History Characters / PerryMason2020

* TokenGoodCop: The [[TheThirties 1930s]] LAPD aren't presented in a positive light, with it being common knowledge the vast majority of the force is corrupt, brutal, racist and only interested in making quick arrests. Detective Gene Holcomb almost openly takes bribes and makes it clear his only interest in solving cases is to advance his career, whilst his partner [[RabidCop Detective Joe Ennis]] is a smug, sadistic brute [[spoiler: who is actually responsible for a child kidnapping and commits multiple murders to cover up his involvement]]. Even [[AntiHero Pete]] admits that back when he was a Vice cop he took bribes and engaged in dubious actions, until the corruption became too much and he quit. However, [[MinorityPoliceOfficer Officer Paul Drake]], despite being a mere beat cop, is a dedicated and upstanding officer, who has the skills to be a great detective if not for [[MinorityPoliceOfficer his race holding him back]]. His integrity even worries his colleagues, with the lieutenant not-so-subtly warning Drake there will be consequences if he doesn't get with the program. [[spoiler: Instead, Drake realises the LAPD is a dead end, and decides to become a private investigator working with Perry Mason]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Perry is an alcoholic, depressed cynic, but his heart is in the right place and he’s proves to be a firm believer in giving justice to innocents.
* JuryAndWitnessTampering: [[spoiler:He bribes a juror (via Pete) to get Emily a mistrial]]; it turns out to be unnecessary, since Perry did manage to convince two jurors of Emily's innocence for real.

* MsFanservice: She's quite pretty, wearing flattering, stylish clothing and is topless then seen [[ToplessnessFromTheBack naked from the back]] after having sex with Anita. She's also seen getting up from bed once again topless (as is Anita) in the next episode.

* DirtyCop: Averted. He’s the only honest cop on the LAPD, and though Holcomb, Ennis and Sgt. Morton almost force him into becoming one, he ultimately quits rather than compromise his principles.

* AmoralAttorney: He will ruin people's lives and commit illegal actions for the sake of forwarding his own career.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Barnes is ''constantly'' smugly mocking and bragging his opponents when he has an advantage on them. The second they do the same to him, he's immediately sent into a self-righteous rage. It's subtly implied his [[spoiler:blackmail of EB was motivated by EB mocking him the same way Barnes had been mocking him for several episodes, and Perry smugly grinning at Barnes after getting a mistrial declared contributes to his VillainousBreakdown.]]

A member of the Radiant Assembly of God who Emily had an affair with, who has a critical connection to the case.

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:At the end of the first season she apparently decides to take in the baby Birdy gave her as the "resurrected" Charlie, despite clearly knowing he's a different baby.]]

* SympatheticAdulterer: Zig zagged. Her relationship with Matthew had stagnated and George made her feel wanted, but she also left Charlie alone in a hotel room while she had sex with George next door.

A grocery store owner whose 1-year-old son, Charlie, is kidnapped.

* DirtyCop: The end of the first episode reveals him to be a part of the kidnappers plot when he murders the three kidnappers.

* LackOfEmpathy: While murdering the kidnappers, he doesn't show any emotion as he methodically guns them down them, and when he runs out of bullets, he calmly crushes an already fatally wounded kidnapper's throat as though he were merely stepping on a bug.

* {{Sadist}}: Ennis loves making other people squirm, and takes great joy in making people suffer, especially if they can’t fight back, whether it be merely taunting them, to drawing out their deaths for his own amusement.

* StupidEvil: While Holcomb tries to be a little more restrained and cautious in his corruption, Ennis is a reckless loose cannon with no subtlety, who uses threats, bullying and violence as a first resort when the soft approach would work much better. [[spoiler:His involvement in the Dodson kidnapping, and personally murdering the other conspirators in a botched cover-up that was nearly exposed, is what finally convinces Holcomb to have him killed.]]

* DudeWheresMyRespect: He’s helped almost all of the powerful authority figures on LA reach their positions, yet when he asks them for favors, he gets dismissed within seconds.

* AffablyEvil: He's always friendly and amiable, and is one of the only people to be one-hundred percent helpful to Perry during his investigation. He's also a crime boss, [[spoiler:and has Ennis drowned as a favor to Holcomb.]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Gayle Rankin

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:In season two she cheats on her lover, Hazel, with Anita St. Pierre]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He makes an extremely racist and racial slur-filled joke about black New Year's Eve celebrt, and later mocks Drake for doing his job and “playing detective”.

* MsFanservice: She's quite pretty, wearing flattering, stylish clothing and is topless then seen [[ToplessnessFromTheBack naked from the back]] after having sex with her second girlfriend Anita.