The WORST episodes of Night Court

Every episode of Night Court ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 3/11/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Safe
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6.42
133 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Tim Steele
Writer: Tom Reeder
The New Judge
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6.50
112 votes

#2 - 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.

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

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

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

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Kevin Kelton
Chrizzi's Honor
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6.61
135 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Writer: James Gates
Quadrangle of Love
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6.61
255 votes

#5 - Quadrangle of Love

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/1984

Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney.

Directors: Jeff Melman
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Educating Rhoda
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6.64
129 votes

#6 - Educating Rhoda

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/1988

Bull falls for a sweet, but inept bailiff trainee who allows a psychotic prisoner to steal her gun, who promptly makes a date with Dan.

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

#7 - 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
Christine's Friend
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6.64
134 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Bob Stevens
Alone Again, Naturally
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6.67
61 votes

#9 - 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
Bull's Baby
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6.73
219 votes

#10 - Bull's Baby

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1984

The courtroom crew try to help Bull when a neighbor leaves her baby with him.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Writer: Bob Stevens
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Monkey Business
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6.77
139 votes

#11 - Monkey Business

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1986

Bull tries to save a baby orangutan from animal-research experiments.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Writer: Nat Mauldin
To Sleep, No More
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6.79
61 votes

#12 - 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
It's Just a Joke
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6.80
64 votes

#13 - 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
Giving Thanks
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6.80
148 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Jeff Melman
The Trouble is Not in Your Set
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6.84
99 votes

#15 - The Trouble is Not in Your Set

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1989

A woman who can't tell where her life begins and television ends interrupts the proceedings brandishing a gun and demanding that her husband be released from prison and given a pardon.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Writer: Mike Imfeld
Hit the Road, Jack
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6.86
99 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Inside Harry Stone
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6.87
169 votes

#17 - Inside Harry Stone

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1984

Harry is reluctant to have surgery for his ulcer symptoms.

Directors: Jeff Melman
The Computer Kid
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6.89
176 votes

#18 - The Computer Kid

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1984

A precocious computer whiz barricades himself in Harry's office and threatens to wipe out all his school's records.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Bob Stevens
Harry and the Tramp
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6.91
126 votes

#19 - Harry and the Tramp

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/1988

Harry learns in his courtroom that his date for a big social event is a porno movie star.

Directors: Jeff Melman
Pop Goes the Question
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6.92
61 votes

#20 - Pop Goes the Question

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1991

Wanda learns on the anniversary of their first date that Bull must perform a miracle before he can marry her.

Directors: Jim Drake
I Said Dance!
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6.92
62 votes

#21 - I Said Dance!

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990

Roz faces a lawsuit and no job after Bull borrows her gun and shoots himself in the foot, thanks to his sue-happy lawyer cousin.

Directors: Jim Drake
Writer: Bill Bryan
Attachments Included
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6.93
61 votes

#22 - 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
Once in Love With Harry
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6.94
262 votes

#23 - Once in Love With Harry

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1984

A hooker develops a crush on Harry and Dan loses a city council position to a dead man.

Directors: Jay Sandrich
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Crossroads (2)
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6.97
62 votes

#24 - Crossroads (2)

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

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

#25 - 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.