Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThrumming in the background of HBO’s many triumphs in the past five years has been the cabler’s desire to continue the particular, pitch-dark success of “True Detective.” First came two more seasons of the Nic Pizzolatto anthology, ones that with varying degrees of artistic achievement both managed to continue that show’s general vibe of anguished toil, its sense that cracking a case does little to heal the broken soul of the world.
Previously this year came “The Outsider,” an adaptation of a Stephen King crime novel that continued in the feel-bad vibe; now, HBO’s quest for noir returns to the source.With “Perry Mason,” HBO repurposes the character best known from the Raymond Burr-led legal drama of the.
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