Perry Mason: The Case of the Prodigal Parent (1958)
Season 1, Episode 36
6/10
The Case of the Prodigal Parent
22 April 2021
Philip Larkin is an uncouth irritant. Maybe his parents messed him up.

The dislikeable man is trying to get his wicked ways with young secretary Lorraine Stevens. She keeps turning him down and he gets a little nasty.

When Larkin is found dead, his mother asks Perry Mason to defend the suspect.

It is her ex-husband, Joseph Harrison who found his stepson's body.

Hamilton Burger thinks he is on a surefire winner. He has film footage of Harrison and Larkin arguing and being involved in a fracas.

Perry Mason needs to find Larkin's mother who disappeared after meeting him. He suspects that there are some dark family secrets that have been unearthed.

This one is very melodramatic, almost a soap opera. I could never buy the last minute confession in this one. The actual culprit was a bit of a weasel.
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