Perry Mason: The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal (1962)
Season 5, Episode 20
10/10
Blame the Kids
24 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
**SPOILERS** If you saw it, you remember that there were TWO little girls that were pen-pals. The first, Sandra, was friends with Jill, whose mom was very HOTT. Sandra's Dad was friends with Karen, and somehow, there was information given back and forth about important mergers, stock prices, etc., and absolutely none of it is believable. These kids were about 11-12 years old, and what they were interested in was Elvis, American Bandstand, Barbie dolls, playing school - the usual stuff girls that age(like my little sister), were interested in. NOT the stock market. But, what the hay.. One guy makes out pretty well because he's milking Jill (kid #2), for the info, but this point becomes THE issue.

We don't ever want to forget that Perry is a genius financial attorney, and when he realizes that the small potatoes investor is NOT involved in anything on the level of market manipulation, it's just a matter of very short time before he isolates the main culprit. I can see her point, too. Her Huz was an uninterested low achiever with very little ambition, so disconnected that even he didn't see what she was doing. Loser.

It's a shame that they didn't have more of a part for Jill's mom, she was very interesting. Karen's good looking enough, and of course she lies to Perry, giving the show time for a break and commercials. I liked the part about Paul getting arrested, and Perry trying to talk sense into Karen before she knew she'd need his help.

The killer would probably get Murder 2, and maybe (if the D.A.can remember to), some S.E.C. violations and fines. If not, then she scored pretty big. She's an old bag herself, so any of her assets will be handled by her Huz. She's probably gonna croak in Tehachapi. I think he'll probably take a nice vacation from her, the company, and after he's had a lot of fun spending the money she made, divorce her and leave her flat for wrecking everything for everyone else. You know, separate any financial benefits from her side of things before she can figure a way to screw things up? Sounds pretty cold, doesn't it? Well, that's business, folks.
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