Night Court

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Harry Anderson , John Larroquette , Richard Moll , Charles Robinson , Markie Post , Marsha Warfield , Dorothy Andrews , Charlotte Portney , Joleen Lutz , Mike Finneran , Selma Diamond , William Utay , Florence Halop , S. Marc Jordan , Ellen Foley , Denice Kumagai , Karen Austin , Paula Kelly

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ All You Need Is Love

Wed, Jan 4, 1984

The staff of a Manhattan arraignment court is surprised by the arrival of a maverick young judge named Harry Stone; his first ruling, that a feuding couple should go to dinner with the attorneys, results in a fight breaking out that injures Dan.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Santa Goes Downtown

Wed, Jan 11, 1984

Harry must deal with a pair of volatile teenage runaways and an old man who believes he's the real Santa Claus.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Former Harry Stone

Wed, Jan 18, 1984

An office bet over what Harry's true age is leads to the discovery that he has a criminal record.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Welcome Back, Momma

Wed, Feb 1, 1984

Harry's "missing" Mother and a beauty pageant operator appear in court.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Eye of the Beholder

Wed, Feb 8, 1984

Bull feels misunderstood and quits in anger; a blind shoplifter awaiting trial keeps trying to give his police handler the slip.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Death Threat

Wed, Feb 15, 1984

A rock is thrown through the courtroom window, with a death threat in Harry's name.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Once in Love with Harry

Wed, Feb 22, 1984

A smitten prostitute waits for Harry in his chambers.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Quadrangle of Love

Wed, Feb 29, 1984

Dan and Bull are at odds over the same woman; Harry throws his cap into the ring when he realizes the woman has a spare ticket for a Mel Torme concert.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Wonder Drugs

Wed, Mar 7, 1984

Lana starts acting crazy after overdosing on some medications.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Some Like It Hot

Wed, Mar 14, 1984

A Russian immigrant threatens to set himself, and the courtroom, on fire.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Harry and the Rock Star

Wed, Mar 21, 1984

Harry's relationship with a rock star leads to the courtroom being overrun by her fans.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Bull's Baby

Wed, Mar 28, 1984

Bull is a walking zombie at work, and the court staff finds that he has been taking care of a baby for a neighbor who has apparently abandoned him.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Hi Honey, I'm Home

Thu, May 31, 1984

A woman must choose between her two husbands, one of whom was thought killed in Vietnam.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Nun

Thu, Sep 27, 1984

A young novice nun decides to leave her convent after becoming smitten with Harry.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Daddy for the Defense

Thu, Oct 4, 1984

Bright young public defender Christine Sullivan finds out she still has a lot to learn after her first day in Harry's court, while Harry ends up throwing her overprotective father in jail for insulting him.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Billie and the Cat

Thu, Oct 18, 1984

On her first day, Public Defender Billie Young takes an aggressive stand in defense of her client against a powerful corporation, a stand that leads to her being jailed for contempt.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Pick a Number

Thu, Oct 25, 1984

A humble man with a $3 million lottery ticket wants Harry to give it away to the most worthy person.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Computer Kid

Thu, Nov 1, 1984

A school-aged computer whiz hacks into the school district's database and takes their permanent records hostage.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Bull Gets a Kid

Thu, Nov 8, 1984

When Bull becomes a Volunteer Father to a 13-year-old boy, he is in for a real surprise. He discovers the boy is a girl.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Harry on Trial

Thu, Nov 15, 1984

Harry's nemesis, Judge Willard, has him tried before the Judicial Review Board on charges of unprofessional behavior.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Harry and the Madam

Thu, Nov 22, 1984

When an exclusive house of prostitution gets busted, Judge Harry Stone must decide whether to admit the madam's private diary as evidence in the case against her.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Inside Harry Stone

Thu, Nov 29, 1984

Harry is struck down in the middle of session by crippling stomach pains, but stubbornly refuses medical treatment.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Blizzard

Thu, Dec 6, 1984

A blizzard traps the gang inside the courthouse without supplies, and an electrical failure traps Dan in an elevator with a gay man who finds him very attractive.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Take My Wife, Please

Thu, Dec 13, 1984

Mac marries a woman he met in Viet Nam and Harry refuses to ignore his duties despite the loss of his sight.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Birthday Visitor

Thu, Jan 3, 1985

Feeling sorry for Harry on his birthday, Billie takes him to her apartment for a nightcap. They are held up by a burglar, and spend the night tied together.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Dan's Parents

Thu, Jan 10, 1985

Dan's extremely rustic parents come to visit him in Manhattan, embarrassing him all night until he disowns them.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Nuts About Harry

Thu, Jan 17, 1985

A group of mental patients fleeing their hospital run loose in the courtroom, with one, a mute, shutting herself in a closet with a revolver.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ An Old Flame

Thu, Jan 24, 1985

Selma's old boyfriend, Marty, comes after her again. While Harry is shut in his office for an annual file review, his super-efficient replacement, Judge Kopelson, charms the entire staff, but a background check reveals him to be a fraud.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ The Gypsy

Thu, Jan 31, 1985

A spiritual medium responds to Harry's contempt of court sentence by placing a curse on the courtroom. Harry thinks she's a phony, but Bull collapses, paralyzed, while Dan's accountant drops dead during an audit.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Battling Bailiff

Thu, Feb 7, 1985

Feeling dissatisfied with his job, Bull becomes interested in a wrestling promoter's offer.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Billie's Valentine

Thu, Feb 14, 1985

Billie breaks down when her boyfriend David is brought into court on a pickpocketing charge.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Married Alive

