L - In the Courtroom - Perry Mason
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Someone sets fire to the basement of a busy bar forcing its patrons to scramble away for safety. The arsonists escape in a boat as another mysterious person watches the blaze from afar.

Perry wakes up, dresses, and heads to work to find that Della has hired a secretary. They discuss their next case revealing that the firm had moved from criminal to civil law. Perry looks uninterested.

A man leaves a hotel room and asks the sex worker he was with to go a little later after him. He greets his family and joins his father, who reads him for the fire.

His father demands that Brooks stop working hard to make changes in Los Angeles and focus on his family. He appears displeased.

Perry has a nightmare about Mrs. Dodson. He goes for a night ride on his motorbike, but the memories of a now-dead Mrs. Dodson keep haunting him. He gets into an accident.

The following day, he attends court, where his client was the plaintiff. He still appears distracted, and Della has to keep him focused.

He quizzes the witness and ends up winning the case.

Brookes introduces someone to his workers and reveals he planned to bring a baseball team to LA.

He is revealed to be in cahoots with a police officer who is also an investor in his businesses.

Della meets with another client, but someone catches her attention. She flirts with some woman.

Mason attends Paul's birthday.

Mason and Della visit their client and update him on the nature of the case. Mr. Grice says he wants to destroy Patel and is uninterested in their arrangement.

Pete offers Paul a job stalking someone.

In court, Mr. Grice demands to be given Patel's shop in exchange for him dropping the suit. That outcome bums Mason.

Paul and his wife work together to take pictures of the guy he was tasked with following.

Brookes learns that the team he expected to bring to Los Angeles was not coming.

Della calls the woman she met in the powder room.

Mason visits Lupe's establishment.

A child finds Brookes murdered in his car.

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Perry Mason
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Perry Mason Season 2 Episode 1 Quotes

Della: You're the one who suddenly wanted to give up criminal law and go civil. This is civil.
Perry: You're the one who said civil law is what kept firms in business. I'm just being practical.

[Voice from written letters] Dear Mr. Mason, when will I be fully cleansed? I continue to ask God for guidance, but I fear he's turning his back on me. Dear Mr. Mason, what did we win in court? What's my freedom worth? My boy, Charlie, is still gone.

Mrs. Dodson