Reasonable Doubts: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Reasonable Doubts Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Lifelines (1)
Sep 29, 1992 · 60 min
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
Lifelines (2)
Sep 29, 1992 · 60 min
Kay remains critically wounded; Bruce's wealthy mother visits him in prison.
FAP
Oct 6, 1992 · 60 min
Feminists seek a platform to voice their grievances against pornography by attacking a porno emporium.
Moment of Doubt
Oct 27, 1992 · 60 min
A killer's been arrested by a zealous detective who planted evidence and used a psychic to cover his deed.
Mercury in Retrograde
Nov 10, 1992 · 60 min
The trial of an accused child molester causes repressed memories to surface in a young man. Meanwhile, Dicky kills a young robber.
Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?
Nov 17, 1992 · 60 min
A tough parole case, the death of her mother and compassion from Dicky turn Maggie's world topsy-turvy.
Brother's Keeper
Dec 1, 1992 · 60 min
A man may be put away for murder because he won't turn on his brother. Meanwhile, Tess meets someone new.
Self-Defense
Dec 8, 1992 · 60 min
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.
A Rose Is a Rose
Dec 15, 1992 · 60 min
A prostitute's mysterious death is shelved in favor of the higher-profile prosecution of a VIP accused of killing his wife.
Silence
Dec 22, 1992 · 60 min
A killer Tess and Dicky know they have dead to rights claims he'll go free because he's got "friends."
Legacy
Jan 5, 1993 · 60 min
Tess must prosecute two Jewish students who abducted an unrepentant Nazi suspected of war crimes.
Two Women
Jan 12, 1993 · 60 min
Tess prosecutes a man for killing his adopted son; while Maggie defends the adoption agency in a civil suit.
The Iceman
Jan 19, 1993 · 60 min
A former hockey player is accused of a barroom-brawl killing. Meanwhile, Bruce has a custody case involving a gorilla that understands sign language.
Run Through the Jungle
Jan 26, 1993 · 60 min
Tess takes on an unusual case of Korean men involved in smuggling bear gallbladders; a real-estate mogul takes hostages.
Thank God, It's Friday
Jan 26, 1993 · 60 min
Maggie's brother visits Maggie, who deals with a sexual-harassment case; Tess is the victim of a carjacking.
Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?
Mar 13, 1993 · 60 min
Maggie wants to see a couples counselor with Dicky, who protects a mobster's mistress; a doctor stands trial after a DUI arrest.
Crumbling Systems
Mar 20, 1993 · 60 min
Dicky's buddy, a cop, is despondent over his crumbling marriage; Tess becomes an advocate for a disturbed deaf woman.
Diminished Capacity
Mar 27, 1993 · 60 min
Maggie refuses to testify before a grand jury against her client, a fraudulent businessman with whom she shares a past.
Wish You Were Here
Apr 3, 1993 · 60 min
While trying to work things out with Maggie, Dicky investigates the killing of a man who was engaged to a high-class woman.
The Ties That Bind (1)
Apr 13, 1993 · 60 min
While Dicky tries to work things out with Maggie, Tess receives a proposal from a man from her past.
The Ties That Bind (2)
Apr 13, 1993 · 60 min
Tess demands that Dicky investigate when evidence comes to light indicating a man executed for murder may have been innocent.
Trust Me on This (1)
Apr 27, 1993 · 60 min
While Dicky investigates if a man may have been wrongfully executed, Tess goes up against a woman who's defending herself.