This episode has all the things that make 'Perry Mason' still interesting today as it was in the early 60's. Good storyline, good acting and characters that are believable today as they were so many years ago.
Also in this episode we get to see Sue Randall (who played Beaver Cleaver's elementary school teacher) with those big beautiful eyes and girl-next-door presents. She plays Amy Scott that is going to a fortune-teller, named Madame Zillia (Lori March), and trying to find information about her life. But little does Madame Zillia know- she is being recorded during all the sessions with Amy.
We also see that Amy has hired Paul Drake to find out the whereabouts of a man named Tommy Stiller (John Napiers). At the beginning we are not sure why she wants to find him but by the end of the show it becomes clear.
Anyway a neighbor ends up dead and Amy becomes the suspect. And with Paul's ties she is defended by Perry.
I was captivated by the acting in the episode. Lori March, that played Madame Zillia, did a good job of becoming the fortune-teller and making the viewer accept her in the part. She is mysterious and rigid when she has to be- but also produces a soft side that has the watcher connecting with her feeling.
Sue Randall, with a face that stops traffic, is beautiful and outgoing in this episode. And from her looks, the viewer knows that she could have never done something as wrong as what has been accused in Hamilton Burger's complainant. (Sad that Ms Randall died of lung cancer at the age of 49)
This is a good watch because there is something for everyone in this episode. - Note, this is the third episode in a row that Della is not seen. She still must be visiting her aunt.