The BEST episodes of Night Court season 5

#1 - 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.

#2 - Constitution (2)

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1987

#3 - Another Day in the Life

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1988

Panic grips the courtroom as the gang races to clear 207 cases in one session so a millionaire will donate money to save an orphanage and so Dan can win an office pool for the most convictions.

#4 - Who Was That Mashed Man?

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1987

Dan's sadistic boss asks him to look out for his very attractive niece while Harry tries to prevent a TV hero of yesteryear from killing himself.

#5 - I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1988

Dan ties up Mel Torme so Harry can meet him but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy out of a mental hospital.

#6 - Her Honor (3)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1987

Christine nervously takes the bench as Dan and Mac try to cover for the newly reinstated Harry, who's planning the greatest gag of all time.

#7 - Her Honor (4)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1987

While preparing to attempt his outrageous stunt, Harry talks to and saves the life of a suicidal man.

#8 - Let It Snow

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1987

A blizzard traps everyone inside the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.

#9 - No Hard Feelings

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1987

Harry hires a blind assistant whose abrasive sense of humor put everyone on edge and Dan struggles with impotence when her meets a seductive prospective employer.

#10 - Constitution (1)

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1987

Harry tries to talk sense to Roz, a recently diagnosed diabetic whose convinced her life is over, and handle a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom.

#11 - Heart of Stone

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1988

An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married.

#12 - Russkie Business

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1988

Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.

#13 - Ladies Night

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1987

Christine and Roz visit a male strip joint to do some female bonding, but Harry and the guys show up just as the show gets going.

#14 - Death of a Bailiff

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1987

Bull decides to give away all his worldly goods after hearing God's voice when he's struck by lightning on the roof of the courthouse.

#15 - Jung and the Restless

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1988

The gang joins Roz in an encounter group she's required to attend to temper her hostile attitude at work, and they see a new side to their co-worker.

#16 - Dan, the Walking Time Bomb

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1988

Dan frantically tries to rid himself of a briefcase containing a timebomb that someone has handcuffed to his wrist while Joy demands that Bull treat her as he would a sighted woman. Also Dan's real name is also revealed to the staff.

#17 - Top Judge

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1988

Harry becomes uncharacteristically glum and morose after an elderly judge dies after one of Harry's pranks, so his friends urge him to respond when a new judge lays claim to Harry's crown as the "King of the Courtroom Cutups."

#18 - Mac's Millions

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1988

Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.

#19 - Mac's Dilemma

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1987

An old friend asks Mac to lose his court records and a Japanese man about to be honored by the governor dies while in custody.

#20 - 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.

#21 - Chrizzi's Honor

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1988

A very nice stranger on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party in honor of Charles and Diana.

#22 - Safe

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1987

Harry traps himself inside a safe while practicing a magic trick and Dan is pursued by a little devil who seems to know all about him.