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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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".