Reasonable Doubts (1991)
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.
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Episode 1 - Pilot
Release Date: 1991-09-26When 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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Episode 2 - Hard Bargains
Release Date: 1991-09-27Tess 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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Episode 3 - Making Dirt Stick
Release Date: 1991-10-04Dicky 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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Episode 4 - Daddy's Little Girl
Release Date: 1991-10-18Dicky'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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Episode 5 - ... and Sleep Won't Come
Release Date: 1991-10-25Grieving over the suicide of a friend, Tess investigates the case that drove him to despair. Dicky reconciles with Kay.
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Episode 6 - The Silent Treatment
Release Date: 1991-11-01Tess is tough on a deaf man accused of attempted murder, and Dicky becomes involved with attorney Lila Simon.
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Episode 7 - Tangled up in Blue
Release Date: 1991-11-08Bruce's move on Kay shakes things up with Tess; and a date-rape incident promises many aftershocks.
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Episode 8 - Aftermath
Release Date: 1991-11-15Kay 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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Episode 9 - One Woman's Word
Release Date: 1991-11-29Kay is as much on trial as the defendant, but with the support of Tess and Dicky she braces herself as the proceedings begin.
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Episode 10 - Graduation Day
Release Date: 1991-12-05A 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.
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Episode 11 - Pure Gold
Release Date: 1991-12-13A 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.
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Episode 12 - Dicky's Got the Blues
Release Date: 1991-12-20An 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.
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Episode 13 - The Shadow of Death
Release Date: 1992-01-17Gold'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.
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Episode 14 - The Discomfort Zone (1)
Release Date: 1992-02-04Dicky 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.
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Episode 15 - Fish out of Water (2)
Release Date: 1992-02-11Dicky 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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Episode 16 - Burning Desire (1)
Release Date: 1992-03-03Tess'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.
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Episode 17 - Love is Strange (2)
Release Date: 1992-03-17Tess 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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Episode 18 - Home is Where the Heart Is (3)
Release Date: 1992-03-17Judge 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.
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Episode 19 - Maggie Finds Her Soul
Release Date: 1992-03-24A shopkeeper's trap for burglars does in a druggie, and the legal fallout has political and personal consequences for Gold and Dicky.
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Episode 20 - Home to Roost
Release Date: 1992-09-08Maggie provides a spirited defense of a battered woman accused of murder in a case that Tess prosecutes with ambivalent feelings.
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Episode 21 - Change of Plans
Release Date: 1992-09-15A 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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Episode 22 - Change of Plans
Release Date: 1992-09-15Dicky is holed up on a stakeout with an obnoxious surgeon who altered the face of a crook and is now the only one who can ID him. Meanwhile, Maggie makes Bruce's case a personal battle with his prosecutor.