Harold T. Stone becomes a night court judge and settles a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire.

All You Need is Love

The season is merry as Harry deals with a man in a red suit charged with trespassing and tries to restore the faith of a pair of cynical teenage runaways.

Santa Goes Downtown

Lana learns that Harry has a criminal record when she tries to find out his age to settle a bet.

The Former Harry Stone

A woman who claims to be Harry's long lost mother and a beauty pageant operator appear before the court.

Welcome Back, Momma

The others try to pull Bull out of the dumps when he's turned down by a charitable organization because his size and appearance are intimidating to others.

The Eye Of The Beholder

Things are thrown into an uproar when Harry receives a threat via a rock thrown through the window and a bomb is discovered in the courtroom.

Death Threat

A hooker develops a crush on Harry and Dan loses a city council position to a dead man.

Once In Love With Harry

Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney.

Quadrangle Of Love

Lana disrupts the proceedings after taking a powerful cold medicine.

Wonder Drugs

A Russian that is charged with selling stolen property would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.

Some Like It Hot

Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star, and tries to cope with a new court clerk.

Harry And The Rock Star

The courtroom crew try to help Bull when a neighbor leaves her baby with him.

Bull's Baby

Harry has to settle the legal status of a woman who remarried after her first husband was mistakenly declared dead, and who wants her back.

Hi Honey, I'm Home

An impressionable young nun decides to leave her order after meeting Harry.

The Nun

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.

Christine and Mac (a.k.a. Daddy for the Defense)

Harry sends public defender Billie Young to jail for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of a cat her client is accused of kidnapping.

Billie and the Cat

The courtroom becomes a circus when a meek little fellow chooses Harry to decide what worthy person will receive the money from his winning lottery ticket.

Pick a Number

A precocious computer whiz barricades himself in Harry's office and threatens to wipe out all his school's records.

The Computer Kid

Bull finally is allowed a foster son by a volunteer-fathers organization, but he winds up with a bit of a surprise.

Bull Gets a Kid

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

Harry on Trial

Harry feels a lot of official pressure when a notorious madame with a hot diary comes before his bench.

Harry and the Madam

Harry is reluctant to have surgery for his ulcer symptoms.

Inside Harry Stone

A blizzard traps everyone in the courthouse and Dan in an elevator with a man who's attracted to him.

The Blizzard

Mac marries Quon Le, a girl he knew in Vietnam, and Harry conducts court despite temporary blindness.

Take My Wife, Please

Billie's birthday dinner for Harry is disrupted by an insecure intruder.

The Birthday Visitor

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

Dan's Parents

Patients from a mental institution stage a strike to convince the court they're being mistreated at the hospital.

Nuts About Harry

Selma's old beau wants to rekindle their romance and a substitute judge makes a mockery of the judicial system.

An Old Flame

Harry uses a little hocus pocus to convince Bull he's cured of a gypsy curse.

The Gypsy

Bull quits his job in frustration and becomes a professional wrestler.

Battling Bailiff

Billie's new boyfriend turns out to be a professional problem for her, despite his romantic accomplishments.

Billie's Valentine

His friends believe the worst when Dan starts dating a homely, gauche woman who's heir to $40 million.

Married Alive

Quon Le appears before the court for prostitution and Harry has to choose between Billie and Dan for the mayoral commission.

Mac and Quon Le: Together Again

Harry searches for Yakov's brother, a Russian circus defector. Meanwhile, Soviet and American agents negotiate an arms agreement.

World War III

A disabled law student takes Harry's refusal of her prom invitation as a slap against her handicap.

Walk, Don't Wheel

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

Hello, Goodbye

A strange little man charged with stealing electronic parts takes Dan hostage and demands the rest of the parts he needs to communicate with his home planet of Saturn.

The Hostage

Christine's father has his first date in eight years and ends up before Harry, along with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.

Dad's First Date

Mac tries to hide Quon Le from his prejudiced grandfather, who's trying to decide who to leave his millions of dollars.

Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations

Harry falls hook, line and sinker for a beautiful woman.

Halloween, Too

Dan has a real problem when his high school buddy comes to visit as a decidedly changed man.

Best of Friends

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

Dan's Boss

Harry tries to free a rock star literally imprisoned by his overly solicitous entourage.

Up On the Roof

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.

The Wheels of Justice (1)

The Wheels of Justice (2)

Nobody wants to break the news to Bull that his new girl friend is a prostitute.

Walk Away, Renee

Dan takes a job as a paid escort for a wealthy, lonely woman who expects a lot for her money, and Yakov appeals to Harry for help when his wife is arrested on a visit to the US.

