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#1 - 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
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#2 - The Computer Kid
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 11/1/1984
A precocious computer whiz barricades himself in Harry's office and threatens to wipe out all his school's records.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Bob Stevens
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#3 - 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
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#5 - Billie's Valentine
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/14/1985
Billie's new boyfriend turns out to be a professional problem for her, despite his romantic accomplishments.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Bob Stevens
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#6 - 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
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#7 - Rock-a-Bye Baby
Season 6 Episode 11
Aired 1/18/1989
Christine wears herself to a frazzle watching a neighbor's baby while the others monopolize her television watching a lacrosse game.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Opportunity Knock Knocks (2)
Season 9 Episode 21
Aired 5/13/1992
Harry contemplates a variety of job offers, Dan anticipates life on easy street with a wealthy bride, Bull deals with some really out-of-town visitors, and Christine contemplates the agony of defeat.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The 1992 Boat Show
Season 9 Episode 22
Aired 5/31/1992
Roz steals the show and Dan's spot with the in-crowd when a gossip columnist discovers her and Lisette tries to deal with her erotic dreams about Harry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Walk, Don't Wheel
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 5/9/1985
A disabled law student takes Harry's refusal of her prom invitation as a slap against her handicap.
Director: Reinhold Weege
Writer: Reinhold Weege
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#11 - Could This Be Magic?
Season 3 Episode 18
Aired 2/27/1986
Harry decides to help his idol, a down-and-out magician, who goes on to help himself to Harry's possessions.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Lisa A. Bannick, Jack Carrerow
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#12 - 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
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#13 - Not My Type
Season 6 Episode 21
Aired 4/26/1989
Christine accepts a date with Art the handyman, then regrets it, meanwhile Mac's children's story is lost in the courthouse computer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - 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
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#17 - The System Works
Season 9 Episode 9
Aired 11/17/1991
Harry has his hands full when he agrees to teach a law course with a eclectic group of students and Dan hires an artist to do some very special sketches of Christine.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Lee Maddux
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#18 - Shave and a Haircut
Season 9 Episode 12
Aired 1/8/1992
Harry goes all out to get Mel Torme to accept a man-of-the-year award unaware that it's all a prank and Dan and Will turn into bounty hunters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Opportunity Knock Knocks (1)
Season 9 Episode 20
Aired 5/13/1992
Harry contemplates a variety of job offers, Dan anticipates life on easy street with a wealthy bride, Bull deals with some really out-of-town visitors, and Christine contemplates the agony of defeat.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Death Threat
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 2/15/1984
Things are thrown into an uproar when Harry receives a threat via a rock thrown through the window and a bomb is discovered in the courtroom.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Bob Stevens
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#21 - Battling Bailiff
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/7/1985
Bull quits his job in frustration and becomes a professional wrestler.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: N/A
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#22 - 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
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The Worst Episodes of Night Court
Every episode of Night Court ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Night Court!
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Episodes
193
Avg. Rating
7.4
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S4
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E2
E3
7.5
7.3
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Worst Episodes Summary
"It's Just a Joke" is the worst rated episode of "Night Court". It scored 6.1/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Lee Maddux, it aired on 12/14/1990. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Computer Kid".