Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason HBO

[lateshow 1304]

 

[Dr Fear 1268]

Awesome, I thought this was a limited series.

That what you say when you are HBO and don't want to look like you started a show that failed. Premier ratings were up there with Westwold.

Perry's E.B./Lithgow impersonation at the end was fantastic.

[Kermit 3156]

Kermit’s shitty theory: baby is still alive. They’re going to “resurrect“ it. It’s probably a stupid theory, but preacher lady is fucking all kinds of shady and that’s something a Pentecostal, tent preacher would do. Her and the squirrely church guy with a goatee paid the idiots to kidnap the baby, and replaced it with another one. 

[tx 3 putt 77014]

100% the baby is still alive 

[HoffaJimmy 316]

I don't care if the baby is still alive or not but I fucking love this show. Slow burn is starting to finally pay off. 

There has to be some major connection to preacher lady, as she is getting WAY too much annoying screen time to not. In fact that is really the only thing I don't like about the show so far. 

Rhys and the chick playing Della are killing it.

[mdmost 43004]

I think it's more Sister Alice is really the only pure person in the whole church. The rest are all grifters. The portions with Officer Drake are tremendous. That's my real moment of tension each week because he's right that he and his wife are the most likely to be killed and no one blinks an eye. 

[Dr Fear 1268]

15 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I think it's more Sister Alice is really the only pure person in the whole church. The rest are all grifters. The portions with Officer Drake are tremendous. That's my real moment of tension each week because he's right that he and his wife are the most likely to be killed and no one blinks an eye. 

Robert Patrick is involved somehow, him hiring EB doesn't make a lot of sense.

[RPM 26322]

Sister Alice McKeegan is based on a real person. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Pentecostal evangelist involved with a kidnapping and several affairs.

[thrillhammer 684]

1 hour ago, HoffaJimmy said:

 

Rhys and the chick playing Della are killing it.

so is mason's sidekick.  almost a comedic perfomance, but he is nailing it.

[RPM 26322]

I'm glad Pete finally acknowledged Hazel's fetish by calling her "Gloves". I was wondering if it was just me not getting the fashion of the times.

It was not.

[thrillhammer 684]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

I'm glad Pete finally acknowledged Hazel's fetish by calling her "Gloves". I was wondering if it was just me not getting the fashion of the times.

It was not.

that was funny.

[lateshow 1304]

21 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

so is mason's sidekick.  almost a comedic perfomance, but he is nailing it.

Shea Whigham. He's always money. 

[RPM 26322]

19 hours ago, lateshow said:

Shea Whigham. He's always money. 

I really hope it's a look they were going for, but he really looks gaunt. Hope he's not sick irl.

[lateshow 1304]

3 hours ago, RPM said:

I really hope it's a look they were going for, but he really looks gaunt. Hope he's not sick irl.

Yeah, I hope not, too. He's supposed to be a carousing heavy drinker. E.B. called him a degenerate, so let's hope it's the look of the character. 

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

Judge has a great voice.

[DeepEastTexas 644]

1 hour ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

Judge has a great voice.

Max Headroom 

[demos 3004]

Well, mason & co have solved this one

[tx 3 putt 77014]

2 hours ago, demos said:

Well, mason & co have solved this one

[RPM 26322]

So a crank start Model T sounds like an electric starter? That's just lazy editing.

[billfromlaketravis 11515]

I’m a big Hazel fan. I can get over the glove thing. 

[billfromlaketravis 11515]

The math professor joke killed me. 

[mdmost 43004]

That ending was wild. Only one show left. So who has the dead baby?

[Brandywine 1316]

So whose idea was it to kidnap the child?

[mr. sunshine 2827]

When the group busted into the courtroom with the smoke bomb, ranting and raving about Sister Alice, the last guy yelled “Go Bruins!”

[LosIllini 91]

32 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

When the group busted into the courtroom with the smoke bomb, ranting and raving about Sister Alice, the last guy yelled “Go Bruins!”

I had close captioning on- said 'frat boys'...

