7.8/10146 votes#1 - Her Honor (3)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Linwood Boomer
7.7/10147 votes#2 - Her Honor (4)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1987
While preparing to attempt his outrageous stunt, Harry talks to and saves the life of a suicidal man.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Linwood Boomer
8.0/10145 votes#3 - Death of a Bailiff
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10138 votes#4 - Ladies Night
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10145 votes#5 - Safe
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1987
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10153 votes#6 - Mac's Dilemma
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
8.2/10185 votes#7 - Who Was That Mashed Man?
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.4/10154 votes#8 - No Hard Feelings
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.5/10146 votes#9 - Constitution (1)
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10143 votes#10 - Constitution (2)
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1987
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.7/10153 votes#11 - Let It Snow
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1987
A blizzard traps everyone inside the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.2/10139 votes#12 - Dan, the Walking Time Bomb
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1988
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gary Murphy
7.0/10130 votes#13 - Hit the Road, Jack
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1988
Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
8.1/10157 votes#14 - I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1988
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Scott Rubenstein, Leonard Mlodinow
7.3/10138 votes#15 - Chrizzi's Honor
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1988
A very nice stranger on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party in honor of Charles and Diana.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
8.3/10174 votes#16 - Another Day in the Life
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1988
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Gary Murphy
7.7/10140 votes#17 - Heart of Stone
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1988
An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10139 votes#18 - Russkie Business
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1988
Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10143 votes#19 - Jung and the Restless
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1988
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10140 votes#20 - Top Judge
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1988
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.""
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
7.3/10138 votes#21 - Mac's Millions
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1988
Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linwood Boomer
7.6/10145 votes#22 - Danny Got His Gun (1)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1988
Dan flip-flops on his active duty for the Army Reserve until he learns it will be in a tropical paradise with a beautiful lady officer.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Gary Murphy
The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 5
Every episode of Night Court Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 5!
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Her Honor (3)" is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Jeff Melman and written by Linwood Boomer, it aired on 9/17/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Her Honor (4)".