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The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 7

Every episode of Night Court Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 7!

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

Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Life With Buddy" is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 7. It scored 7.1/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Jim Drake and written by N/A, it aired on 9/27/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "If I Were a Rich Man".

  • Life With Buddy
    7.1/10128 votes

    #1 - Life With Buddy

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1989

    Buddy leaves the institution and moves in with Harry while Dan and his real estate agent scheme to take over a dying man's Park Avenue apartment.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • If I Were a Rich Man
    7.3/10117 votes

    #2 - If I Were a Rich Man

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1989

    Dan plans to swindle a billionaire land developer and Mac agrees to host a cosmetics party for Quon Le.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Gary Murphy

  • The Cop and the Lady
    7.1/10122 votes

    #3 - The Cop and the Lady

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1989

    Christine falls for the gorgeous piece of beefcake assigned to protect Dan when the sleazy DA receives several death threats.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Nancy Steen, Neil Thompson

  • Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King
    7.6/10127 votes

    #4 - Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1989

    On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blue Suede Bull
    7.3/10115 votes

    #5 - Blue Suede Bull

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1989

    Harry embarrasses Christine in front of a very pro-feminist judge with his trick handcuffs while Dan repays a debt to Bull by taking him out on the town for a swinging evening.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • For Love or Money
    7.5/10118 votes

    #6 - For Love or Money

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1989

    Buddy proposes to a wealthy, fun loving widow while Dan tries to hide the fact that he's been reduced to living in his office.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Neil Thompson, Nancy Steen

  • Auntie Maim
    6.9/10121 votes

    #7 - Auntie Maim

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1989

    Roz drafts Mac to pose as her fiancé when her overbearing auntie comes to visit and Dan meets an aging actress who teaches him some new tricks in an elevator.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Attack of the Mac Snacks
    7.4/10124 votes

    #8 - Attack of the Mac Snacks

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1989

    Harry and Mac team up to market one of Quon Le's snack concoctions and Christine's stingy uncle pays her a visit.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Branded (1)
    7.5/10112 votes

    #9 - Branded (1)

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1989

    Dan becomes the target for first a job offer, then disbarment proceedings when a wealthy lawyer seeks to get charges against his son dropped, and Christine and Roz become diet buddies.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Branded (2)
    7.5/10113 votes

    #10 - Branded (2)

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1989

    Dan becomes the target for first a job offer, then disbarment proceedings when a wealthy lawyer seeks to get charges against his son dropped, and Christine and Roz become diet buddies.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Passion Plundered
    7.4/10112 votes

    #11 - Passion Plundered

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1989

    Dan and Harry each vie for the attentions of a attractive reporter doing a story on Harry's courtroom and Roz gets swept off her feet by three Boldavian brothers.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Amore or Less
    7.0/10110 votes

    #12 - Amore or Less

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1990

    Christine finds everyone too busy to help her out with her new romance so she turns to two feuding advice columnists.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Razing Bull
    7.3/10115 votes

    #13 - Razing Bull

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1990

    Bull chains himself to the entrance of an old theater scheduled to be demolished and the ensuring efforts to save the building reveals a secret life from Mac's past.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • Futureman
    7.4/10112 votes

    #14 - Futureman

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1990

    Dan is held hostage in the courtroom by two thugs but a man from the future-- VHK 937-- appears on a mission to save him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leonard Mlodinow

  • Wedding Bell Blues (1)
    7.0/10101 votes

    #15 - Wedding Bell Blues (1)

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1990

    Christine makes an impulsive decision at her farewell dinner with beau Tony, one that has severe repercussions when he leaves on an assignment he may not return from.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Gary Murphy

  • Wedding Bell Blues (2)
    7.4/1099 votes

    #16 - Wedding Bell Blues (2)

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1990

    Christine makes an impulsive decision at her farewell dinner with beau Tony, one that has severe repercussions when he leaves on an assignment he may not return from.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Gary Murphy

  • The Talk Show
    7.3/10110 votes

    #17 - The Talk Show

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1990

    Dan finds a new niche in life as the host of a shock-TV show and Mac and Quon Le may lose out on their Graceland vacation.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Neil Thompson, Nancy Steen

  • Melvin and Harold
    7.6/10113 votes

    #18 - Melvin and Harold

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1990

    Plans for Mel Torme to appear at Harry's 40th birthday party are derailed when Harry puts his idol behind bars for failing to pay a parking ticket.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • The Glasnost Menagerie
    7.2/10112 votes

    #19 - The Glasnost Menagerie

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1990

    Harry helps Yakov get a visa extension for his father and Mac buys a washing machine with an attitude problem.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Said Dance!
    7.0/10103 votes

    #20 - I Said Dance!

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990

    Roz faces a lawsuit and no job after Bull borrows her gun and shoots himself in the foot, thanks to his sue-happy lawyer cousin.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: N/A

  • My Three Dads
    7.8/10117 votes

    #21 - My Three Dads

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 3/28/1990

    While attending childbirth class with her three coaches, Christine imagines her child as it grows up influenced by each of the eager proxy fathers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Neil Thompson, Nancy Steen

  • Still Another Day in the Life
    7.8/10111 votes

    #22 - Still Another Day in the Life

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1990

    Harry helps a young man appearing before his court stop his girl friend's marriage to a prefab preppie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Closer Look
    7.6/10107 votes

    #23 - A Closer Look

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 4/11/1990

    Harry, his court and co-workers come under the sharp journalistic eye of a TV reporter doing a story on typical night court events.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blues of the Birth
    7.8/10115 votes

    #24 - The Blues of the Birth

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1990

    Christine goes into labor while trapped in an elevator with Buddy and a squeamish courtroom visitor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Gary Murphy