Thu, Feb 21, 1985

Dan becomes engaged to an ugly duckling heiress, but everyone is surprised to hear him swear his feelings are genuine.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Mac and Quon Le: Together Again

Thu, Feb 28, 1985

When Mac's wife, Quon Le, is accidentally arrested, both realize how much they love each other and decide to live together. Meanwhile, Billie and Dan find themselves competing for a commission appointment.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ World War III

Thu, May 2, 1985

Yakov's brother wants to defect to the United States; in short order Harry's courtroom is overrun by a Russian circus troupe, agents of the KGB and CIA, and a pair of hot-tempered arms negotiators.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Walk, Don't Wheel

Thu, May 9, 1985

When a wheelchair-bound protégée of Harry's expresses romantic interest in him, he becomes aware of some uncomfortable feelings about her disability.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Hello, Goodbye

Thu, Sep 26, 1985

Christine Sullivan is permanently assigned as the court's public defender; grieving Selma's death, Bull goes on an all-night bender with a group of circus performers and arrives the next day drunk-and-disorderly.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Hostage

Thu, Oct 3, 1985

A man claiming to be from Saturn holds the court hostage with a stolen handgun. Dan's hot date with Sheila goes awry when he inadvertently eats drugged food meant for the man.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Dad's First Date

Thu, Oct 17, 1985

Christine is excited when her father, Jack, makes a date with an attractive young woman, but less so when Jack shows up in court on a charge of soliciting a prostitute.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations

Thu, Oct 24, 1985

Mac's grandfather disinherits him after finding that he has married Quon Le, an Asian woman.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Halloween Too

Thu, Oct 31, 1985

Harry falls for Kim, a beautiful and free-spirited young woman. But then she appears in court, claiming to be a witch, with a tabloid reporter hovering in the background.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Best of Friends

Thu, Nov 7, 1985

Dan looks forward to a reunion with his old college buddy, but is shocked to find that he has undergone a transgender operation.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Dan's Boss

Thu, Nov 14, 1985

The new district attorney shows up to observe Dan, who falls short of making a good first impression, and Flo receives attention from a potential suitor.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Up on the Roof

Thu, Nov 28, 1985

A rock star wanders around the courtroom, trying to escape his crazed fans, his solicitous entourage, and his greedy psychiatrist.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Wheels of Justice: Part 1

Thu, Dec 5, 1985

A budget crisis in the state legislature freezes the paychecks of all city employees, including the court staff. Harry faces his own crisis when the law forces him to side with a sleazy landlord against a poor cleaning lady and her unstable son. When the son is shot during an attempted armed robbery, Harry quits.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Wheels of Justice: Part 2

Thu, Dec 12, 1985

After quitting, Harry is hanging out at a pool hall across the street from the courthouse. The gang have to talk him into coming back, even as his replacement creates a stir by dying during session.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Walk Away, Renee

Thu, Dec 19, 1985

Bull is deeply in love with his new girlfriend, Renee. No one wants to be the one to tell him that she is actually a prostitute.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Dan's Escort

Thu, Jan 9, 1986

Dan makes some extra money by hiring himself out as an escort to wealthy ladies, but is shocked when one of his clients wants him to go all the way and sleep with her. Yakov eagerly awaits the arrival of his wife and children from Russia, but panics when she doesn't show up.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Night Off

Thu, Jan 16, 1986

Some crazy substitute judge puts Dan and Mac in jail and appoints a wino and Florence as the court attorneys.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Harry and Leon

Thu, Jan 23, 1986

The staff are surprised to discover that Leon, the shoe shine boy, is actually an orphan living in the courthouse. Rather than let him be sent to juvenile hall, Harry asks for custody of him.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Apartment

Thu, Jan 30, 1986

Hijinks ensue when Harry throws a birthday party for Dan at his apartment, including Christine getting trapped in a magician's box, Quon Le's Vietnamese family threatening mass suicide, and Mrs. Lund from Juvenile Services arriving to check on Leon at the same time as a stripper.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye

Thu, Feb 6, 1986

Leon threatens to run away again when Juvenile Services attempts to take him from Harry and place him with a pair of geeky foster parents. Harry is so preoccupied that he misses a visit by Mel Torme, his idol.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Mugger

Thu, Feb 20, 1986

After being mugged, Christine becomes belligerent and mistrustful, and unable to do her job as a public defender. She has to rediscover her compassion when her mugger is trapped in the cafeteria and threatens hostages with a grenade. Meanwhile, Phil gets a hot stock tip from an old Wall Street buddy, and Dan nearly bankrupts himself trying to wheedle it out of him.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Could This Be Magic?

Thu, Feb 27, 1986

Harry meets an elderly magician that he idolized as a child, and invites him to his apartment for a private performance. The gang arrive at Harry's apartment to find it stripped bare.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Monkey Business

Thu, Mar 6, 1986

Bull tries to hide a test monkey from a scientist; Dan romances an amnesiac woman.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ The Retirement

Thu, Mar 13, 1986

Florence is devastated to learn that she has reached mandatory retirement age.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Hurricane: Part 1

Thu, May 1, 1986

Hurricane Mel hits New York, trapping the staff inside the courthouse with four women in labor.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Hurricane: Part 2

Thu, May 8, 1986

Hurricane Mel hits New York, trapping the staff inside the courthouse with four women in labor.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Next Voice You Hear...

