The Case of the Corresponding Corpse

Season 2, Episode 1, Aired

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Perry receives a telephone call from George Beaumont, a man who supposedly died in a plane crash nearly three years before. In reality, Beaumont missed the plane and after hearing about the accident decided to disappear leaving wife Laura with his life insurance money. Since then, Beaumont has been cavorting with girlfriend Ruth Whittaker and living under an alias. He has grown tired of this life and wants to return home but someone cuts short his return by sticking a letter opener in his back. Ruth is then charged with the murder.moreless
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      • Perry (answers phone): Hello. Lt. Tragg: You don't care what hours you keep. Perry: Who is this? Lt. Tragg: Your friend and admirer. Perry: Lieutenant Tragg? Lt. Tragg: Yes it is.

      • Lt. Tragg (to Perry): Well, I've got to get back to work. Thanks for dropping by, and I'll tell Mr. Burger you've been most cooperative.

      • Lt. Tragg: (to an officer holding the murder weapon) Get that down to the lab. (to Perry) That's the murder weapon if you haven't guessed. Perry: I guessed. Who killed him, Lieutenant? Lt. Tragg: What makes you think we've picked on anyone? Perry: Oh, you've got that look.

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      • Lillian Bronson makes her first appearance as a female judge in this episode.

      • Joan Staley would return in TCOT Double Entry Mind, TCOT Lonely Eloper, and TCOT Gallant Grafter.

      • Future Young and the Restless star Jeanne Cooper makes the first of several guest appearances in this Season Two premiere episode. Ms. Cooper would return in TCOT Lucky Legs, TCOT Glamorous Ghost, TCOT Nervous Neighbor, and TCOT Vanishing Victim. She is also the mother of L. A. Law star Corbin Bernsen.

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