The happy news is that this second season of ‘Perry Mason’ is clearly better than the first, our critic writes. But while the reboot series complicates and diversifies the ‘Perry Mason’ universe, the show is far less fun than the old Burr series.
The characters had been modernized, too. Della Street went from being Perry's easy-on-the-eyes secretary to his closeted lesbian assistant who knows the law better than her boss. Swaggering private eye Paul Drake was a cop, played by Chris Chalk, who paid the price of being honest and Black. As for Perry — that's a terrific Matthew Rhys — he was bitter, depressive, hot-headed, two-fisted, hard drinking and, only rarely, brilliant in the courtroom.
Although Season 1 was glum and saddled with a clunky plot, all the retooling made it reasonably engrossing for old Mason fans like me. But it left me wondering about the whole enterprise. Would the second season deepen things enough to justify completely making over a popular character?This time out, Perry and his team represent two young Mexican Americans charged with murdering the unlikable son of an oil tycoon.
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