Compared to the first season of HBO's "Perry Mason," led by Matthew Rhys as the titular detective-turned-attorney, the premiere of the second season was pretty tame. Last season, Mason tracked down a child-killer who stitched his victim's eyes open. When he's back in court this time, it's because a pair of grocers is feuding.
Sunny Gryce (played by Sean Astin) is a kind of walking caricature of a blustering "by the bootstraps" early 20th century capitalist; he is represented by Mason and is suing his former employee, Ed Purtell (Matt Bush) for opening his own grocery store across the street. Based on Ed's testimony, it sounds like he put in most of the organizational work at Sunny's. He wrote the manager's handbook, he came up with the slogan and he perfected the layout of the store. Why not apply that hustle to your own business?
