Night Court — Season 4

Aired 2 October 1986 • 24 min

Harry's distracted from a courtroom full of ventriloquists and their dummies by the delivery of a letter from his mother, mailed fifteen years earlier.

Aired 9 October 1986 • 24 min

Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.

Aired 16 October 1986 • 24 min

Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.

Aired 30 October 1986 • 24 min

Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.

Aired 6 November 1986 • 24 min

Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

Aired 13 November 1986 • 24 min

Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

Aired 20 November 1986 • 24 min

Dan makes a friend out of the judge substituting until he realizes the man is trying to bribe him, and his friends talk him into wearing a wire to entrap the man.

Aired 27 November 1986 • 24 min

Harry returns and finds a lovely woman substituting on the bench for him, who likes him a lot and jails Christine for mouthing off about perceived mistreatment of a client.

Aired 4 December 1986 • 24 min

Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.

Aired 11 December 1986 • 24 min

Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.

Aired 18 December 1986 • 24 min

Harry deals sympathetically with an escaped felon whose only wish is to spend New Year's Eve in Times Square to celebrate his 42nd wedding anniversary.

Aired 8 January 1987 • 24 min

Harry has to deal with a woman who confesses to him that she killed her husband that morning, a detective who can't get used to working without his partner and a morose Dan who was rejected as a sperm bank donor.

Aired 15 January 1987 • 24 min

Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.

Aired 29 January 1987 • 24 min

Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.

Aired 5 February 1987 • 24 min

NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.

Aired 12 February 1987 • 24 min

Harry asks Dan to care for his new dog, who saved his life from a fire, but the mutt bites Dan and raises a rabies scare that could cost him his life.

Aired 19 February 1987 • 24 min

Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.

Aired 26 February 1987 • 24 min

Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.

Aired 18 March 1987 • 24 min

Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.

Aired 25 March 1987 • 24 min

Quon Le plans to become a US citizen before her baby is born, but she and Mac are both rushed to the hospital with pains just as Harry begins the swearing-in ceremony.

Aired 29 April 1987 • 24 min

Dan thinks he will become a new judge, but Christine is awarded the position. However, Harry discovers that his name is not on the judge reappointment list. Meanwhile the Wheelers, the hick couple from West Virginia, become the proprietors of the concession stand.

Aired 6 May 1987 • 24 min

Upon learning that he will not be reappointed as a judge, Harry disappears to perform an outrageous stunt. But he doesn't realize that Christine, who has taken over the night court, has gotten his job back.