The BEST episodes of Night Court season 8

Every episode of Night Court season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Night Court season 8!

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.

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A Family Affair (2)
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7.42
67 votes

#1 - A Family Affair (2)

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1990

Directors: Jim Drake
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A Family Affair (1)
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7.35
68 votes

#2 - A Family Affair (1)

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1990

Christine comes back from having her baby and has to deal with the shadow of her replacement, good 'ole Ted. Harry tries to avoid the tutor arranged to help him pass a crucial high school history test. Meanwhile Dan's sister comes to visit, and Dan asks Bull to take her out to see the sights of New York, unaware that his baby sister is a chip off the old Fielding block.

Directors: Jim Drake
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Day Court
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7.33
66 votes

#3 - Day Court

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1990

Roz surprises everyone by becoming unbearably perky when the staff is temporarily assigned to daytime hours, and Christine decides she must totally change her personality to hang onto Tony and her marriage.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Kevin Kelton
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Mac Takes a Vocation
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7.32
65 votes

#4 - Mac Takes a Vocation

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1991

Harry gets riled when a supreme court judge woos Mac away to serve as a vote-getting token on his staff and Dan hires an English valet in an attempt to replace Phil.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Fred Rubin
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Jail Bait
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7.30
33 votes

#5 - Jail Bait

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1990

A street artist helps raise Christine's spirits, and Mac and Dan indulge a passion for photography.

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A Night Court at the Opera
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7.29
58 votes

#6 - A Night Court at the Opera

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1990

Dan tries to win over Margaret during a night at the opera and Bull acquires disciples convinced that he's their god.

Directors: Jim Drake
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Presumed Insolvent
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7.25
59 votes

#7 - Presumed Insolvent

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1991

Dan looks at Phil the wino in a whole new light when the bum rescues a defendant left penniless by the S&L crisis.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Kevin Kelton
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Harry's Fifteen Minutes
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7.17
35 votes

#8 - Harry's Fifteen Minutes

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1991

Harry lets an article naming him one of New York's 10 most interesting men go to his head, and he disappoints Christine by fibbing to get out of a date. Dan tries to live up to his responsibilities as head of the Phil Foundation.

Directors: Jim Drake
Crossroads (1)
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7.17
30 votes

#9 - Crossroads (1)

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1990

When the staff is quarantined for the night, they spend the hours reminiscing about turning points in their lives.

Directors: Jim Drake
When Harry Met Margaret
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7.14
65 votes

#10 - When Harry Met Margaret

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1990

Harry's first date with Margaret Turner, the new court reporter, turns into a disaster when he follows Dan's advice.

Directors: Jim Drake
Mama Was a Rollin' Stone
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7.13
61 votes

#11 - Mama Was a Rollin' Stone

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1991

Dan anticipates a windfall from Phil the wino's will but gets a surprise instead. Bull anxiously awaits a visit from his mother, an old salt due to retire from the sea and come live with sonny boy.

Directors: Jim Drake
Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore
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7.13
62 votes

#12 - Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1990

Harry has to summon the courage to face a bully from his childhood who is brought before him in court, and Christine searches high and low for the perfect nanny.

Directors: Howard Ritter
Writer: Fred Rubin
Death Takes a Halloween
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7.10
67 votes

#13 - Death Takes a Halloween

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1990

On Halloween, Harry locks up a defendant known as the Spirit of Death, and people, including next scheduled victim Dan, stop dying.

Directors: Jim Drake
Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (1)
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7.09
66 votes

#14 - Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (1)

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1991

Harry experiences some very mixed emotions when Tony tries to win Christine back, and the transformed Dan gets some help in running the Phil Foundation, from Phil's twin brother Will.

Directors: Jim Drake
Bringing Down Baby
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7.05
65 votes

#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.

Can't Buy Me Love
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7.02
60 votes

#16 - Can't Buy Me Love

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1990

Dan is thrilled when he offers himself as a prize at a bachelor auction, until he sees the lecherous old woman who bids highest for him; and Christine is beginning to have doubts about her marriage to Tony.

Directors: Jim Drake
With a Little Help From My Friends
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6.98
63 votes

#17 - With a Little Help From My Friends

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1991

Roz tries Christine's "happy therapy" and sets the group back several months and Jack's son finally admits to himself and his dad that running the newsstand isn't for him.

Crossroads (2)
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6.97
62 votes

#18 - Crossroads (2)

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1990

Directors: Jim Drake
Attachments Included
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6.93
61 votes

#19 - Attachments Included

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1991

Christine finds herself tense over finalizing her divorce, Harry is nervous about moving in with Margaret, and Bull follows his mother's advice and looks for a wife-with the help of a matchmaker.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Fred Rubin
It's Just a Joke
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6.80
64 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Howard Ritter
Writer: Lee Maddux
To Sleep, No More
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6.79
61 votes

#21 - To Sleep, No More

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1991

Dan suffers all the pangs of a guilty conscience over misuse of the Phil Foundation funds. Bull tries out a toupee, the Shatner 2000.

Directors: Jim Drake
Alone Again, Naturally
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6.67
61 votes

#22 - Alone Again, Naturally

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1991

Harry gets a wealth of conflicting advice when he confides in his friends that he thinks Margaret is about to propose marriage.

Directors: Tim Steele
Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life ... Sorta
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6.64
64 votes

#23 - Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life ... Sorta

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1991

An angel appears in the guise of Mel Torme to show Harry how dismal the courtroom would be if he'd never been born, especially with Dan as the corrupt judge in charge.

Directors: Jim Drake
Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (2)
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6.51
65 votes

#24 - Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (2)

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1991

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Kevin Kelton