Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.

An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.

What on earth is postmortem amnesia? The friendly lady tries to explain it to her as gently as possible. But Wendy refuses to accept that there is a meat cleaver stuck in her skull.