7.6/10(388)Loading...#1 - 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
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7.5/10(384)Loading...#2 - 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
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7.5/10(230)Loading...#3 - 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
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7.5/10(230)Loading...#4 - 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
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7.4/10(288)Loading...#5 - 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
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7.3/10(265)Loading...#6 - 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
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7.3/10(225)Loading...#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
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7.3/10(244)Loading...#8 - 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
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7.2/10(227)Loading...#9 - 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
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7.2/10(227)Loading...#10 - 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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7.1/10(245)Loading...#11 - 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
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7.1/10(229)Loading...#12 - 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
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7.0/10(235)Loading...#13 - 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
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The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 1
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Every episode of Night Court Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 1!
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Every episode of Night Court Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 1!
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Episodes
13
Avg. Rating
7.3
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.5
7.6
7.4
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Santa Goes Downtown" is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 388 votes. Directed by Asaad Kelada, Gary Shimokawa and written by Reinhold Weege, it aired on 1/11/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "All You Need is Love".