Perhaps I was expecting more out of this show than I should- but for such a well written mystery- the ending was a bit of TV magic. Without any evidence or suspicion, Perry tells the courtroom that a person is guilty. And from the gallery, a person tries to escape only to be blocked by the bailiff at the doors of the courtroom. I know the writers are trying to find interesting ways to end a script- but please let us viewers enjoy the capture. Please let it be someone that we can look back, after the show, and say "Yes, I thought it maybe that person". However in this episode do not even try to guess.
Again not a bad story with two men Mike Preston and Harlow Phipps trying to get back at an old executive named Hugh Jamison. Seems Jamison was taking investments in an oil well some years ago when a strange fire engulfed the entire operation. Just so happened the investment money plus securities made by Preston, Phipps and many other people just happened to burn up in the fire. And with Preston receiving a crippled leg in the fire no part of the money or securities was ever recovered. Thus making Preston believe the fire was to cover up the theft of the investments by Jamison.
So Preston and Phipps hatch this scheme where another oil well is on the verge of producing. They shut the operation down and want to sell the property. They know that the information will soon leak out that the well is going to be a gusher and Jamison will buy the land with the stolen securities.
However something goes terribly wrong when Phipps is murdered and Preston's gun is the murder weapon. Their scheme backfired as Hamilton Burger believes that Preston killed Phipps to make sure that he gets control of the entire oil well.
The mystery is afoot as Perry defends Preston in court on the charges. But when the true murderer is revealed the entire show seemed for naught.
Anyway I was disappointed in the outcome of the show but was interested in the story. Sometimes you just cannot have all one wants.