Erik Gould on Spoutible

In 80 “Perry Mason” books by Erle Stanley Gardner (and 271 television episodes) Hamilton Burger and Lt. Tragg arrested and prosecuted the wrong people every time.

Every single one of the accused would have died in prison – or gone to the gas chamber – without Perry Mason.

08:49 PM - Sep 03, 2023

Erik Gould

@ClickErik

In response to J C.

And yet they were always so confident each time.

08:53 PM - Sep 03, 2023

J C

@notthatjc

In response to Erik Gould.

Right? And Tragg was always just the world’s biggest asshole about everything.

08:59 PM - Sep 03, 2023

Erik Gould

@ClickErik

There was some growth over the run of the series, but only by inches. Sort of a grudging mutual respect. But the police work never improved. They latch on to one theory only and then watch it blow up every time. You’d think there be some self-reflection!

In response to J C.

09:05 PM - Sep 03, 2023

J C

@notthatjc

In response to Erik Gould.

There was even one episode that ended with the two of them having a smoke together.

There were only a handful of murders or suspicious deaths in my hometown in the 20th century. They were all bungled by police and/or the prosecutor.

09:10 PM - Sep 03, 2023

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