As we sat and watched "Unreasonable Doubt", one of my daughters sat with me--angry about the show. This is because she found it offensive that the only time "Quincy" has a disabled character, he's a nasty one--and she's right. Where are the 'normal' people with disabilities? Instead, we have a doctor who is on a mad crusade to crucify a family whose child recently died. And one who seems, at times, quite insane! The episode introduces a super-enthusiastic new coroner--Dr. Ross (John Rubinstein). He does an autopsy on a baby since Quincy knows the family. The child was electrocuted and Dr. Ross thinks the father deliberately killed the child because it had a rare disease that would slowly destroy its brain. However, Ross is a bad choice, as he spends the entire episode projecting his own anger about his own disability onto this family. And, during the coroner's inquest, Ross behaves more like an inquisitor than a doctor. Angered by this, Quincy comes to the rescue.
The character of Dr. Ross and his weird projections might have worked well. However, the show just didn't work for me for a couple reasons. Ross' character was about as subtle as a stripper at a Baptist picnic!! He made Captain Queeg (from "The Caine Mutiny") seem normal! Having him behave THIS obnoxiously in court made little sense and didn't make the show work logically. Second, it's hard to believe that the man presiding over this hearing would have allowed Ross' insane vendetta against the family. Even in a criminal case (which this wasn't), I doubt if this sort of grandstanding would have been allowed. Overall, a severely flawed show--and further evidence that the series had seen better days.