[Wade 464]

I'm in on this show, but have a problem with Perry's motivation.   I get he's trying to redeem himself, but he's so wrapped up in saving the nutty broad I can't buy it.  That screaming scene with Whig was lame

[thrillhammer 684]

10 hours ago, Wade said:

I'm in on this show, but have a problem with Perry's motivation.   I get he's trying to redeem himself, but he's so wrapped up in saving the nutty broad I can't buy it.  That screaming scene with Whig was lame

the script is poorly written and not realistic.  the dialog between perry and whig and their reactions seemed forced, same with the dialog between perry and the hispanic chick.

[RPM 26322]

30 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

the script is poorly written and not realistic.

Are you running for King of bad takes?

[Brandywine 1316]

22 hours ago, Brandywine said:

So whose idea was it to kidnap the child?

I’ll see if I can answer my own question, I think Alice’s mother was the instigator. 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

20 hours ago, Wade said:

I'm in on this show, but have a problem with Perry's motivation.   I get he's trying to redeem himself, but he's so wrapped up in saving the nutty broad I can't buy it.  That screaming scene with Whig was lame

From personal experience when you’re in the middle of a murder trial you’re a mushroom cloud laying motherfucker, motherfucker

[mdmost 43004]

I think it also has to do with him being tired of being pushed around by people in power. He's had to scrape by being scummy. Now he has a chance to redeem himself, save someone from being railroaded, and get back at the power structure that runs the city. He wants to be respectable so he can see his kid. 

Edited August 4, 2020 by mdmost

[cafe society 2871]

On 7/24/2020 at 10:57 AM, RPM said:

Not sure if anyone noticed, but the closing credits music for the last episode was the bass line from the Perry Mason TV theme. First time they've used it. Hope they stick with it.

 

Terence Blanchard is a Crime Jazz master.

[cafe society 2871]

 

[tx 3 putt 77014]

that graveyard scene was wild 

[pied 252]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

that graveyard scene was wild 

Yeah, can't say I was paying 100% attention, but not sure it made sense.  I get people were anti-preacher lady but when the coffin turned up empty, it was like everyone just started fighting each other.  How would you know who's on who's side or anything else.  Was there any logic, or just to be assumed everyone was just in a frenzy so started beating the hell out of whoever was net to them?

[tx 3 putt 77014]

On the opening scene, the mom sits on the car step and breaks something, then eats it. 

morphine addict ?

 

also, the mom directed the car to the child at the end. Told the driver where to turn 

[demos 3004]

Been rewatching.

I’m ready.

[Brandywine 1316]

So what do you think? Not sure about the ending wrap up. 

[billfromlaketravis 11515]

A Della and Hazel love scene needs to happen. We need this to happen. 

[kevwun 15797]

I thought it was excellent. 

[RomaVicta 29927]

Me, too. Now we just have to wait a year for another season. At least the seasons will be complete cases.

 

[tx 3 putt 77014]

that was  a very good season, excellent wrap up 

[Continental Op 3934]

I had some trouble swallowing Emily going along with the fake baby thing and jumping into the grift with Sister Alice's mom but still think they did a good job of wrapping stuff up. 

[RPM 26322]

Not how I would have wrapped things up, but still liked it. 

[cafe society 2871]

Not sure when it's okay to post spoilers.  But very nice finesse by Burger to land his new lead investigator.

[wild_turkey 3165]

Not sure when it's okay to post spoilers.  But very nice finesse by Burger to land his new lead investigator.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Maybe a few weak spots but overall I thought the script, acting, and production was great. It’s set up nicely for next season which I’ll be looking forward to.

[NOMAAA 1696]

loved every part of this show.  man, tatiana maslany can get it.

[mr. sunshine 2827]

Burger: But no one ever confesses on the stand.

[mr. sunshine 2827]

Also we learned Hazel is the world’s second most famous hand model 

[Mach 1 1677]

Just finished this and really enjoyed it.  Thought it was very well done, great characters, and I really liked the wrap up.  Looking forward to Season 2.

And Matthew Rhys is a good fucking actor.