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The Best Episodes of Reasonable Doubts

Every episode of Reasonable Doubts ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Reasonable Doubts!

A police drama about the working relationship between Assistant DA Tess Kaufman, a prosecutor sensitive to the rights of the accused, and hard-charging, gruff Detective Dicky Cobb, an old-fashioned cop with a "bust-the-perps" attitude. Reasonable Doubts was broadcast in the United States by NBC and ran from 1991 to 1993.

Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Reasonable Doubts" is "One Woman's Word", rated 9/10 from 17 user votes. It was directed by Eric Laneuville and written by N/A. "One Woman's Word" aired on 11/29/1991 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".

  • One Woman's Word
    9.0/10 17 votes

    #1 - One Woman's Word

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1991

    Kay is as much on trial as the defendant, but with the support of Tess and Dicky she braces herself as the proceedings begin.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    8.8/10 21 votes

    #2 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1991

    When police officer Dicky Cobb reveals he can read sign language, he's transferred from the street to the office of deputy district attorney Tess Kaufman.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: Robert Singer

  • Hard Bargains
    8.7/10 22 votes

    #3 - Hard Bargains

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1991

    Tess and Dicky handle the case of a mentally ill man who attacked a neighbor. Kay gives Dicky an ultimatum while Tess is impressed with her ex's efforts to strengthen their relationship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Phillip Smith

  • Crumbling Systems
    8.7/10 84 votes

    #4 - Crumbling Systems

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1993

    Dicky's buddy, a cop, is despondent over his crumbling marriage; Tess becomes an advocate for a disturbed deaf woman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • ... and Sleep Won't Come
    8.6/10 20 votes

    #5 - ... and Sleep Won't Come

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1991

    Grieving over the suicide of a friend, Tess investigates the case that drove him to despair. Dicky reconciles with Kay.

    Director: Bill D'Elia

    Writer: John Schulian

  • Lifelines (2)
    8.6/10 14 votes

    #6 - Lifelines (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1992

    Kay remains critically wounded; Bruce's wealthy mother visits him in prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Diminished Capacity
    8.6/10 14 votes

    #7 - Diminished Capacity

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/1993

    Maggie refuses to testify before a grand jury against her client, a fraudulent businessman with whom she shares a past.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Daddy's Little Girl
    8.5/10 19 votes

    #8 - Daddy's Little Girl

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1991

    Dicky's stuck with an inadmissible confession when a woman confesses to murdering her father, a prominent citizen, and uncovers a scandal involving the mayor and the district attorney. Kay argues with her father over her drinking.

    Director: Armand Mastroianni

    Writer: Kathy McCormick, Steven Phillip Smith

  • Aftermath
    8.5/10 19 votes

    #9 - Aftermath

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1991

    Kay tries to cope with the rape, harassment by the police and the impending trial all at once; Bruce drops a bomb on Tess.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Steven Phillip Smith

  • Burning Desire (1)
    8.5/10 17 votes

    #10 - Burning Desire (1)

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1992

    Tess's prosecution of the young neo-Nazi is roughed up by Judge Booth. Meanwhile, Dicky dogs the defendant's friend to testify to the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Home is Where the Heart Is (3)
    8.4/10 16 votes

    #11 - Home is Where the Heart Is (3)

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1992

    Judge Booth makes things difficult for Tess as she prosecutes the neo-Nazi case, while Dicky dogs the defendant's friend; Kay tries to get Weldon on the wagon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Self-Defense
    8.4/10 9 votes

    #12 - Self-Defense

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1992

    Dicky's hit by a gunshot during a crossfire, but the incident might be a case of a good kid defending himself in a bad neighborhood.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Silence
    8.4/10 9 votes

    #13 - Silence

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/22/1992

    A killer Tess and Dicky know they have dead to rights claims he'll go free because he's got "friends."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wish You Were Here
    8.4/10 9 votes

    #14 - Wish You Were Here

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/1993

    While trying to work things out with Maggie, Dicky investigates the killing of a man who was engaged to a high-class woman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Making Dirt Stick
    8.3/10 15 votes

    #15 - Making Dirt Stick

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1991

    Dicky and Tess search for new evidence to nail a murderer released on a technicality, but their sole lead is a witness who refuses to endanger his new straight life by revisiting his ugly past.

    Director: Joe Napolitano

    Writer: Kathy McCormick

  • Tangled up in Blue
    8.3/10 154 votes

    #16 - Tangled up in Blue

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1991

    Bruce's move on Kay shakes things up with Tess; and a date-rape incident promises many aftershocks.

    Director: Randall Zisk

    Writer: Robert Singer, John Schulian

  • Graduation Day
    8.3/10 16 votes

    #17 - Graduation Day

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1991

    A murder case is dumped on Tess only days before trial, and she's pitted against her mentor; Dicky meets Lila's parents; Bruce gets nasty in the divorce; Kay copes with the aftermath of rape.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: N/A

  • Fish out of Water (2)
    8.3/10 18 votes

    #18 - Fish out of Water (2)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1992

    Dicky awaits the outcome of the brutality investigation; Tess laments that things have hit the skids with Sean; Kay hits it off with her professor.

    Director: Armand Mastroianni

    Writer: N/A

  • Love is Strange (2)
    8.3/10 17 votes

    #19 - Love is Strange (2)

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1992

    Tess starts the wheels turning in the neo-Nazi case, but Judge Booth's obsessive attraction to her throws a wrench into things.

    Director: Armand Mastroianni

    Writer: N/A

  • Maggie Finds Her Soul
    8.3/10 16 votes

    #20 - Maggie Finds Her Soul

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/1992

    A shopkeeper's trap for burglars does in a druggie, and the legal fallout has political and personal consequences for Gold and Dicky.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?
    8.3/10 13 votes

    #21 - Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1992

    A tough parole case, the death of her mother and compassion from Dicky turn Maggie's world topsy-turvy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dicky's Got the Blues
    8.2/10 17 votes

    #22 - Dicky's Got the Blues

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1991

    An activist professor is charged with the murder of a college journalist who crucified him in print; Dicky feels blue as Kay considers moving; Tess feels angry over Bruce's machinations.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Change of Plans
    8.2/10 18 votes

    #23 - Change of Plans

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/15/1992

    A public defender provides a weak defense for a Mexican immigrant couple accused of endangering their daughter; Sean is given a case involving chickens he views as a real turkey.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: N/A

  • Lifelines (1)
    8.2/10 15 votes

    #24 - Lifelines (1)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1992

    In the second season opener, Kay is critically wounded by a murderous hood during a holdup at the bar; a burglary case takes some odd twists for; and Bruce's wealthy mother visits him in prison.

    Director: Randall Zisk

    Writer: Kathy McCormick, Steven Phillip Smith

  • FAP
    8.2/10 11 votes

    #25 - FAP

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1992

    Feminists seek a platform to voice their grievances against pornography by attacking a porno emporium.

    Director: Robert Singer

    Writer: N/A