Thu, Oct 2, 1986

In this pivotal episode in the series, a long lost letter is delivered to Harry from his mother who abandoned him. After learning she's passed away, he receives a visit from his stepfather, Buddy, who was married to her for twenty-three years. This is the first of many episodes to feature Buddy, played by the wonderful John Astin, known for his role as Gomez on the original Addams Family. More importantly, this is the episode that introduces Roz, the third female bailiff (following Selma Diamond and Florence Halop), who completes the final character lineup that will remain through the series finale.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Giving Thanks

Thu, Oct 9, 1986

Dan saves Christine from choking in the cafeteria. Convinced that she owes him her life, Christine asks how she can repay him. His answer is simple: sleep with him.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Author, Author

Thu, Oct 16, 1986

Bull is horrified to be told that his entry in a children's book contest was unintentionally violent, horrifying, and obscene. He breaks both hands punching holes in the wall, then goes to hide at the Natural History Museum. Dan is enticed by a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder whose personality switches without warning from a prude to a sexpot, and back again.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Halloween II: The Return of Leon

Thu, Oct 30, 1986

Leon returns to Manhattan, but threatens to run away again if Harry reports him to the authorities. Dan plans to crash District Attorney Daniels's Halloween party.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Dan's Operation: Part 1

Thu, Nov 6, 1986

Dan is hospitalized for surgery on a minor ulcer, but refuses to stay in the hospital. Insisting on returning to work, he eventually collapses and must return to the hospital in an even more serious condition. After foolishly attempting relations with Sheila while in his hospital bed, he falls into a coma.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Dan's Operation: Part 2

Thu, Nov 13, 1986

Dan awakens from his coma, and Harry confronts him about his selfish and self-destructive behavior.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The New Judge

Thu, Nov 20, 1986

Harry's temporary replacement carries a huge revolver with him everywhere he goes. When the new judge offers Dan a bribe, Dan becomes the reluctant pawn in a sting operation.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Contempt of Courting

Thu, Nov 27, 1986

While Harry's away a female judge fills in for him. And Christine talks back to her in court which leads to her being thrown in jail. Harry returns just as Christine's being taken away. Harry goes to see her and suggests that she apologize to the judge but she refuses. Harry offers to talk to the judge. And in the end, Harry spends the night with her. And when Christine learns about it she feels betrayed.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Earthquake

Thu, Dec 4, 1986

Dan quickly goes to pieces when an earthquake traps him in an elevator with Roz and a pair of sumo wrestlers.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Prince of a Guy

Thu, Dec 11, 1986

A woman arrested for swimming naked in Central Park claims to be a princess from a tropical island; Harry is convinced to help her escape her arrogant brother, the Prince, and her arranged marriage with the trollish Ogg. Meanwhile, the prince becomes smitten with Christine.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ New Year's Leave

Thu, Dec 18, 1986

On New Year's Eve, a sweet old man brought into court on a minor charge turns out to be a convicted felon who has escaped prison to visit Times Square in memory of his wife; another man runs around the courthouse in a diaper, claiming to be the spirit of the new year.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Murder

Thu, Jan 8, 1987

A sweet old lady comes into the courtroom and cheerfully confesses to murdering her husband. Harry is not sure he believes her.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Baby Talk

Thu, Jan 15, 1987

Mac goes over the edge when Quon Le spends all their money and then announces that they are having a baby.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Modest Proposal

Thu, Jan 29, 1987

Christine is engaged to Bill, the world's most boring human being. When she gives signs of cold feet (including throwing up in Dan's briefcase) the others try to gently (or not-so-gently) talk her out of it.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ A Day in the Life

Thu, Feb 5, 1987

In the first of several "day in the life" episodes, the court has to process an unusually large docket (200 cases) before midnight - in this episode, to head off a federal judge's general amnesty setting free all defendants not arraigned by then.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Rabid

Thu, Feb 12, 1987

A stray dog that Harry picked up bites Dan, putting him in fear of contracting rabies.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Christine's Friend

Thu, Feb 19, 1987

Dan and Harry compete for the attentions of Christine's attractive friend Heather.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Caught Red Handed

Thu, Feb 26, 1987

Christine accuses her boss of sexual harassment; Harry and Bull participate in an elaborate scheme to get proof.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Paternity

Wed, Mar 18, 1987

Dan is slapped with a paternity suit, and his supposed son shows up at the courthouse to claim his father.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Wed, Mar 25, 1987

While swearing in a group of immigrants as U.S. citizens, the gang is interrupted when Quon Le goes into labor at the same time Mac is struck down by appendicitis, and both are rushed to the hospital.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Her Honor: Part 1

Wed, Apr 29, 1987

Dan confidently expects to be nominated as a judge, but takes a blow when the committee picks Christine instead. Everyone else is happy for her, until they are told that Harry has been turned down for re-appointment.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Her Honor: Part 2

Wed, May 6, 1987

Christine tries to convince Harry to fight for his job, but Harry rejects her advice, planning instead to play the ultimate prank, a stunt so outrageous and crazy that it will get the attention of the entire city.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Her Honor: Part 3

Thu, Sep 17, 1987

Christine's about to start her first day as a judge but she's preoccupied with finding Harry to tell him that she convinced the Mayor to reappoint him. But he left before she could tell him and is planning some childish prank. And her first session doesn't turn out so well and she freaks out. And they try to keep anyone from finding out Harry's not around but when the Mayor calls Mac has Dan pretend to be Harry. And when someone comes to begin Harry's reappointment and when he sees Dan talking to the Mayor, he assumes Dan is Harry and he wants him to sign something but he can't. Mac says he can do Harry's signature problem is the guy needs to see him sign it.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Her Honor: Part 4

