Perry Mason
"There's power in the truth."
HBO MaxSet in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
Season 1
In 1932 Los Angeles, a low-rent private investigator digs into a controversial and politically loaded case.
Season 2
Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the DA goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.
Cast (258)
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Directors
Writers
Eleanor Burgess
Writer
Steven Hanna
Writer
Sarah Kelly Kaplan
Writer
Niko Gutierrez-Kovner
Writer
Michael Begler
Writer
Ron Fitzgerald
Writer
Rolin Jones
Writer
Ages 47-50
Jack Amiel
Writer
Kevin J. Hynes
Writer
Pedro Peirano
Writer
Ages 48-51
Howard Korder
Writer
Ages 62-65
Mauricio Katz
Writer
Elizabeth Baxa
Writer
Producers
Joe Horaceck
Executive Producer
Matthew Rhys
Producer
Ages 45-48
Matthew Rhys
Executive Producer
Ages 45-48
Tim Van Patten
Executive Producer
Ages 61-63
Amanda Burrell
Executive Producer
Susan Downey
Executive Producer
Ages 46-49
Robert Downey Jr.
Executive Producer
Ages 55-58
Ron Fitzgerald
Executive Producer
Rolin Jones
Executive Producer
Ages 47-50
Michael Begler
Executive Producer
Peter Feldman
Producer
Reuben Lim
Producer
Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli
Producer
Jack Amiel
Executive Producer
Cinematographers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English, Spanish
Production Countries
US
Production Companies
Team Downey, Dwight Street Book Club, Inflatable Moose Co., AMBEG Screen Products, HBO