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Lionel Mandrake

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7. The old TV series was much closer to the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:44 PM

Jul 2020

The main characters had no discernable past, and they didn't develop. The new series is an imagined back story, with the good guys not all that good, but a lot sexier.

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Perry Mason, starting June 21 HBO [View all] IcyPeas Jun 2020 OP

My husband and I plan to watch it! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #1

i'm a fan of the Raymond Burr show hope this is good. dem4decades Jun 2020 #2

The old TV series was much closer to the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #7

The thought of seeing Della naked is somewhat disturbing. dem4decades Jul 2020 #8

Barbara Hale looked pretty good Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #9

I made it through about three minutes of the trailer. It's really horribly bad. PSPS Jun 2020 #3

Tatiana Maslany is a great actor! Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #4

Yes! Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #6

yuck. made it through 30 min of episode 1. disappointing on many levels NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #5

It is grand... Tikki Jul 2020 #10

Couldn't even finish the first episode eleny Jul 2020 #11