Reasonable Doubts

1. Pilot

Air Date: 1991-09-26

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.

2. Hard Bargains

Air Date: 1991-09-27

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.

3. Making Dirt Stick

Air Date: 1991-10-04

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.

4. Daddy's Little Girl

Air Date: 1991-10-18

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.

5. ... and Sleep Won't Come

Air Date: 1991-10-25

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

6. The Silent Treatment

Air Date: 1991-11-01

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

7. Tangled up in Blue

Air Date: 1991-11-08

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

8. Aftermath

Air Date: 1991-11-15

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

9. One Woman's Word

Air Date: 1991-11-29

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

10. Graduation Day

Air Date: 1991-12-05

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.

11. Pure Gold

Air Date: 1991-12-13

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.

12. Dicky's Got the Blues

Air Date: 1991-12-20

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.

13. The Shadow of Death

Air Date: 1992-01-17

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.

14. The Discomfort Zone (1)

Air Date: 1992-02-04

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.

15. Fish out of Water (2)

Air Date: 1992-02-11

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.

16. Burning Desire (1)

Air Date: 1992-03-03

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.

17. Love is Strange (2)

Air Date: 1992-03-17

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

18. Home is Where the Heart Is (3)

Air Date: 1992-03-17

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.

19. Maggie Finds Her Soul

Air Date: 1992-03-24

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

20. Home to Roost

Air Date: 1992-09-08

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

21. Change of Plans

Air Date: 1992-09-15

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.

1. Lifelines (1)

Air Date: 1992-09-29

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.

2. Lifelines (2)

Air Date: 1992-09-29

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

3. FAP

Air Date: 1992-10-06

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

4. Moment of Doubt

Air Date: 1992-10-27

A killer's been arrested by a zealous detective who planted evidence and used a psychic to cover his deed.

5. Mercury in Retrograde

Air Date: 1992-11-10

The trial of an accused child molester causes repressed memories to surface in a young man. Meanwhile, Dicky kills a young robber.

6. Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?

Air Date: 1992-11-17

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

7. Brother's Keeper

Air Date: 1992-12-01

A man may be put away for murder because he won't turn on his brother. Meanwhile, Tess meets someone new.

8. Self-Defense

Air Date: 1992-12-08

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.

9. A Rose Is a Rose

Air Date: 1992-12-15

A prostitute's mysterious death is shelved in favor of the higher-profile prosecution of a VIP accused of killing his wife.

10. Silence

Air Date: 1992-12-22

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

11. Legacy

Air Date: 1993-01-05

Tess must prosecute two Jewish students who abducted an unrepentant Nazi suspected of war crimes.

12. Two Women

Air Date: 1993-01-12

Tess prosecutes a man for killing his adopted son; while Maggie defends the adoption agency in a civil suit.

13. The Iceman

Air Date: 1993-01-19

A former hockey player is accused of a barroom-brawl killing. Meanwhile, Bruce has a custody case involving a gorilla that understands sign language.

14. Run Through the Jungle

Air Date: 1993-01-26

Tess takes on an unusual case of Korean men involved in smuggling bear gallbladders; a real-estate mogul takes hostages.

15. Thank God, It's Friday

Air Date: 1993-01-26

Maggie's brother visits Maggie, who deals with a sexual-harassment case; Tess is the victim of a carjacking.

16. Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?

Air Date: 1993-03-13

Maggie wants to see a couples counselor with Dicky, who protects a mobster's mistress; a doctor stands trial after a DUI arrest.

17. Crumbling Systems

Air Date: 1993-03-20

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

18. Diminished Capacity

Air Date: 1993-03-27

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

19. Wish You Were Here

Air Date: 1993-04-03

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

20. The Ties That Bind (1)

Air Date: 1993-04-13

While Dicky tries to work things out with Maggie, Tess receives a proposal from a man from her past.

21. The Ties That Bind (2)

Air Date: 1993-04-13

Tess demands that Dicky investigate when evidence comes to light indicating a man executed for murder may have been innocent.

22. Trust Me on This (1)

Air Date: 1993-04-27

While Dicky investigates if a man may have been wrongfully executed, Tess goes up against a woman who's defending herself.

23. Trust Me on This (2)

Air Date: 1993-04-27