Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...
Perry Mason returns for a second season of wearing fancy hats. But… do you even remember him or his hats having a first season?
![Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show... Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a602f5-aec5-4c16-be67-9c8e2e8d4098_678x452.jpeg)
Back in June of 2020, HBO launched its latest prestige drama: Perry Mason. A remake of the 50s TV show starring Raymond Burr, the series was neither true to the TV show, nor the original book series by recontextualising Mason as a private detective in the 1920s. In a ridiculous twist, he has a career pivot 2/3 of the way and becomes a man of the law.
Ove…