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The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 4

Every episode of Night Court Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 4!

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

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Next Voice You Hear..." is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 180 votes. Directed by Jeff Melman and written by Reinhold Weege, it aired on 10/2/1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Giving Thanks".

  • The Next Voice You Hear...
    8.0/10180 votes

    #1 - The Next Voice You Hear...

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1986

    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

  • Giving Thanks
    7.8/10179 votes

    #2 - Giving Thanks

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1986

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Teresa O'Neill

  • Author, Author
    7.2/10158 votes

    #3 - Author, Author

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1986

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Halloween II: The Return of Leon
    6.9/10147 votes

    #4 - Halloween II: The Return of Leon

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1986

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

    Director: Tim Steele

    Writer: Linwood Boomer

  • Dan's Operation (1)
    7.4/10159 votes

    #5 - Dan's Operation (1)

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1986

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Bob Stevens

  • Dan's Operation (2)
    7.6/10160 votes

    #6 - Dan's Operation (2)

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1986

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Bob Stevens

  • The New Judge
    7.2/10154 votes

    #7 - The New Judge

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1986

    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.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Contempt of Courting
    7.1/10157 votes

    #8 - Contempt of Courting

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/1986

    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.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Earthquake
    7.5/10159 votes

    #9 - Earthquake

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1986

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Prince of a Guy
    7.1/10167 votes

    #10 - Prince of a Guy

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1986

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New Year's Leave
    7.3/10156 votes

    #11 - New Year's Leave

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1986

    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.

    Director: John Larroquette

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder
    7.5/10158 votes

    #12 - Murder

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1987

    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.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • Baby Talk
    6.8/10142 votes

    #13 - Baby Talk

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1987

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Modest Proposal
    6.7/10143 votes

    #14 - The Modest Proposal

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1987

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

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • A Day in the Life
    8.5/10225 votes

    #15 - A Day in the Life

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin

  • Rabid
    7.2/10144 votes

    #16 - Rabid

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1987

    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.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Christine's Friend
    7.4/10151 votes

    #17 - Christine's Friend

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1987

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

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Bob Stevens

  • Caught Red Handed
    7.3/10151 votes

    #18 - Caught Red Handed

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Paternity
    7.5/10143 votes

    #19 - Paternity

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1987

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

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
    7.2/10151 votes

    #20 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1987

    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.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Her Honor (1)
    7.6/10149 votes

    #21 - Her Honor (1)

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1987

    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.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Linwood Boomer

  • Her Honor (2)
    7.7/10144 votes

    #22 - Her Honor (2)

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1987

    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