Paul Drake wasn't the best investigator
he was always behind the eight ball.
shareNot really, but he was written as less significant to the discovery of clues in the TV series as opposed to the books so that Mason was clearly the hero. In the TV series, they used Drake to present information Mason obviously wouldn't have had the time to get on his own. But if you pay attention, he very often follows an instruction from Mason, or hands him a key piece of information, close to the end of the show that gives Mason the last piece of the puzzle.
shareperry always had to tell him what to do. he seemed to have no clue most of the time.
shareAgain, Mason was the hero. But even in the books, Drake did straight investigation and Mason gave him explicit instructions on anything that got tricky, and that's because Mason could craft the tactics to keep them within the law and legal ethics.
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