“Perry Mason” Season 2 will return early next year at HBO

• Perry Mason will return to HBO in February.
• The titular investigator, played by Matthew Rhys, will be back in action.
• The series is set in the early 1930s.

Perry Mason, the popular historical drama will return to HBO in February, according to a recent tweet.

For the first time since the Dodson case was resolved at the end of the show’s first season in August 2020, the titular investigator, played by Emmy-nominated Matthew Rhys, will be back in action.

The return of the series is eagerly anticipated following a critically lauded debut season that received four Emmy nominations.

The series, which serves as Mason’s origin tale, is set in the early 1930s, when the Great Depression has already devastated the majority of the United States.

As he navigates the judicial system of Los Angeles, one of the few areas thriving despite the Depression, Mason struggles with the trauma from his experience in the Great War as well as his most recent divorce.

Season 2 shifts to 1933 after the well-known Dodson case involving a kidnapped infant, with Mason “in the soup again,” in the words of Rhys’s co-star Shea Whigham.

Thanks to the dependable Della Street (Juliet Rylance), Mason transitions from the criminal court system to civil trials in order to temporarily escape the mayhem while still being plagued by the ghosts of World War I.

With the departure of the original showrunners Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones in favour of Michael Begler and Jack Amiel of The Knick fame, Season 2 will see some changes.

The great surprise, though, was Tatiana Maslany’s resignation, which she likely had to do because of her past obligations to She-Hulk.

She portrayed Sister Alice, the mysterious faith healer who attracted a large following thanks to her sermons that mixed religion with entertainment.

Sister Alice’s storyline in the show was just beginning to take shape, according to Maslany, who previously discussed this with Collider, adding to the surprise of her departure.

Perry Mason hired a tonne of new talent to fill the vacuum left by Maslany. While Katherine Waterston enters as a new series regular, Hope Davis, Jon Chaffin, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Onohoua Rodriguez, and Jee Young Han have also joined as recurring cast members.

Clara Drake’s on-screen counterpart Diarra Kilpatrick has also been promoted to series regular.

She is just one of many returning actors that also includes Rhys, Whigham, Rylance, Chris Chalk, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Stephen Root, Gayle Rankin, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcon, Jefferson Mays, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, and Robert Patrick.

The series was developed by Fitzgerald and Jones based on the well-known figure established by Erle Stanley Gardner.

It’s the second time Gardner’s detective stories have been used as the basis for a television programme; Perry Mason, one of the first one-hour programmes on television, made waves in 1957.

Along with its superb actors and creators, HBO’s adaptation has benefited from the work of director Tim Van Patten, who is largely responsible for evoking the look of 1930s Los Angeles.

Season 2 of Perry Mason will premiere in February. Here are the Season 1 trailer and the official tweet from HBO:

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