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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I was really looking forward to the finale but I have to say, I was very disappointed with how the story was concluded.

It's common knowledge that Perry Mason only lost one case in his entire career during the original run and since that episode originally aired in the early 60's, I knew that they were "boxed in" and couldn't show a true loss.

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I also felt that Sister Alice's story arc wrapped up way too predictably convenient, as did Perry's relationship with Lupe and the relationship with Lili Taylor's character and Emily Dodson's.

I'm sure I'll watch Season 2 but it's not something I'm anticipating or excited about.

The best hope from Season 2 is that the overall story arc is better written and less predictable (outside the fact that Perry can't lose a case in this series).

I never watched any of the old Perry Mason iterations so maybe The expectations I had aren’t shared by many. I really came in fresh. I was excited because I’m a Rhys fanboy and am a sucker for 30s Hollywood (which it wasn’t).

Regarding Alice,

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Not sure what you’d want. They made it clear that she was unaware that it was a ****ing hoax the whole time. So the options I see are she runs away or goes back to the sister Alice character. The dialogue and acting there coupled with the growth from the sexual assault noise from the last episode lent itself to a really satisfying arc IMO.

Regarding the two mothers

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Makes good sense that Taylor’s character would go back to the huckster life. Plenty of precedent for it. And I didn’t necessarily need to see the mechanics of the fall of the church. That would have just taken away from scenes I enjoyed. As for Emily Dodson, the ending isn’t one I expected but it is a nice fit. She chose to live the life of a fraud with an adopted kid because that is probably her best shot at getting to raise a kid. Worked for me.

I’ll fully acknowledge that I’m the least creative dude in the room and other more creative dudes could come up with better endings but it was really good IMO. It would have probably been horrible with meh acting but the performances really sold it for me.

The other thing that really stuck with me was

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The turn on Holcomb being a bigger bad than Ennis. They did a good job of pushing the good cop innocent guy Idea through the series. And even though in hindsight, sure should have seen it coming but it did work for me.

I Dunno. Maybe I’m just a simpleton but it hooked me.