouted to a gruesome crime scene, where he follows a confounding trail of evidence.

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Chapter 1
star
7.18
1179 votes

#8 - Chapter 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/21/2020

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 hired by attorney E.B. Jonathan, Perry's mentor, to solve a perplexing case: the brutal kidnapping of one-year-old Charlie Dodson, whose parents Matthew and Emily were targeted for a $100,000 ransom.

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