The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 5

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

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

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: Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein

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

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

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

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: Linwood Boomer

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

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

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

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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

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.

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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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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Writer: Linwood Boomer

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

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

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Jeff Melman

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