Reasonable Doubts

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 44

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.

Episodes(21)

Pilot

1. Pilot

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.

Air Date : 1991-09-26

Hard Bargains

2. Hard Bargains

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.

Air Date : 1991-09-27

Making Dirt Stick

3. Making Dirt Stick

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.

Air Date : 1991-10-04

Daddy's Little Girl

4. Daddy's Little Girl

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.

Air Date : 1991-10-18

... and Sleep Won't Come

5. ... and Sleep Won't Come

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

Air Date : 1991-10-25

The Silent Treatment

6. The Silent Treatment

Tess is tough on a deaf man accused of attempted murder, and Dicky becomes involved with attorney Lila Simon.

Air Date : 1991-11-01

Tangled up in Blue

7. Tangled up in Blue

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

Air Date : 1991-11-08

Aftermath

8. Aftermath

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

Air Date : 1991-11-15

One Woman's Word

9. One Woman's Word

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

Air Date : 1991-11-29

Graduation Day

10. Graduation Day

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.

Air Date : 1991-12-05

Pure Gold

11. Pure Gold

A fatal hit-and-run case involving a politician puts Gold on the spot, and causes a rift between Sean and Tess; Dicky and Lila face the truth about their relationship; Kay decides to sell the bar.

Air Date : 1991-12-13

Dicky's Got the Blues

12. Dicky's Got the Blues

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.

Air Date : 1991-12-20

The Shadow of Death

13. The Shadow of Death

Gold's uncle, who's opposed to capital punishment, defends a psycho-killer against Tess; Tess's parents visit just as she's getting cozy with Sean; Kay makes a move toward Dicky.

Air Date : 1992-01-17

The Discomfort Zone (1)

14. The Discomfort Zone (1)

Dicky is cast adrift when he's accused of brutality while breaking up a fight; and his troubles have a ripple effect on Gold, who's the mayor's choice for City Council; Bruce makes waves for Tess.

Air Date : 1992-02-04

Fish out of Water (2)

15. Fish out of Water (2)

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.

Air Date : 1992-02-11

Burning Desire (1)

16. Burning Desire (1)

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.

Air Date : 1992-03-03

Love is Strange (2)

17. Love is Strange (2)

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

Air Date : 1992-03-17

Home is Where the Heart Is (3)

18. Home is Where the Heart Is (3)

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.

Air Date : 1992-03-17

Maggie Finds Her Soul

19. Maggie Finds Her Soul

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

Air Date : 1992-03-24

Home to Roost

20. Home to Roost

Maggie provides a spirited defense of a battered woman accused of murder in a case that Tess prosecutes with ambivalent feelings.

Air Date : 1992-09-08

Change of Plans

21. Change of Plans

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.

Air Date : 1992-09-15