Thu, Sep 24, 1987

As part of his grand prank, Harry prepares to hang-glide from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Statue of Liberty. He gets side-tracked when he meets Gus Melman, who's about to commit suicide by jumping. Back at the courthouse, Dan has to masquerade as Harry for his swearing-in ceremony.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Death of a Bailiff

Thu, Oct 15, 1987

Bull is struck by lightning, and is clinically dead for a few minutes. After recovering, he says God has told him to give away everything he owns to the poor.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Ladies Night

Thu, Oct 22, 1987

After Roz dumps her boyfriend, Christine tries to make friends in order to comfort her. The two end up sharing a wild night at a male strip club.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Safe

Thu, Oct 29, 1987

While practicing an escape act for his Halloween party, Harry accidentally locks himself inside a safe and nearly suffocates to death; Dan thinks it's a joke when a man in a devil costume gives him $100 in exchange for his soul, but becomes afraid when the man seems to know everything about his past life.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Mac's Dilemma

Thu, Nov 12, 1987

Mac faces a dilemma when an old Army buddy who saved his life in Vietnam asks him to delete his prior record to avoid sending him back to prison. A Japanese businessman drops dead in court, and Bull installs the body in a motorized wheelchair to take it to the morgue, leading to it wandering all around the courthouse.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Who Was That Mashed Man?

Thu, Nov 19, 1987

An aged actor famous for his Lone Ranger-type character refuses to take off his mask, even after his studio obtains a court order barring him from appearing as the character in public. He threatens to commit suicide by dropping a two-ton air conditioner on himself. Dan is tortured by the closeness of District Attorney Daniels's very sexy, very willing, and very off-limits niece, Kitty.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ No Hard Feelings

Sun, Nov 29, 1987

Dan is crushed when he is afflicted by impotence. Harry hires Joy, a blind woman, as his personal assistant, whose abrasive manner drives nearly everyone to thoughts of homicide.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Constitution: Part 1

Thu, Dec 3, 1987

Roz is diagnosed with diabetes, and the new limitations on her lifestyle lead her to quit in frustration. When she accidentally takes an overdose of insulin, she wanders around the courthouse in a delirious stage, in danger of falling into a coma or dying. Meanwhile, a crazy man holds an original draft of the Constitution hostage with a cigarette lighter.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Constitution: Part 2

Thu, Dec 10, 1987

A delirious Roz is frolicking around on the edge of the courthouse roof, and Dan, Christine, and Roz's doctor have to talk her down to medicate her. Down in the courtroom, Harry has to stand between the crazy hostage taker and a squad of trigger-happy federal agents.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Let It Snow

Thu, Dec 17, 1987

A blizzard outside and a broken boiler inside puts the court staff and all the defendants in danger of freezing to death.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Dan, the Walking Time Bomb

Thu, Jan 7, 1988

A man with a grudge handcuffs a dynamite-filled briefcase to Dan's arm; Bull walks around the courtroom in a blindfold, trying to empathize with Joy's blindness.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Hit the Road, Jack

Thu, Jan 14, 1988

Christine's father, Jack, retires his taxicab and trades his apartment for a motor home, but stays with Christine while his R.V. is being outfitted. He soon drives her crazy, especially by making best friends with Dan.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

Thu, Jan 21, 1988

Buddy's patronizing younger brother, Phil, convinces him to commit himself to a mental hospital for the rest of his life. Harry angrily objects. Meanwhile, Dan has accidentally destroyed Harry's entire collection of Mel Torme records, but tries to make up for it by shackling the man himself in Harry's office until Harry returns from Buddy's hearing.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Chrizzi's Honor

Thu, Feb 11, 1988

Christine is throwing a party to celebrate the anniversary of Prince Charles and Lady Diana and invites the gang. But they don't really want to go so Harry tells them they have to. She learns what Harry did and freaks out. She runs into a guy who's an Anglophile and invites him to the party. When the gang arrives and meets him, they discover he's wearing a handcuff. That's when a detective arrives and informs them, he's a witness and there's a contract on him. So they are told to just sit tight. But when the hit man takes a shot, they try to get word to the police.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Another Day in the Life

Thu, Feb 18, 1988

In another "day in the life" episode, the court staff has to finish 207 cases by midnight. If they do, the 207th defendant, a Texas millionaire with a gambling compulsion, will pay the money to save an orphanage from foreclosure.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Heart of Stone

Thu, Feb 25, 1988

An old girlfriend from college visits Harry at the courthouse. They end up in a passionate clinch in his chambers, with Harry in a half-dressed condition, when she lets slip that she's married.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Russkie Business

Fri, Mar 25, 1988

Yakov needs a visa to re-visit the Soviet Union and see his sick mother. When he is denied, Harry takes up his cause, but is stunned by the arrival of a beautiful Russian consul. Christine is crippled by embarrassment when Harry makes an offhand remark about a near-invisible birthmark over her eye.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Jung and the Restless

Fri, Apr 1, 1988

Roz is ordered to enroll in an anger management group. At the first session, the group is taken hostage by a scared teenager fleeing a failed armed robbery.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Top Judge

Fri, Apr 8, 1988

Harry starts feeling his age when a young turk breaks his record as the youngest judge ever appointed, and vies for his title as the courtroom's greatest prankster.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Mac's Millions

Thu, May 5, 1988

Mac inherits 2 million from his grandfather and then quits. And the gang has to deal with an incompetent replacement, who turns the court room upside down. Mac comes for a visit and showers the gang with expensive gifts. He is then sued by the owner of the building where Mac and Quon Le had their restaurant, which got damaged because of them. And they are being sued for more than what they have. And he goes out on Quon Le because it was her fault. And he wishes he can come back but because he gave his resignation he has to apply and wait for an opening.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Danny Got His Gun: Part 1

