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The Best Episodes of Night Court

Every episode of Night Court ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Night Court!

The Best Episodes of Night Court

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

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  1. Background image for A Day in the Life
    8.5/10(237 votes)

    #1 - A Day in the Life

    S4:E15

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

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    8.3/10(187 votes)

    #2 - Another Day in the Life

    S5:E16

    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.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  3. Background image for Who Was That Mashed Man?
    8.2/10(199 votes)

    #3 - Who Was That Mashed Man?

    S5:E7

    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.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Yet Another Day in the Life
    8.1/10(184 votes)

    #4 - Yet Another Day in the Life

    S6:E22

    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.

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    8.0/10(252 votes)

    #5 - Dan's Parents

    S2:E13

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

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  6. Background image for Hello, Goodbye
    8.0/10(229 votes)

    #6 - Hello, Goodbye

    S3:E1

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

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  8. Background image for The Next Voice You Hear...
    8.0/10(198 votes)

    #7 - The Next Voice You Hear...

    S4:E1

    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.

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  9. Background image for I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
    8.0/10(167 votes)

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

    S5:E14

    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.

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  10. Background image for Death Takes a Halloween
    8.0/10(146 votes)

    #9 - Death Takes a Halloween

    S8:E5

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

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Harry on Trial
    7.9/10(222 votes)

    #10 - Harry on Trial

    S2:E7

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

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  12. Background image for The Wheels of Justice (1)
    7.9/10(196 votes)

    #11 - The Wheels of Justice (1)

    S3:E9

    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.

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    7.9/10(155 votes)

    #12 - Death of a Bailiff

    S5:E3

    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.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Night Court Before Christmas
    7.9/10(152 votes)

    #13 - The Night Court Before Christmas

    S6:E9

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(184 votes)

    #14 - The Wheels of Justice (2)

    S3:E10

    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.

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    Director:Alan Bergmann
  16. Background image for Hurricane (2)
    7.8/10(203 votes)

    #15 - Hurricane (2)

    S3:E22

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

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  17. Background image for Giving Thanks
    7.8/10(194 votes)

    #16 - Giving Thanks

    S4:E2

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

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    7.8/10(158 votes)

    #17 - Her Honor (3)

    S5:E1

    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.

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    7.8/10(116 votes)

    #18 - Day Court

    S8:E8

    Roz surprises everyone by becoming unbearably perky when the staff is temporarily assigned to daytime hours, and Christine decides she must totally change her personality to hang onto Tony and her marriage.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Presumed Insolvent
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    #19 - Presumed Insolvent

    S8:E14

    Dan looks at Phil the wino in a whole new light when the bum rescues a defendant left penniless by the S&L crisis.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(211 votes)

    #20 - Dan's Boss

    S3:E7

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

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  22. Background image for Hurricane (1)
    7.7/10(201 votes)

    #21 - Hurricane (1)

    S3:E21

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

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  23. Background image for Her Honor (2)
    7.7/10(154 votes)

    #22 - Her Honor (2)

    S4:E22

    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.

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    7.7/10(157 votes)

    #23 - Her Honor (4)

    S5:E2

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

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    7.7/10(164 votes)

    #24 - Mac's Dilemma

    S5:E6

    An old friend asks Mac to lose his court records and a Japanese man about to be honored by the governor dies while in custody.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #25 - Let It Snow

    S5:E11

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

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"A Day in the Life" is the best rated episode of "Night Court". It scored 8.5/10 based on 237 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin, it aired on 2/5/1987. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Another Day in the Life".