7.6/10112 votes#1 - A Family Affair (1)
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1990
Christine comes back from having her baby and has to deal with the shadow of her replacement, good 'ole Ted. Harry tries to avoid the tutor arranged to help him pass a crucial high school history test. Meanwhile Dan's sister comes to visit, and Dan asks Bull to take her out to see the sights of New York, unaware that his baby sister is a chip off the old Fielding block.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.4/1099 votes#2 - A Family Affair (2)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1990
Christine comes back from having her baby and has to deal with the shadow of her replacement, good 'ole Ted. Harry tries to avoid the tutor arranged to help him pass a crucial high school history test. Meanwhile Dan's sister comes to visit, and Dan asks Bull to take her out to see the sights of New York, unaware that his baby sister is a chip off the old Fielding block.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.2/10109 votes#3 - When Harry Met Margaret
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1990
Harry's first date with Margaret Turner, the new court reporter, turns into a disaster when he follows Dan's advice.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.1/10106 votes#4 - Can't Buy Me Love
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1990
Dan is thrilled when he offers himself as a prize at a bachelor auction, until he sees the lecherous old woman who bids highest for him; and Christine is beginning to have doubts about her marriage to Tony.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
8.0/10140 votes#5 - Death Takes a Halloween
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1990
On Halloween, Harry locks up a defendant known as the Spirit of Death, and people, including next scheduled victim Dan, stop dying.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.3/10102 votes#6 - Crossroads (1)
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1990
When the staff is quarantined for the night, they spend the hours reminiscing about turning points in their lives.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.5/10100 votes#7 - Crossroads (2)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1990
When the staff is quarantined for the night, they spend the hours reminiscing about turning points in their lives.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.8/10109 votes#8 - Day Court
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1990
Roz surprises everyone by becoming unbearably perky when the staff is temporarily assigned to daytime hours, and Christine decides she must totally change her personality to hang onto Tony and her marriage.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.4/10110 votes#9 - A Night Court at the Opera
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1990
Dan tries to win over Margaret during a night at the opera and Bull acquires disciples convinced that he's their god.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.3/10110 votes#10 - Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1990
Harry has to summon the courage to face a bully from his childhood who is brought before him in court, and Christine searches high and low for the perfect nanny.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10116 votes#11 - Jail Bait
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1990
A street artist helps raise Christine's spirits, and Mac and Dan indulge a passion for photography.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/10123 votes#12 - It's Just a Joke
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1990
Everyone gets their two cents in when a comic's offensive routine sparks a First Amendment debate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Maddux
6.9/10105 votes#13 - Bringing Down Baby
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1991
Roz loses yet another battle with courtesy and tact when she tells off the mother of an obnoxious child star shooting a tv pilot in the courtroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10109 votes#14 - Presumed Insolvent
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1991
Dan looks at Phil the wino in a whole new light when the bum rescues a defendant left penniless by the S&L crisis.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.4/10106 votes#15 - Mama Was a Rollin' Stone
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1991
Dan anticipates a windfall from Phil the wino's will but gets a surprise instead. Bull anxiously awaits a visit from his mother, an old salt due to retire from the sea and come live with sonny boy.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.2/10101 votes#16 - Attachments Included
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1991
Christine finds herself tense over finalizing her divorce, Harry is nervous about moving in with Margaret, and Bull follows his mother's advice and looks for a wife-with the help of a matchmaker.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.4/10104 votes#17 - Alone Again, Naturally
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1991
Harry gets a wealth of conflicting advice when he confides in his friends that he thinks Margaret is about to propose marriage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10115 votes#18 - Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life ... Sorta
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1991
An angel appears in the guise of Mel Torme to show Harry how dismal the courtroom would be if he'd never been born, especially with Dan as the corrupt judge in charge.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.7/10106 votes#19 - To Sleep, No More
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1991
Dan suffers all the pangs of a guilty conscience over misuse of the Phil Foundation funds. Bull tries out a toupee, the Shatner 2000.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Mike Underwood
7.1/10104 votes#20 - With a Little Help From My Friends
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1991
Roz tries Christine's ""happy therapy"" and sets the group back several months and Jack's son finally admits to himself and his dad that running the newsstand isn't for him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10105 votes#21 - Mac Takes a Vocation
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1991
Harry gets riled when a supreme court judge woos Mac away to serve as a vote-getting token on his staff and Dan hires an English valet in an attempt to replace Phil.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.3/1093 votes#22 - Harry's Fifteen Minutes
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1991
Harry lets an article naming him one of New York's 10 most interesting men go to his head, and he disappoints Christine by fibbing to get out of a date. Dan tries to live up to his responsibilities as head of the Phil Foundation.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.5/1098 votes#23 - Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (1)
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1991
Harry experiences some very mixed emotions when Tony tries to win Christine back, and the transformed Dan gets some help in running the Phil Foundation, from Phil's twin brother Will.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.4/1097 votes#24 - Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (2)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1991
Harry experiences some very mixed emotions when Tony tries to win Christine back, and the transformed Dan gets some help in running the Phil Foundation, from Phil's twin brother Will.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 8
Every episode of Night Court Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Court Season 8!
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"A Family Affair (1)" is the best rated episode of "Night Court" season 8. It scored 7.6/10 based on 112 votes. Directed by Jim Drake and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Family Affair (2)".