Thu, May 12, 1988

It is revealed in this episode that Dan is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. When ordered to report for duty, he is terrified that he is being sent to a war zone, and goes to absurd lengths to get out of it. When he finds out his assignment is on a Caribbean island with a buxom female officer, he changes his mind, but all his tricks catch up with him and as punishment he is reassigned to the Arctic Circle. A few days later, the court receives a message that his plane has crashed in Alaska, and he is presumed dead.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Danny Got His Gun: Part 2

Wed, Oct 26, 1988

Dan has been rescued by an Eskimo family, but is cut off from the outside world. Back in New York, the court staff reads his will and tries to cope with his death. When Dan accidentally shoots down a small plane trying to signal it with a flare gun, the doctor inside breaks both hands, leaving Dan as the only one who can operate on a young Eskimo woman who has come down with appendicitis.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Danny Got His Gun: Part 3

Wed, Oct 26, 1988

Dan operates on Kista, and after a tense night of waiting, finds that she has survived. At the same time, radio contact is made, and Dan is on his way home. He arrives, disguised by his beard, winter clothes, and scruffy appearance, in time to attend his own funeral.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Fire

Wed, Nov 2, 1988

On election night, Dan is running as a candidate for the state assembly. Christine is furious to learn that Harry has voted for him, touching off a fierce argument between them about what she sees as sexism. Then a fire consumes an upper floor of the courthouse, driving the staff to the basement morgue.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Harry and the Tramp

Wed, Nov 9, 1988

Harry needs a date to attend a banquet where he will accept a humanitarian award. He is pleasantly surprised by a chance meeting at the newsstand with a woman who shares some interests with him, and she accepts his invitation. But Harry gets cold feet when he finds out that Diane is an adult film actress.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Educating Rhoda

Wed, Nov 16, 1988

While handling a group of trainee bailiffs, Bull becomes smitten with one, Rhoda, smitten enough to overlook her spectacular incompetence. One thing he can't ignore is when she accidentally loses custody of a psychotic woman who acts out roles in movies. The woman is next reported entering a cheap hotel with Dan.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ The Last Temptation of Mac

Wed, Nov 23, 1988

An attractive classmate of Mac's goes after him and Christine does too much preparing Thanksgiving dinner for the courthouse.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ The Law Club

Wed, Nov 30, 1988

Dan is elated to be offered membership in New York's most exclusive lawyer's club, but he wrestles with his conscience when the leading member romances Christine as part of a club competition.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Night Court of the Living Dead

Wed, Dec 14, 1988

Two eccentric defendants pass through the courtroom: a man who has awakened from a 20-year coma, and an obsessed inventor attached to his self-aware computer.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ The Night Court Before Christmas

Wed, Dec 21, 1988

While collecting for Toys For Toddlers, Bull accidentally takes a truckload of toys belonging to a Scrooge-like factory owner, who demands that they be returned. Since Roz has already passed them out, she refuses to take them back, and Harry has no choice but to jail her.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Mental Giant

Wed, Jan 11, 1989

After the court staff participate in a research study for a think tank, Bull is diagnosed with a super-genius intelligence, and is offered a post at the think tank.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Rock-a-Bye Baby

Wed, Jan 18, 1989

Christine gladly agrees to take care of a friend's baby for the weekend, but the experience turns out to be the opposite of what she expected. Harry enthusiastically pulls the staff into an office bet on his old college LaCrosse team.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Clip Show: Part 1

Wed, Jan 25, 1989

A city accountant audits the court's expenses, leading to a series of flashbacks. Near the end of the audit, the staff and the accountant are taken hostage in Harry's office by a circus clown with a gun.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Clip Show: Part 2

Wed, Jan 25, 1989

Even under Beepo's gun, the audit continues, as do the flashbacks.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ The Trouble Is Not in Your Set

Wed, Feb 1, 1989

While a cable show is filming the proceedings in the courtroom, a sweet old lady appears in court with a hand grenade, asking for the staff's help in freeing her husband from prison. When they realize that her "husband" is a character on a soap opera, they are not sure how to deal with her.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ The Game Show

Wed, Feb 15, 1989

Bull is encouraged to appear on a game show to win enough money to save his boys' club's gymnasium. To help him get over his jitters, Dan hypnotizes him, but inadvertently plants an obscene trigger phrase in his mind.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ This Old Man

Wed, Mar 1, 1989

Everyone pokes fun at Christine's relationship with Ted, a senior citizen.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Strange Bedfellows

Wed, Mar 8, 1989

On election night for the state assembly race, Dan, to his own surprise, has a passionate affair with his opponent, Joan Hobson.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ From Snoop to Nuts: Part 1

Wed, Mar 15, 1989

Harry plays up the role of an embittered judge hurting for cash, as part of a sting to nail gangster Marty Cologne. Christine, following Harry around, is taken in by the act, and tells Buddy, who reveals to Harry that he is his biological father. When Buddy lets slip the truth about the sting to Cologne, the gangster sends a pair of hit men to the courthouse.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ From Snoop to Nuts: Part 2

Wed, Mar 22, 1989

Harry must deal with his inept government handler, evading Marty Cologne's hit men, and confronting Buddy about his revelation.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ Pen Pal

Wed, Apr 12, 1989

Christine has a prison pen pal who escapes and Roz falls for him.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Not My Type

Wed, Apr 26, 1989

Mac loses his story in the justice computer and Christine accepts then rejects a date from the janitor.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Yet Another Day in the Life

