The original airdate of this episode was 02/06/1960. Note the timeframe of the action. They’re contemporaneous! George Livingston (a.k.a. Robert Doniger) apparently opens the bank account on 01/04/1960 because he tells the bank teller when he does so that by the beginning of February he’ll have over $100,000 in the account. Next, we plainly see his withdrawal slip/check for $112,000 is dated 02/02/1960. (One of the few times [the only time?] we see a completely articulated date in the series.) January 1 was a Friday; February 2 was a Tuesday. As an aside, the $112,000 in 1960 would be about $803,770.27 today. Submitted by billp, 1/11/2009.
+ A dating of the action does occur in at least one other episode. The date of the murder is almost explicitly articulated in Episode #216, although by an odd and completely different means: Solar Observation! Thanks to gracenote for bringing this connection between these two episodes to my attention! Submitted by Gary Woloski, 17 Jan 2012.
+ Articulated Dates. So far I've noted six episodes in which the action portrayed in the episode is exactly or proximately articulated, sometimes even specifying the Murder Date:

• Ep#9 TCOT Vagabond Vixen, by means of a fully dated cheque and dialogue; date of the murder is explicit.
• Ep#40 TCOT Corresponding Corpse, by means of dialogue, the cars and the 3-cent postage rate; date of the murder is explicit.
• This Ep#84, by means of the dated bank withdrawal slip.
• Ep#133 TCOT Injured Innocent by means of a dated cheque, although the year has not been written on the cheque.
• Ep#134 TCOT Left-Handed Liar by means of dated cheques (no year entered) and cheque-cancellation perforations with the year "61" (ep airdate also 61).
• Ep#216 TCOT Betrayed Bride by means of Solar Observation (time of sunset in LA), giving three possible days of the year for the murder, assuming year is '64 (year of airdate).

Submitted by Gary Woloski, 27 Apr 2012.

For some reason Mason returns to his office through the Law Library door, carrying his coat and briefcase. As this room has no connecting door to the hallway, one wonders about this. Submitted by francis, 3/9/12.

The law library has a connecting door to Gertie's receptionist room. Clients are often taken from the main office entrance, through receptionist, to the law library to wait until someone else in Perry's office (often Tragg) has left, and then directly in to see Perry. In this episode, in fact, client Nelson is brought through that way after his wife leaves. cgraul 4.27.12