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The New Perry Mason - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Case of the Horoscope Homicide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1973

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Perry Mason, that great criminal lawyer is back in business. The first case involves an astrologer named Junius who fears for his life. The seer hires Mason for he suspects Nancy, his wife, is intent on killing him. Junius wants his wife commited to a sanatory for her erratic behavior. Corinne Warner, a cosmetics line owner, is angry with Junius as he threatens to reveal her past. Milo, a rival astrologer has discredited Junius before Corinne. Then Junius is found murdered and Perry must expose the culprit before Nancy is sentenced for murder.

The Case of the Prodigal Prophet

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1973

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Religious crusade is background for blackmail and murder when Mason defends a young girl. A blackmailer tapes a scandalous photo beneath the bible of a popular evangelist (Richard Hatch).

The Case of the Ominous Oath

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1973

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Mason defends a mechanic in his retrial for the murder of a prominent physician.

The Case of the Wistful Widower

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1973

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When two men, one wanted by the law and the other by a crime syndicate killer, exchange identities, the result is murder.

The Case of the Telltale Trunk

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1973

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Duped investors (Keenan Wynn, Mary Ann Mobley, Richard Anderson) plan a murder, for which one is arrested four years later.

The Case of the Deadly Deeds

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1973

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A poker player faces murder charges and the loss of his daughter (Jodie Foster). Mason defends a big time gambler, played by guest star Will Hutchins, on a murder charge and the case gets complicated when Mason must also defend his client in an action to transfer custody of the gambler's daughter to her grandparents.

The Case of the Furious Father

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1973

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Lt. Tragg finds himself working both sides of a murder case when he is forced to arrest Det. Dave Cook for murder, then ask Perry to give him the best defense possible.

The Case of the Cagey Cager

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1973

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Mugged in a crowded parking lot by an ex-basketball player who once had a million-dollar future, Mason turns around to defend the young man when he's charged with murdering the head of a major amateur sports federation.

The Case of the Jailed Justice

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1973

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A hard-nosed judge finds himself on the other side of the bench when he's accused of poisoning his son-in-law.

The Case of the Spurious Spouse

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1973

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A story of blackmail and bigamy. Perry is helping Nhi Khanh to locate his presumed dead husband in Vietnam. He was a war correspondent named Ben Porter who went missing after marrying Nhi. Paul Drake trails a man who has been watching Perry and he is led to the political headquarters of candidate Clinton Exeter. There Paul sees a man who looks very much like Ben but then he disappears. Perry discovers that Ben's real name is Royce and he was already married when he deceived Nhi.

The Case of the Frenzied Feminist

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1973

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Mason defends the fiery and beautiful editor of women's lib magazine on a charge of murdering the publisher who gave her job to another woman.

The Case of the Perilous Pen

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 30, 1973

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Private detective Paul Drake goes undercover as a prison convict to help Perry Mason develop the evidence needed to prove that his client, a prisoner at the penitentiary, did not call one of the guards.

The Case of the Tortured Titan

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1974

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Chance meeting with beautiful young girl leads Mason to become her defense attorney when she's arrested for murdering the brother of an aging architect who's been committed to a mental institution.

The Case of the Violent Valley

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1974

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The kidnapping of Mason's young counsel Magic Larson from the courtroom complicates his attempt to gain a fair trial for a man accused of murdering a hated ranch foreman in a rural California town.

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