Wed, May 3, 1989

Dan hopes to catch the last plane out of town on a day when the courtroom is flooded with cases, and with water.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ Life with Buddy

Wed, Sep 27, 1989

Buddy is released from the mental hospital, and Harry invites him to live with him, unintentionally letting himself in for a world of aggravation. Dan hovers over a rent-controlled Park Avenue apartment, waiting eagerly for its elderly owner to pass on.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ If I Were a Rich Man

Wed, Oct 11, 1989

Bull saves the life of billionaire Jordan King, earning a spare-time job with him. Overhearing the details of a real estate deal King has going, Dan swoops in and buys the land, expecting to make a killing. Meanwhile, Quon Le's devotion to her new job selling cosmetics on commission forces Mac to help her, or face bankruptcy.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ The Cop and the Lady

Wed, Oct 18, 1989

Dan receives a death threat and demands police protection. Sparks fly between Christine and the undercover detective sent to the courthouse. Bull carries a video camera everywhere around with him, filming his average night for his mother.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King

Wed, Oct 25, 1989

On Halloween, Mac finds a decades-old file stuck behind his desk drawer, on a case that was never finished because the defendant dropped dead in the middle of his trial. Soon, a series of poltergeist-style events convinces Harry that the man's ghost is haunting the courtroom. With the help of a medium, Harry and the staff hold a trial for a spirit.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Blue Suede Bull

Wed, Nov 1, 1989

Dan gets more than he bargained for when he foolishly agrees to take Bull to a private singles club.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ For Love or Money

Wed, Nov 8, 1989

Buddy, Harry's dad, meets a wealthy widow who was in Harry's court. At the time he's wearing a captain's outfit, which he does not explain is his work uniform. They start dating and soon Buddy tells Harry he proposed to her and wants him to marry them. Concerned that she doesn't know enough about Buddy, Harry talks to her, but she says she knows everything. But just before the wedding Christine realizes that she does not. Meanwhile, Dan has been living in his office after going broke because of a failed business deal. but the office manager finds out and gives him until the end of the day to find somewhere else or he'll be moved to a much less desirable location.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ Auntie Maim

Wed, Nov 15, 1989

Roz's pushy Aunt Ruth comes to visit her, trying for the umpteenth time to set her up with a man. Knowing that Ruth once took care of her whole family while her father was sick, Roz can't be her normally forceful self, and instead conscripts Mac to masquerade as her fiancé. A Zsa Zsa-like widow is detained at the courthouse when her diamond necklace is swallowed by another defendant's dog.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ Attack of the Mac Snacks

Wed, Nov 22, 1989

Harry and Mac decide to market one of Quon Le's snack inventions. Christine has a unexpected visitor.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ Branded: Part 1

Wed, Nov 29, 1989

Dan receives a job offer from the most prestigious law firm in New York, and, as a favor to the hiring partner, arranges an early hearing for the senior partner's son, who is appearing on a shoplifting charge. Dan later finds out that the boy is a repeat offender, and the job offer was a scam. Dan brings a bribery charge against the hiring partner's son, but ends up facing disbarment for blackmail.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ Branded: Part 2

Wed, Dec 6, 1989

Dan is suspended from work while preparing for his disbarment hearing. Broke, he is forced to take a job waiting tables in a French restaurant under an assumed name. He has lost the will to defend himself, but his friends go to the hearing to stick up for him. Meanwhile, Roz and Christine's co-dieting is causing some weird behavior in both of them.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Passion Plundered

Wed, Dec 20, 1989

An attractive reporter comes to the courthouse to interview Harry; a jealous Dan listens to one of her tape recordings, and is shocked to find a steamy message on it. Unknown to either Harry or Dan, Christine finds out that the reporter is a lesbian, who publishes romance novels under a pseudonym.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ Amore or Less

Wed, Jan 3, 1990

Christine's relationship with Tony goes through a rocky phase when his devotion to his job as a cop cuts down on their time together.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Razing Bull

Wed, Jan 17, 1990

An old vaudeville theater that Harry and Bull both remember fondly is targeted for demolition; Bull takes the extreme route and shackles himself to the front doors, while Harry tries to organize a benefit concert with the theater's old performers. In doing so, it is revealed that Mac used to be one of the Starlites.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Futureman

Wed, Jan 24, 1990

A man claiming to be from the future (and armed with a working laser gun) takes the courtroom hostage, while two street punks are holding Dan. Bull tries the whole range of remedies for getting rid of his hiccups.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ Wedding Bell Blues: Part 1

Wed, Feb 7, 1990

Tony announces that he is taking a job with the DEA and leaving for South America; on the spur of the moment, he proposes to Christine over dinner, and they are married in the restaurant. Meanwhile, Art is forced to leave his job during a dispute between the union and the city. In the hands of his pencil-pushing replacement, the courthouse quickly goes to pieces.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Wedding Bell Blues: Part 2

Wed, Feb 14, 1990

Trying to deal with Tony's absence, Christine discovers she is pregnant.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ The Talk Show

Wed, Feb 21, 1990

Dan's girlfriend convinces him to appear as a shock-host of a talk show. Mac and Quon Le's planned vacation to Graceland encounters problems.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Melvin and Harold

Wed, Feb 28, 1990

Mel Torme can't appear at Harry's birthday party because Harry sent him to jail.

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ The Glasnost Menagerie

Wed, Mar 7, 1990

Harry works on a visa extension for Yakov, and Mac buys a defective washing machine.

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ I Said Dance!

