The Best Episodes of Night Court

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   8.6/10(249 votes)

   #1 - A Day in the Life

   S4:E152/5/1987

   NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin

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   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin
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   8.3/10(209 votes)

   #2 - Who Was That Mashed Man?

   S5:E711/19/1987

   Dan's sadistic boss asks him to look out for his very attractive niece while Harry tries to prevent a TV hero of yesteryear from killing himself.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.3/10(199 votes)

   #3 - Another Day in the Life

   S5:E162/18/1988

   Panic grips the courtroom as the gang races to clear 207 cases in one session so a millionaire will donate money to save an orphanage and so Dan can win an office pool for the most convictions.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Gary Murphy

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Gary Murphy
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   8.2/10(207 votes)

   #4 - The Next Voice You Hear...

   S4:E110/2/1986

   Harry's distracted from a courtroom full of ventriloquists and their dummies by the delivery of a letter from his mother, mailed fifteen years earlier.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege
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   8.2/10(192 votes)

   #5 - Yet Another Day in the Life

   S6:E225/3/1989

   The gang tries to set another record for cases adjudicated as the building slowly floods, causing prisoners to pile up in the hallways and Dan grinds his teeth to be off by midnight to catch a flight to anywhere.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Nancy Steen, Neil Thompson

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   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Nancy Steen, Neil Thompson
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   8.1/10(266 votes)

   #6 - Dan's Parents

   S2:E131/10/1985

   Dan's past is revealed when the parents he told everyone were dead come to see their successful sonny boy.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege
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   8.1/10(238 votes)

   #7 - Hello, Goodbye

   S3:E19/26/1985

   Everyone tries to adjust to Selma's death as Harry interviews possible replacements, but Bull goes on a drinking binge instead.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege
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   8.1/10(164 votes)

   #8 - Death of a Bailiff

   S5:E310/15/1987

   Bull decides to give away all his worldly goods after hearing God's voice when he's struck by lightning on the roof of the courthouse.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   8.1/10(179 votes)

   #9 - I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

   S5:E141/21/1988

   Dan ties up Mel Torme so Harry can meet him but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy out of a mental hospital.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Scott Rubenstein, Leonard Mlodinow

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   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Scott Rubenstein, Leonard Mlodinow
10. 

    8.1/10(152 votes)

    #10 - Death Takes a Halloween

    S8:E510/26/1990

    On Halloween, Harry locks up a defendant known as the Spirit of Death, and people, including next scheduled victim Dan, stop dying.

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(234 votes)

    #11 - Harry on Trial

    S2:E711/15/1984

    Harry is called before a disciplinary board for his unorthodox courtroom behavior.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writers:Reinhold Weege, Chris Cluess

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writers:Reinhold Weege, Chris Cluess
12. 

    8.0/10(203 votes)

    #12 - The Wheels of Justice (1)

    S3:E912/5/1985

    Everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, Harry has to evict a woman and son, and a homeless couple from West Virginia tells their tale of woe.

    Director:Alan Bergmann

    Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno

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    Director:Alan Bergmann

    Writers:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
13. 

    8.0/10(211 votes)

    #13 - Hurricane (2)

    S3:E225/8/1986

    The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege
14. 

    7.9/10(192 votes)

    #14 - The Wheels of Justice (2)

    S3:E1012/12/1985

    Everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, Harry has to evict a woman and son, and a homeless couple from West Virginia tells their tale of woe.

    Director:Alan Bergmann

    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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    Director:Alan Bergmann

    Writer:Nat Mauldin
15. 

    7.9/10(209 votes)

    #15 - Hurricane (1)

    S3:E215/1/1986

    The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege
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    7.9/10(204 votes)

    #16 - Giving Thanks

    S4:E210/9/1986

    Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Teresa O'Neill

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Teresa O'Neill
17. 

    7.9/10(163 votes)

    #17 - The Night Court Before Christmas

    S6:E912/21/1988

    Buddy comes to visit Harry for the holidays and Roz is arrested for appropriating a sled full of toys and distributing them to needy children.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
18. 

    7.8/10(220 votes)

    #18 - Dan's Boss

    S3:E711/14/1985

    Dan's life becomes a living hell as he tries to butter his new boss; a little person with a very nasty personality.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Bob Stevens

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Bob Stevens
19. 

    7.8/10(188 votes)

    #19 - The Apartment

    S3:E151/30/1986

    Harry throws a surprise birthday for Dan whose date is extremely anxious to be home by midnight.

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Teresa O'Neill

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    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Teresa O'Neill
20. 

    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #20 - Her Honor (2)

    S4:E225/6/1987

    Upon learning that he will not be reappointed as a judge, Harry disappears to perform an outrageous stunt. But he doesn't realize that Christine, who has taken over the night court, has gotten his job back.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer
21. 

    7.8/10(167 votes)

    #21 - Her Honor (3)

    S5:E19/17/1987

    Christine nervously takes the bench as Dan and Mac try to cover for the newly reinstated Harry, who's planning the greatest gag of all time.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer
22. 

    7.8/10(167 votes)

    #22 - Her Honor (4)

    S5:E29/24/1987

    While preparing to attempt his outrageous stunt, Harry talks to and saves the life of a suicidal man.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer
23. 

    7.8/10(178 votes)

    #23 - Let It Snow

    S5:E1112/17/1987

    A blizzard traps everyone inside the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(157 votes)

    #24 - Heart of Stone

    S5:E172/25/1988

    An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(168 votes)

    #25 - Danny Got His Gun (3)

    S6:E210/26/1988

    Meanwhile, Dan is actually alive, stranded with an Eskimo family and pulled into performing surgery: when the only available doctor’s hands are broken, Dan has to step in and perform an appendectomy on one of his rescuers.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown