The BEST episodes of Night Court
Every episode of Night Court ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Night Court!
Judge Harold T. Stone presides over Manhattan's Night Court, where all of the petty, silly, and dime-a-dozen crimes get sent to be tried. Invariably, the cases appearing before the court are bizarre, but that's OK because Harry Stone is not your typical judge. He's assisted by a motley crew of clerks, attorneys, and bailiffs who often create as much chaos as the criminals they bring in for trial.
#1 - Clip Show (2)
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/1989
#2 - Opportunity Knock Knocks (2)
Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1992
#3 - Danny Got His Gun (3)
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/26/1988
#4 - Danny Got His Gun (1)
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1988
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.
#5 - Dad's First Date
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1985
Christine's father has his first date in eight years and ends up before Harry, along with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.
#6 - Danny Got His Gun (2)
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1988
#7 - 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.
#8 - Nuts About Harry
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1985
Patients from a mental institution stage a strike to convince the court they're being mistreated at the hospital.
#9 - Walk Away, Renee
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1985
Nobody wants to break the news to Bull that his new girl friend is a prostitute.
#10 - The Hostage
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985
A strange little man charged with stealing electronic parts takes Dan hostage and demands the rest of the parts he needs to communicate with his home planet of Saturn.
#11 - Her Honor (2)
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1987
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.
#12 - Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1986
Harry's concern with Leon's imminent adoption blinds him to the presence of Mel Torme in the courthouse.
#13 - New Year's Leave
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1986
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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - Teacher's Pet
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1991
Christine is disillusioned by a law professor she once idolized and Bull undergoes an unusual ceremony to regain his virginity.
#16 - Santa Goes Downtown
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1984
The season is merry as Harry deals with a man in a red suit charged with trespassing and tries to restore the faith of a pair of cynical teenage runaways.
#17 - Constitution (2)
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1987
#18 - Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1985
Mac tries to hide Quon Le from his prejudiced grandfather, who's trying to decide who to leave his millions of dollars.
#19 - Bull Gets a Kid
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1984
Bull finally is allowed a foster son by a volunteer-fathers organization, but he winds up with a bit of a surprise.
#20 - Harry on Trial
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1984
Harry is called before a disciplinary board for his unorthodox courtroom behavior.
#21 - Wheels of Justice (1)
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1985
Everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, Harry has to evict a woman and son, and a homeless couple from West Virginia tells their tale of woe.
#22 - A Day in the Life
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1987
NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.
#23 - Dan's Parents
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1985
Dan's past is revealed when the parents he told everyone were dead come to see their successful sonny boy.
#24 - Married Alive
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1985
His friends believe the worst when Dan starts dating a homely, gauche woman who's heir to $40 million.
#25 - Murder
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1987
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.