Wed, Mar 14, 1990

Roz could be sued with the help of Bull's cousin after Bull shoots himself with her gun.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ My Three Dads

Wed, Mar 28, 1990

With Tony absent, Harry, Bull, and Dan all volunteer as Christine's Lamaze coach. At their first class, Christine is tormented by visions of her child as a younger version of each of them.

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Still Another Day in the Life

Wed, Apr 4, 1990

A man asks Harry to help stop the marriage of his girlfriend to another man.

23Season 7

S7.E23 ∙ A Closer Look

Wed, Apr 11, 1990

A TV reporter is watching everyone in the court and they have to be on their toes.

24Season 7

S7.E24 ∙ The Blues of the Birth

Wed, May 2, 1990

Christine is stuck in an elevator as she goes into labor.

1Season 8

S8.E1 ∙ A Family Affair: Part 1

Fri, Sep 28, 1990

When Christine returns after her baby's birth, she must deal with her replacement's legacy, and Dan wants Bull to date his visiting sister.

2Season 8

S8.E2 ∙ A Family Affair: Part 2

Fri, Oct 5, 1990

When Christine returns after her baby's birth, she must deal with her replacement's legacy, and Dan wants Bull to date his visiting sister.

3Season 8

S8.E3 ∙ When Harry Met Margaret

Fri, Oct 12, 1990

For Harry, it's love at first sight when he lays eyes on Margaret Turner, a bossy news reporter assigned to the courthouse. When she appears not to know he exists, he is so desperate to make an impression that he turns to Dan for advice.

4Season 8

S8.E4 ∙ Can't Buy Me Love

Fri, Oct 19, 1990

Dan is won at a bachelor auction by a lecherous old woman and Christine has doubts about her marriage.

5Season 8

S8.E5 ∙ Death Takes a Halloween

Fri, Oct 26, 1990

A defendant pulled in on a minor charge claims to be the Angel of Death, and says that Harry has to release him. Harry jails him for contempt of court, but begins to feel uncertain as reports come in of people miraculously surviving fatal accidents all over the city. Even more worried is Dan, whose own obituary has appeared in the paper.

6Season 8

S8.E6 ∙ Crossroads: Part 1

Fri, Nov 2, 1990

A possibly-toxic chemical is spilled in the courtroom, forcing the gang to spend the night there in quarantine. Each of them tells a story about the turning point in their life that led them to the courtroom. Harry gave up his career as a magician after the only agent interested in him dropped dead; Christine lost the "Miss Buffalo" beauty pageant; Roz started out as a stewardess, but discovered her real calling after knocking out a hijacker.

7Season 8

S8.E7 ∙ Crossroads: Part 2

Fri, Nov 2, 1990

The turning-point stories continue. Mac tells how he almost lost his life in Vietnam; Bull tells two stories, confusing himself with the protagonists of "Superman" and "Jack & The Beanstalk"; Dan tells how he lost his virginity to a client's young wife in Louisiana.

8Season 8

S8.E8 ∙ Day Court

Fri, Nov 9, 1990

When the staff shifts to day hours Roz become unbearably perky. Christine also feels a personality change is in order.

9Season 8

S8.E9 ∙ A Night Court at the Opera

Fri, Nov 16, 1990

Dan has a date at the opera and some weirdos think that Bull is their god.

10Season 8

S8.E10 ∙ Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

Fri, Nov 23, 1990

Christine searches for a nanny, and Harry's childhood bully appears in his court.

11Season 8

S8.E11 ∙ Jail Bait

Fri, Dec 7, 1990

Art is the topic as Christine meets a street artist and Mac and Dan bond with their passions for photography.

12Season 8

S8.E12 ∙ It's Just a Joke

Fri, Dec 14, 1990

The First Admendment gets tested with the offensive material of a stand up comic.

13Season 8

S8.E13 ∙ Bringing Down Baby

Fri, Jan 4, 1991

Roz goes after the mother of a TV brat that is shooting a TV pilot in the building.

14Season 8

S8.E14 ∙ Presumed Insolvent

Wed, Jan 23, 1991

Phil the wino saves someone left penniless from the S&L scandals.

15Season 8

S8.E15 ∙ Mama Was a Rollin' Stone

Wed, Jan 30, 1991

Bull's mother, Henrietta "Hank" Shannon, pulls into port to meet the gang. Dan, after being told that he's the only person named in Phil's will and spending money freely, in a cruelly ironic twist it seems that he's been named as a trustee of the Phil Foundation, in charge of, and required to give away, $8.1 million.

16Season 8

S8.E16 ∙ Attachments Included

Wed, Feb 6, 1991

Christine is worried about her divorce and Bull is looking for a matchmaker.

17Season 8

S8.E17 ∙ Alone Again, Naturally

Wed, Feb 13, 1991

Is Harry about to be proposed to?

18Season 8

S8.E18 ∙ Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud--It Is a Wonderful Life... Sorta

Wed, Feb 27, 1991

Harry loses all interest in life after Margaret leaves him. An angel (in the shape of Mel Torme) shows him what life would be like in the court without him: Dan is a rich and corrupt judge, Bull is his stooge candidate for mayor, Mac and Christine are the beaten-down court attorneys, and Roz goes to prison for resisting one of Dan's business enterprises. When Harry sees Dan seduce Christine, he chooses to live again, and the angel sends him on his way with a rousing performance of "Start All Over Again."

19Season 8

S8.E19 ∙ To Sleep, No More

Wed, Mar 6, 1991

Dan suffers major guilt pains over how he is using the money in the Phil Foundation.

20Season 8

S8.E20 ∙ With a Little Help from My Friends

Wed, Mar 13, 1991

When Christine has Roz join her happy therapy group, the group has a major backslide.

