# Perry Mason on HBO **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306 "2020-06-22T11:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/181 "2023-04-06T17:39:37Z")
Here’s the original thread FWIW. I’m a little behind in S2. [Perry Mason on HBO - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/175) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/182 "2023-04-06T20:24:53Z")
Thanks, for some reason that didn’t come up when I entered “Perry Mason”. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/183 "2023-04-07T01:20:11Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > people in Heroin withdrawal don’t suffocate Old post, I know, but I just watched S1. The baby didn’t die of withdrawal, it died of an overdose. Heroin, morphine, and other opiates depress the respiratory system. An overdoes will stop your breathing. I think “suffocate” was not quite the right word. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/184 "2023-04-28T20:03:13Z")
I semi-binged season 2, timing it so that I could watch the last episode this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this season, perhaps more so than season 1. I thought the main plot line was better (and more believable) than the first season. Looking forward to season 3, whenever that comes about. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/185 "2023-07-06T18:31:02Z")
I just “stumbled across” this thread and thought I’d comment on the HBO Perry Mason series. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seasons 1 & 2 and hope there will be a season 3. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/186 "2023-07-06T18:34:38Z")
There won’t be a third season; they cancelled the show after the second one aired. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/187 "2023-07-06T18:41:45Z")
Oh lovely. Well, I can have the consolation of trying to stay awake during another season of Grey’s Anatomy. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/188 "2023-11-15T23:23:28Z")
Just watched season 2 and really enjoyed it. Sorry to hear it was cancelled. Are there any other series, movies or books anyone recommends that are similar? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/189 "2023-11-15T23:45:39Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > Are there any other series, movies or books anyone recommends that are similar? The Lincoln Lawyer is a series of novels by Michael Connelly. It’s been made into a movie as well as a Netflix series of two seasons. Highly recommended, at least by me! ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/190 "2023-11-16T16:05:34Z")
Thanks, I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/191 "2023-11-16T23:11:37Z")
I was recently in Los Angeles and made a point of riding the Angel’s Flight Railway, partly because I remember it from the first season of Perry Mason. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306/192 "2025-01-23T20:07:55Z")
Just finished S2. I enjoyed it (especially the twist that PM’s two clients _aren’t_ innocent; it was also fun to see Sean “Samwise” Astin as the grocery-store tycoon) and am sorry the show won’t be back for S3. Two anachronisms: PM’s booking slate bears the date of May 20, 1933 as he begins his four-month sentence in the county jail. The Japanese record to which Camilla listens came out in 1935, however, and U.S. trade sanctions against Japan didn’t begin until 1938. Aw, what the hell. It’s all Generic Thirties anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306.md?page=9)