"Perry Mason" Renewed for Season 2 at HBO
by Peter White
July 22, 2020


"Perry Mason" is coming back for a second season at HBO. The network said that the drama, which stars Matthew Rhys, was its most-watched series premiere in nearly two years with the premiere episode being seen by 8M viewers.

The first season of the eight-part drama launched on June 21st.



“It has been an exciting journey to work with the immensely talented team behind Perry Mason,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.

“Viewers have relished being transported back in time to 1930’s Los Angeles each week, and we are thrilled to welcome the show back for a second season.”

https://deadline.com/2020/07/perry-mason-renewed-for-season-2-at-hbo-1202992061/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33545377/perry-mason-season-1-finale-mistrial-ending-explained/

"The conclusion of the Charlie Dodson case in HBO's Perry Mason reboot is far more complicated than the black and white, good and evil cases we're used to seeing on TV and in movies," says Matt Miller, who explains what the ending means "for those of you who didn't pass the Bar." ALSO: Perry Mason creators Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald weigh in on the season finale (https://tvline.com/2020/08/09/perry-mason-hbo-recap-season-1-finale-emily-verdict-season-2/).

Perry Mason treated its entire first season as a premise pilot (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/perry-mason-season-one-finale-recap-1039841)

"Very little of what happens in the final hour is dramatically satisfying," says Alan Sepinwall of Sunday's season finale of HBO's Perry Mason reboot. He adds: "Despite the fine performances and sumptuous period photography, Season One is much clearer on what it doesn’t want to be than on what it does. There’s a recent trend in TV — one that started with Netflix, but has spread to the other streamers and eventually to cable outfits like HBO — to treat your entire first season as a premise pilot, explaining in detail how these characters come together to do whatever it is they do. This ignores that the great majority of premise pilots are clunky and more trouble than they’re worth, and that what works best is to just get as quickly as possible to telling stories with that premise. Elongating the process — and using a court case that probably could have been resolved within a couple of episodes, if that — only makes things more frustrating."

ALSO:


It's okay that Perry Mason Season 1 was just a gorgeous, well-acted long episode of Law & Order (https://www.primetimer.com/https://www.tvguide.com/news/perry-mason-hbo-review-finale-season-1-prestige-drama-procedural/)
Thankfully, the Perry Mason finale embraced its roots — and did so with style (https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/perry-mason-episode-8-review-finale-hbo-spoilers-1234578811/)
Perry Mason's season finale is like if a Columbo remake did away with the whole "One more thing ..." bit (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/arts/television/perry-mason-finale-recap.html)
Gayle Rankin's Emily Dodson is the key to understanding this reimagined version of Perry Mason (https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a33503792/gayle-rankin-perry-mason-interview/)
Chris Chalk teases more "tension" in Season 2 (https://www.thewrap.com/perry-mason-star-chris-chalk-talks-season-finale-looks-ahead-to-season-2/)
Will Tatiana Maslany reprise her Sister Alice role in Season 2? (https://tvline.com/2020/08/10/perry-mason-hbo-season-2-tatiana-maslany-sister-alice/)
Director Timothy Van Patten on finding beauty in violence on Perry Mason, The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire (https://tv.avclub.com/director-tim-van-patten-discusses-the-unanswered-questi-1844547504): "I’ll do what the violence requires. In other words, I think part of it is, it has to be earned. When you’re working with great writing, it usually is earned."

How does HBO's remake of Perry Mason compare to the original version? Mom likes the original Perry Mason and she didn't know that HBO remade it. Would Mom like this version of Perry Mason too?
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How does HBO's remake of Perry Mason compare to the original version? Mom likes the original Perry Mason and she didn't know that HBO remade it. Would Mom like this version of Perry Mason too?
Bestie

The HBO version is much more "adult", so if you go in expecting to see the Raymond Burr series then you would be disappointed.

It takes place during the 1930's in Los Angeles before he became a criminal defense attorney and he works as a sleazy PI.

"Perry Mason" returns for Season 2 on March 6 at 9/8c.

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