Antic Angel from 1964 is a keeper in the sense of a high rating resembling all episodes back on track of the Los Angeles based locations with the starring cast members beyond Perry, i.e. Della, Paul and Burger. By 1964, Ray Collins must have been too weak to appear due to the emphysema that ultimately took his life in 1965; CBS kept his name on the opening credits despite his absence. Guest stars can make the viewing either disdainful or pleasurable; the case is the latter by far.
Greed and corruption are centered with deception from the start of the story when a man thinks he saw his deceased wife get into a cab and later saw her dead in a car, opening the car's door only to hold her slumping body with blood dripping on his person. The deception was purposeful, not the murder. Money had been taken and the former wife was part of a scam with an accomplice. There are sufficient suspects Perry has to weed through before he receives the confession right in the courtroom for Burger to be startled.
The defendant does not make it necessarily easy for Perry throughout not remembering the facts because he was either intoxicated or just did not know all the details due to being distanced from the other suspects. There is the sister who despises the defendant, the investigator who originally planted the ex-wife seeking the whereabouts of purloined funds, other less details about the remaining suspects have to be extricated in court by Perry. Overall, the episode had all the intrigue from the start watching the characters play their parts in the deception. The wife never died on the plane she was to be purported on because she had switched seats with another woman before boarding her flight, then assuming the identity of another due to the agreement she had with her accomplice. Watch the entire show to see who pops up in court to admit to the murder and the defining epilogue in Mason's office.
Greed and corruption are centered with deception from the start of the story when a man thinks he saw his deceased wife get into a cab and later saw her dead in a car, opening the car's door only to hold her slumping body with blood dripping on his person. The deception was purposeful, not the murder. Money had been taken and the former wife was part of a scam with an accomplice. There are sufficient suspects Perry has to weed through before he receives the confession right in the courtroom for Burger to be startled.
The defendant does not make it necessarily easy for Perry throughout not remembering the facts because he was either intoxicated or just did not know all the details due to being distanced from the other suspects. There is the sister who despises the defendant, the investigator who originally planted the ex-wife seeking the whereabouts of purloined funds, other less details about the remaining suspects have to be extricated in court by Perry. Overall, the episode had all the intrigue from the start watching the characters play their parts in the deception. The wife never died on the plane she was to be purported on because she had switched seats with another woman before boarding her flight, then assuming the identity of another due to the agreement she had with her accomplice. Watch the entire show to see who pops up in court to admit to the murder and the defining epilogue in Mason's office.