**SPOILERS** One thing I still have a real hard time with is the way this episode starts off. In a nice restaurant, a man (?) trips another man, who is then picked up off the floor, and attacked with brass knuckles, breaking his jaw; and NOBODY says anything? In a good restaurant? In 1959? I DON'T THINK SO. The guy holding the victim's arms? A private dick? End of his career, period. He's already a no-good rat, so it won't change his life THAT much; he'll just forge a license, won't he?
The rest of the case hinges on three major clues, a dog, a printing press; and a gun. The press has Perry's client, Claire's fingerprint, and ONLY one on it, the gun, none. There is a kid, the dog, a babysitter, an ex-wife, kid's mother (who is strangely disconnected from motherly interest in her own son), a possessive, imperious, arrogant grandfather, the huz of the ex-wife, and a bunch of other small time crooks (of some ilk). Perry sorts it out, and Della gets to show again how much she loves kids; and also, how much she likes setting up Paul; in the end. Perry drives a nice Ford Fairlane, it should still be a Cadillac. Bob Rockwell plays Mala Powers' boyfriend (who it was that got clobbered in the beginning), and Mala plays a typical Perry client. Not mean, rotten loudmouthed and angry with the world; just densely, pathetically scared, and clueless. Jennifer Howard plays Lorraine, and I think she looks an awful lot like Amanda Blake; very sexy.
The killer says he has an altruistic motive, but when you add it up, and notice the calculated rottenness of said's behavior, there is NO possible avoiding a Murder One charge (Book'em Danno).
What keeps this show moving is Acting. Performed by complete professionals who show how deep the bench is in this terrific series. They deserve a great deal of credit for carrying the sometimes crazily patched together story lines. Thanks to S.A.G. for a great lineup. If you want to know more, and straighten out the sub-plots, get the series from Amazon; you won't regret it.
The rest of the case hinges on three major clues, a dog, a printing press; and a gun. The press has Perry's client, Claire's fingerprint, and ONLY one on it, the gun, none. There is a kid, the dog, a babysitter, an ex-wife, kid's mother (who is strangely disconnected from motherly interest in her own son), a possessive, imperious, arrogant grandfather, the huz of the ex-wife, and a bunch of other small time crooks (of some ilk). Perry sorts it out, and Della gets to show again how much she loves kids; and also, how much she likes setting up Paul; in the end. Perry drives a nice Ford Fairlane, it should still be a Cadillac. Bob Rockwell plays Mala Powers' boyfriend (who it was that got clobbered in the beginning), and Mala plays a typical Perry client. Not mean, rotten loudmouthed and angry with the world; just densely, pathetically scared, and clueless. Jennifer Howard plays Lorraine, and I think she looks an awful lot like Amanda Blake; very sexy.
The killer says he has an altruistic motive, but when you add it up, and notice the calculated rottenness of said's behavior, there is NO possible avoiding a Murder One charge (Book'em Danno).
What keeps this show moving is Acting. Performed by complete professionals who show how deep the bench is in this terrific series. They deserve a great deal of credit for carrying the sometimes crazily patched together story lines. Thanks to S.A.G. for a great lineup. If you want to know more, and straighten out the sub-plots, get the series from Amazon; you won't regret it.