Dan's Escort

A crazy judge brought in to substitute for Harry imprisons Dan and Mac for contempt and appoints Florence and Phil the wino as the defense and prosecuting attorneys.

The Night Off

Harry takes pity on the building shoeshine boy, who seeks refuge from a social worker trying to place him in another foster home.

Harry and Leon

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

The Apartment

Harry's concern with Leon's imminent adoption blinds him to the presence of Mel Torme in the courthouse.

Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye

Christine decides to quit after she's mugged in the cafeteria, but a man takes her hostage in the courtroom before she can leave.

The Mugger

Harry decides to help his idol, a down-and-out magician, who goes on to help himself to Harry's possessions.

Could This Be Magic?

Bull tries to save a baby orangutan from animal-research experiments.

Monkey Business

The staff tries everything they can think of to postpone Flo's mandatory retirement.

Flo's Retirement

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

Hurricane (1)

Hurricane (2)

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.

The Next Voice You Hear...

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

Giving Thanks

Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.

Author, Author

Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.

Halloween II: The Return of Leon

Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

Dan's Operation (1)

Dan's Operation (2)

Dan makes a friend out of the judge substituting until he realizes the man is trying to bribe him, and his friends talk him into wearing a wire to entrap the man.

The New Judge

Harry returns and finds a lovely woman substituting on the bench for him, who likes him a lot and jails Christine for mouthing off about perceived mistreatment of a client.

Contempt of Courting

Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.

Earthquake

Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.

Prince of a Guy

Harry deals sympathetically with an escaped felon whose only wish is to spend New Year's Eve in Times Square to celebrate his 42nd wedding anniversary.

New Year's Leave

Harry has to deal with a woman who confesses to him that she killed her husband that morning, a detective who can't get used to working without his partner and a morose Dan who was rejected as a sperm bank donor.

Murder

Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.

Baby Talk

Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.

The Modest Proposal

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

A Day in the Life

Harry asks Dan to care for his new dog, who saved his life from a fire, but the mutt bites Dan and raises a rabies scare that could cost him his life.

Rabid

Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.

Christine's Friend

Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.

Caught Red Handed

Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.

Paternity

Quon Le plans to become a US citizen before her baby is born, but she and Mac are both rushed to the hospital with pains just as Harry begins the swearing-in ceremony.

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Dan thinks he will become a new judge, but Christine is awarded the position. However, Harry discovers that his name is not on the judge reappointment list. Meanwhile the Wheelers, the hick couple from West Virginia, become the proprietors of the concession stand.

Her Honor (1)

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.

Her Honor (2)

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.

Her Honor (3)

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

Her Honor (4)

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.

Death of a Bailiff

Christine and Roz visit a male strip joint to do some female bonding, but Harry and the guys show up just as the show gets going.

Ladies Night

Harry traps himself inside a safe while practicing a magic trick and Dan is pursued by a little devil who seems to know all about him.

Safe

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.

Mac's Dilemma

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.

Who Was That Mashed Man?

Harry hires a blind assistant whose abrasive sense of humor put everyone on edge and Dan struggles with impotence when her meets a seductive prospective employer.

No Hard Feelings

Harry tries to talk sense to Roz, a recently diagnosed diabetic whose convinced her life is over, and handle a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom.

Constitution (1)

Constitution (2)

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

Let It Snow

Dan frantically tries to rid himself of a briefcase containing a timebomb that someone has handcuffed to his wrist while Joy demands that Bull treat her as he would a sighted woman. Also Dan's real name is also revealed to the staff.

Dan, the Walking Time Bomb

Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.

Hit the Road, Jack

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.

I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

A very nice stranger on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party in honor of Charles and Diana.

Chrizzi's Honor

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.

Another Day in the Life

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

Heart of Stone

Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.

Russkie Business

The gang joins Roz in an encounter group she's required to attend to temper her hostile attitude at work, and they see a new side to their co-worker.

Jung and the Restless

Harry becomes uncharacteristically glum and morose after an elderly judge dies after one of Harry's pranks, so his friends urge him to respond when a new judge lays claim to Harry's crown as the ""King of the Courtroom Cutups.""

Top Judge

Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.

Mac's Millions

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

All Episodes of Night Court

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Season 1

All You Need is Love

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1984

Santa Goes Downtown

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1984

The Former Harry Stone

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1984

Welcome Back, Momma

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1984

The Eye Of The Beholder

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1984

Death Threat

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1984

Once In Love With Harry

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1984

Quadrangle Of Love

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/1984

Wonder Drugs

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1984

Some Like It Hot

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1984

Harry And The Rock Star

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1984

Bull's Baby

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1984

Hi Honey, I'm Home

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/31/1984