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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for One Woman's Word
    9.0/10(17 votes)

    #1 - One Woman's Word

    S1:E9

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Pilot
    8.8/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

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  3. Background image for Hard Bargains
    8.7/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Hard Bargains

    S1:E2

    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.

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  4. Background image for Crumbling Systems
    8.7/10(84 votes)

    #4 - Crumbling Systems

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for ... and Sleep Won't Come
    8.6/10(20 votes)

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

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Bill D'Elia
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  6. Background image for Lifelines (2)
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Lifelines (2)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Diminished Capacity
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Diminished Capacity

    S2:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Daddy's Little Girl
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #8 - Daddy's Little Girl

    S1:E4

    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.

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  10. Background image for Aftermath
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Aftermath

    S1:E8

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

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  11. Background image for Burning Desire (1)
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Burning Desire (1)

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Home is Where the Heart Is (3)
    8.4/10(16 votes)

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

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Self-Defense
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Self-Defense

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Silence
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Silence

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Wish You Were Here
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Wish You Were Here

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Making Dirt Stick
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Making Dirt Stick

    S1:E3

    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.

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  17. Background image for Tangled up in Blue
    8.3/10(154 votes)

    #16 - Tangled up in Blue

    S1:E7

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

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  18. Background image for Graduation Day
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Graduation Day

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Fish out of Water (2)
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Fish out of Water (2)

    S1:E15

    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.

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  20. Background image for Love is Strange (2)
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Love is Strange (2)

    S1:E17

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

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  21. Background image for Maggie Finds Her Soul
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Maggie Finds Her Soul

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?
    8.3/10(13 votes)

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

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Dicky's Got the Blues
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Dicky's Got the Blues

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Change of Plans
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Change of Plans

    S1:E21

    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.

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  25. Background image for Lifelines (1)
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Lifelines (1)

    S2:E1

    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.

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  26. Background image for FAP
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #25 - FAP

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"One Woman's Word" is the best rated episode of "Reasonable Doubts". It scored 9/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Eric Laneuville and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/29/1991. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".