Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

To tell you the truth, Mr. Mason, I really thought Congressman Kimball did kill his wife.

Fortunately, the jury didn't share your opinion.

Well, as I've told you, you'll have 90 seconds to tell our audience why they didn't.

Could be done in less.

Right now, if New York took an A-bomb, it would get a two-minute news bite

between the weather report and a cat food commercial.

Gary said that this tie is a crime against humanity.

Can I get a second opinion?

Oh, Chuck, Mr. Perry Mason, Chuck Gilmore, our sports guy.

I'm a long-time fan, and there's nothing wrong with that tie.

Thanks.

I'm a big fan of yours, too.

See you later.

Chuck, close the obscenity around your neck, okay?

Twyla, Mr. Mason likes you.

Mr. Mason.

Ah, we spoke on the phone, aren't we, Twyla Cooper?

Our news director.

Brilliant, but a total tyrant.

A pleasure, Miss Cooper.

Well, I appreciate your being here.

Gillian Pope is a very persuasive young woman.

Twyla, I need you.

Oh, Brett, I'd like you to meet... Now?

Sorry.

Excuse me.

He's... Not one of your favorites.

Well, it's 12 minutes to air.

I need a touch-up.

I understand you don't want any makeup?

Right.

It wouldn't help.

Me neither, but I keep trying.

Oh, Vic, do me a favor.

Would you take Mr. Mason to the studio?

It would be a pleasure.

I'm sending your first class, Vic St. John, our station manager.

Very Mason.

Right this way, Mr. Mason.

I'll see you on stage.

By the way, I spoke to Twyla.

We, uh, cut your Mason piece.

To hell you did.

Come on, now, the Kimball case is old news.

Besides, I need more time for my capital punishment piece.

I should have been consulted on it.

I should have been consulted on this.

What are you kidding?

In the first place, this is not your show.

And secondly, your interview pieces, they're about as inspiring as the traffic reports.

That about does it, lady.

You're through.

Yeah.

Well, I think Vic will have something to say about that.

Oh, really?

What do you think Vic's gonna say?

He's going to say anything you want, Brett.

So if I were you, I'd start looking for another job, lady.

Maybe another drug connection?

Oh, Mr. Mason.

Thought I'd say goodbye.

I guess you've been told.

Yes.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, no, it's all right.

Brett Huston is a world-famous... class pig.

Oh, you're too bad, girl.

You're insulting our pig viewers.

Okay, everybody, two minutes to air.

Places, please.

Brett, I just got a call for you in the newsroom.

A guy named Joe College.

Really?

What did he want?

Oh, I left the message on your desk.

No, Brenda, I asked you what he wanted.

He said he got what you needed, and he wants you to meet him right after

the show, on the C-level parking lot in the Fashion Center Mall.

You still working on that Briggs College story?

I thought that was a dead end.

Sure, I could probably wrap it up tonight.

Chucky, looks like you might be back on the sports pages.

How about that?

Brett, you're full of cow dung.

Come on, you love the publicity.

Okay, five, four, three, two, we're in titles.

30 seconds, everyone.

And now, KGGY, Channel 8, 10 O'clock news, with Denver's award-winning news team.

Pull back one.

Brett Huston, Gillian Post, Chuck Gilmore with sports, and Gary Slate with the weapons.

And now, Denver's news as it happens.

With tonight's top story, here's Brett Huston.

Five, four, three, two.

Good evening.

Our top stories in the news tonight.

The stalemate in the Mideast may be finally coming to an end.

Leaders meet tomorrow in Cairo.

A woman who talks to horses and understands their thoughts.

A special report from Golden, Colorado.

Also, the highs and lows in the weather and sports, including highlights of tonight's Nuggets game in Denver.

Standby, insert.

Pull back.

And roll, Cairo.

A series of brutal murders continues.

The Nuggets cross the Jazz tonight, 105 to 88.

Now, the Jazz.

The Jazz lead the Nuggets by only two, with the Dallas Mavericks a game behind.

The Houston Rockets are five back, and the San Antonio Spurs, despite their

recent two-game sweep of the Celtics, remain nine games behind.

And standby, Baker.

And in the basement, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Brett.

Well, thank you, Chuck.

Well, the Nuggets are in second place.

You think they can do it this year?

We're coming on strong.

If the Nuggets keep playing the way they did tonight, absolutely they could walk away with the title.

Great.

Well, let's keep our fingers crossed, huh?

And now, recapping tonight's top story.

A report from Cassie Woodfield, still after the brutal double murder,

which took place earlier tonight at a Happy's hamburger stand in nearby Mountain View.

Another in a string of apparently unrelated violent incidents, which have

plagued the fast food chain during the past year.

Cassie?

Tonight, tragedy struck without warning in this normally quiet suburb.

Two young people are dead, and police have no leads as to the killer or killers.

Here's the scene earlier this evening.

Two Mountain View High School students were shot to death in front of this fast food restaurant.

We need to talk.

We already talked.

Well, I think it's really important.

Yeah, to you, maybe.

Brett, please.

I just need a couple of minutes.

There's no time.

I need a word myself.

Sorry, I have an appointment later.

Yeah, I know.

May I call you later?

Well, it won't help.

Are they aware of any reason why these two young people were singled out to have their lives end so violently?

The tragedy, of course, is that there probably wasn't any.

Brett and Gillian, back to you.

Thank you, Cassie.

Very good and very frightening report.

Gare, I'll tell you what.

Could you look back into your crystal ball there for us and tell us what kind of a weekend we're going to have?

I'd be happy to, Brett.

Weather-wise, it's going to be a real beauty.

As I reported earlier, we're locked into a mild weather pattern.

So you should look for highs in the 60s, lows at night in the mid-40s.

The important thing is get out there and enjoy that good weather while we still have it.

Okay?

Back to you, Brett.

Thanks, Gary.

And now from all of us at KGGY News, pull back and roll, Caroline.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Good night.

Now!

Now!

What the hell are you doing here?

Harry, I have been trying and trying to reach you.

I turned the phone off.

I've been working on my speech.

It came in at six.

Are you still going to that meeting in Kansas City?

My plane leaves at noon.

Well, I thought you'd stay around so you could talk to the police.

Why?

Because you were there and everything.

Della, what are you talking about?

The morning newspaper.

I'm sorry.

I assumed you knew.

Perry Mason's office.

Oh, just one minute, please.

Gillian Pope.

Hello?

Yes, I'm reading about it now.

All right, I'll be there in half an hour.

Yes, I hated him.

But I certainly didn't kill him.

Tell me about this unusual language that you used in makeup.

Unusual?

Ah, that.

Well, you see, we had this argument, uh, about cutting your interview, as a matter of fact.

And I, uh...

I sort of lost it for a minute.

And not for the first time.

I gather you know something of my sordid past.

I know you were a network news personality, that you developed a cocaine habit, and were probably fired because of it.

Yeah.

Well, I guess it was just a case of too much too soon.

Suddenly I was in the big league, and...

scared to death.

A guy I was dating gave me some coke.

I felt like there was nothing I couldn't do.

And then...

then I found I couldn't leave it alone.