21Season 8

S8.E21 ∙ Mac Takes a Vocation

Wed, Mar 20, 1991

A Supreme Court Judge steals Mac as court clerk for appearances.

22Season 8

S8.E22 ∙ Harry's Fifteen Minutes

Wed, Apr 3, 1991

After being placed on a list of interesting New York City men, conceited Harry lies to get out of a date with Christine.

23Season 8

S8.E23 ∙ Where There's a Will, There's a Tony: Part 1

Wed, May 1, 1991

Tony tries to win Christine back while Dan goes though a transformation while running the Phil Foundation.

24Season 8

S8.E24 ∙ Where There's a Will, There's a Tony: Part 2

Wed, May 8, 1991

Tony tries to win Christine back while Dan goes though a transformation while running the Phil Foundation.

1Season 9

S9.E1 ∙ A Guy Named Phantom: Part 1

Wed, Sep 18, 1991

While Harry and Christine try to sort out their feelings, Dan kidnaps her.

2Season 9

S9.E2 ∙ A Guy Named Phantom: Part 2

Wed, Sep 25, 1991

While Harry and Christine try to sort out their feelings, Dan kidnaps her.

3Season 9

S9.E3 ∙ My Life as a Dog Lawyer

Wed, Oct 2, 1991

Harry risks an international incident when he jails an arrogant diplomat from a tiny, obscure European nation. And Dan returns to duty but is forced to start out at the bottom, in dog law court.

4Season 9

S9.E4 ∙ Puppy Love

Wed, Oct 9, 1991

Roz's husband shows up looking for a divorce.

5Season 9

S9.E5 ∙ Pop Goes the Question

Wed, Oct 16, 1991

Bull feels that he must perform a miracle before he marries Wanda.

6Season 9

S9.E6 ∙ Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?

Wed, Oct 30, 1991

Dan wants to break up with the daughter of an underworld kingpin.

7Season 9

S9.E7 ∙ Looking for Mr. Shannon

Wed, Nov 6, 1991

Bull's bachelor party includes no money, no transportation and no Bull.

8Season 9

S9.E8 ∙ Teacher's Pet

Wed, Nov 13, 1991

Christine's image of her law professor is shattered and Bull tries to regain his virginity.

9Season 9

S9.E9 ∙ The System Works

Sun, Nov 17, 1991

Harry teaches a law class and Dan hires an artist to draw Christine.

10Season 9

S9.E10 ∙ Get Me to the Roof on Time

Wed, Nov 20, 1991

At Bull and Wanda's wedding, Wanda refuses to wear Bull's mother's wedding dress, there's a fight over best man, and Christine over-organizes everything.

11Season 9

S9.E11 ∙ Santa on the Lam

Wed, Dec 11, 1991

Mr. Billachi, an elderly former department store Santa, is brought into court for attacking the robot that replaced him. Disheartened by the commercialism of Christmas, he announces his intention to commit suicide, and Dan is the unlikely person who has to convince him that Christmas is still a time of giving and goodwill. His task is made harder by the fact that his normally cheerful co-workers are all complaining loudly about the mess-ups in their holiday plans.

12Season 9

S9.E12 ∙ Shave and a Haircut

Wed, Jan 8, 1992

Harry finally becomes buddies with Mel Torme by convincing him to appear as "Man of the Year" at an annual dinner. When he learns that the "Man of the Year" is actually meant to be the victim of a hazing at a public rally, he desperately tries to talk Mel out of it. Dan is employing Will as a bounty hunter and raking in reward money, but bites off more than he can chew when he sends Will after "Eddie the Machete." Bull gets a Walkman and listens to books on tape around court.

13Season 9

S9.E13 ∙ A New York Story

Wed, Jan 15, 1992

A defendant shows up owning several NYC landmarks and Dan gets to be a beauty contest judge.

14Season 9

S9.E14 ∙ Undressed for Success

Wed, Jan 22, 1992

Mac has been asked to do an underwear commercial.

15Season 9

S9.E15 ∙ Poker? I Hardly Know Her

Wed, Feb 5, 1992

Roz has a poker and makeup party, and Dan goes after a new courtroom employee.

16Season 9

S9.E16 ∙ Party Girl: Part 1

Wed, Feb 12, 1992

Christine is asked to run for a political office.

17Season 9

S9.E17 ∙ Party Girl: Part 2

Wed, Feb 12, 1992

Christine is asked to run for a political office.

18Season 9

S9.E18 ∙ To Sir with... Ah, What the Heck... Love

Wed, Feb 26, 1992

Dan starts to brown-nose Harry to get a judgeship when Harry decides to teach full-time. Meanwhile, Art has asked Bull's mother to marry him.

19Season 9

S9.E19 ∙ P.S. Do I Know You?

Wed, Mar 4, 1992

Roz dreads meeting her pen pal when she was not entirely truthful with him.

20Season 9

S9.E20 ∙ Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 1

Wed, May 13, 1992

Harry considers his future - Columbia Law School or touring with his idol, Mel Torme. Christine faces Election Day. Bull is being followed.

21Season 9

S9.E21 ∙ Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2

Wed, May 13, 1992

Christine is elected to Congress; Bull sets a trap for the aliens following him; Harry turns down the education job offer.

22Season 9

S9.E22 ∙ The 1992 Boat Show

Sun, May 31, 1992

Dan tries to get into a newspaper society column, but the columnist is enchanted by Roz instead. Bull substitutes for Mac as court clerk. Lisette tells Christine about her erotic dreams featuring Harry.