The BEST episodes of Night Court season 4
Every episode of Night Court season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Night Court season 4!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Author, Author
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1986
Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.
#7 - Paternity
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1987
Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.
#8 - The Next Voice You Hear...
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1986
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.
#9 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1987
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.
#10 - Prince of a Guy
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1986
Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.
#11 - Contempt of Courting
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/1986
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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Earthquake
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1986
Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.
#14 - Her Honor (1)
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1987
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.
#15 - Dan's Operation (2)
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1986
After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they've had.
#16 - Caught Red Handed
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1987
Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.
#17 - Dan's Operation (1)
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1986
Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.
#18 - Rabid
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1987
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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Giving Thanks
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1986
Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.
#21 - Christine's Friend
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1987
Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.
#22 - The New Judge
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1986
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.