7.5/10375 votes#1 - All You Need is Love
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1984
Harold T. Stone becomes a night court judge and settles a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.6/10379 votes#2 - Santa Goes Downtown
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1984
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada, Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.4/10284 votes#3 - The Former Harry Stone
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1984
Lana learns that Harry has a criminal record when she tries to find out his age to settle a bet.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege, Tom Reeder
7.3/10262 votes#4 - Welcome Back, Momma
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1984
A woman who claims to be Harry's long lost mother and a beauty pageant operator appear before the court.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.1/10241 votes#5 - The Eye Of The Beholder
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1984
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.0/10228 votes#6 - Death Threat
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1984
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.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Bob Stevens
7.3/10220 votes#7 - Once In Love With Harry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1984
A hooker develops a crush on Harry and Dan loses a city council position to a dead man.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.2/10222 votes#8 - Quadrangle Of Love
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/1984
Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Bob Colleary
7.2/10222 votes#9 - Wonder Drugs
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1984
Lana disrupts the proceedings after taking a powerful cold medicine.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Howard Ostroff, Reinhold Weege
7.5/10224 votes#10 - Some Like It Hot
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1984
A Russian that is charged with selling stolen property would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege, Chris Cluess
7.3/10237 votes#11 - Harry And The Rock Star
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1984
Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star, and tries to cope with a new court clerk.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.5/10224 votes#12 - Bull's Baby
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1984
The courtroom crew try to help Bull when a neighbor leaves her baby with him.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Bob Stevens
7.2/10222 votes#13 - Hi Honey, I'm Home
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/31/1984
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.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Reinhold Weege, Tom Reeder
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An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"All You Need is Love" is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 375 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Reinhold Weege, it aired on 1/4/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Santa Goes Downtown".