Reasonable Doubt

"'Reasonable Doubt" is the 4th episode of the third season of the American television drama series Person of Interest. It is the 49th overall episode of the series and is written by producer Melissa Scrivner Love and directed by Stephen Williams. It aired on CBS in the United States and on CTV in Canada on October 15, 2013. The series revolves around a computer program for the federal government known as "the Machine" that is capable of collating all sources of information to predict terrorist acts and to identify people planning them. A team, consisting of John Reese, Harold Finch and Sameen Shaw follow "irrelevant" crimes: lesser level of priority for the government. In the episode, the team follows a woman who has been accused of killing her husband. While the woman flees and maintains her innocence, the team is still unsure of what she is capable of doing and whether she actually did.. The title refers to "Reasonable doubt", a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems. Despite being credited, Amy Acker does not appear in the episode. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 12.69 million household viewers and gained a 2.2/6 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. Critical reception was generally positive, although some critics expressed dissatisfaction for not following on the ending of the previous episode. Plot After saving a veterinarian from hitmen, Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Finch (Michael Emerson) investigate their new number: Vanessa Watkins (Kathleen Rose Perkins), a prominent New York prosecutor married to Jeremy Watkins (Daniel Cosgrove), a Defense Attorney who went missing some time ago. The police, led by Detective Gary Cameron (Paul Ben-Victor), arrest Vanessa, having found evidence that she killed her husband.