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Perry Mason
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Chapter Seven

  • Episode aired Aug 2, 2020
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  • 1h 2m
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8.3/10
1.2K
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Matthew Rhys and Chris Chalk in Chapter Seven (2020)
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Alice's bitter past revealed; Perry links conspirators and financial motive. The trial is chaotically interrupted; Pete loses Seidel. Mason's farm is auctioned; Ennis runs amok. Easter arriv... Read allAlice's bitter past revealed; Perry links conspirators and financial motive. The trial is chaotically interrupted; Pete loses Seidel. Mason's farm is auctioned; Ennis runs amok. Easter arrives; Alice and Birdy come to a crossroads.Alice's bitter past revealed; Perry links conspirators and financial motive. The trial is chaotically interrupted; Pete loses Seidel. Mason's farm is auctioned; Ennis runs amok. Easter arrives; Alice and Birdy come to a crossroads.

  • Director
    • Timothy Van Patten
  • Writers
    • Howard Korder
    • Rolin Jones
    • Ron Fitzgerald
  • Stars
    • Matthew Rhys
    • Juliet Rylance
    • Chris Chalk
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    8.3/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Timothy Van Patten
    • Writers
      • Howard Korder
      • Rolin Jones
      • Ron Fitzgerald
    • Stars
      • Matthew Rhys
      • Juliet Rylance
      • Chris Chalk
    • 4User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Matthew Rhys
    Matthew Rhys
    • Perry Mason
    Juliet Rylance
    Juliet Rylance
    • Della Street
    Chris Chalk
    Chris Chalk
    • Paul Drake
    Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham
    • Pete Strickland
    Tatiana Maslany
    Tatiana Maslany
    • Sister Alice McKeegan
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
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    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Birdy McKeegan
    Gayle Rankin
    Gayle Rankin
    • Emily Dodson
    Stephen Root
    Stephen Root
    • Maynard Barnes
    Andrew Howard
    Andrew Howard
    • Detective Ennis
    Veronica Falcón
    Veronica Falcón
    • Lupe Gibbs
    Justin Kirk
    Justin Kirk
    • Hamilton Burger
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • Herman Baggerly
    Jefferson Mays
    Jefferson Mays
    • Virgil Sheets
    David Wilson Barnes
    David Wilson Barnes
    • Elder Brown
    Taylor Nichols
    Taylor Nichols
    • Elder Seidel
    Molly Ephraim
    Molly Ephraim
    • Hazel Prystock
    Nate Corddry
    Nate Corddry
    • Matthew Dodson
    • Director
      • Timothy Van Patten
    • Writers
      • Howard Korder
      • Rolin Jones
      • Ron Fitzgerald
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    10agnabeya

    As I keep saying-

    This just keeps getting better and better every week! Tonight I was left breathless at the end-I hadn't realised I was holding my breath. From the beginning- I have thought this was the best thing on TV for years. It gets better all the time.
    10AlsExGal

    I feel like a broken record...

    ... this series just keeps topping itself every week. This week could be called "odd couples, odd results". But even that doesn't sum it up.

    Perry and his old partner come to an odd conclusion, and we finally get to see Drake and Perry in action. Perry tells Drake: "Watch how it's done". And that doesn't exactly work out.

    That kiss between Della and Hamilton Burger a couple of weeks ago? Tonight, in a prolonged scene, we finally get to see what it is all about.

    As for Alice and Birdie, I was expecting something shocking, but never THAT! I just want to give a shout out to actress Lili Taylor. Never a conventional beauty, she has played all kinds of characters and all have intrigued me, starting back in "Dogfight" and then as the woman Nate marries but doesn't choose in "Six Feet Under", and now THIS.

    Some of the mystery begins to fall into place in ways I never considered when this started out. And there is one shocking scene in the middle of the murder mystery beginning to come together.

    I really like how the writers have had long scenes between characters that make me think that things are a certain way between them only to have them turn everything you believed on your head in a later scene.

    Best of all, I love how Perry is coming into his own in confidence in the courtroom. I wish I could say more, but I don't want to give anything away. All I can say is, if you binge watch this, don't give up on it in the first couple of episodes. It not only gets better but every episode reveals why things were done the way that they were in what seems like a slow opening.

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    • Trivia
      The man asking Perry Mason for an autograph mentions autographs he already has. The names he mentions are of actual killers, and some serial killers. The ones listed are: (William) Edward Hickman, Gordon (Stewart) Northcott, Louise Peete, The Lady Strangler and The Attic Man (Theodore Edward Coneys).
    • Goofs
      When Pete tails Seidel in a crowd he bumps into the same man wearing a purple cap six times within 27 seconds. A same shot was used twice in 14 seconds during this scene. Seidel also bumps into the man twice. All this suggests that film editors ran out of usable footage when creating this scene.
    • Soundtracks
      Sweet Sue, Just You
      Written by Will J. Harris, Victor Young

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    • Release date
      • August 2, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA(street scenes)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 2m(62 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00 : 1

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