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Night Court

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Season 0

• _{not specified}

  1: Night Court: Comedy's Swing Shift

  A featurette on the origins of Night Court by Creator/Executive Producer Reinhold Weege and Harry Anderson.

Season 1

• _{Wednesday, January 4th, 1984}

  1: All You Need Is Love

  Harold T. Stone becomes a night court judge and settles a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire.

• _{Wednesday, January 11th, 1984}

  2: Santa Goes Downtown

  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.

• _{Wednesday, January 18th, 1984}

  3: The Former Harry Stone

  Lana learns that Harry has a criminal record when she tries to find out his age to settle a bet.

• _{Wednesday, February 1st, 1984}

  4: Welcome Back, Momma

  A woman who claims to be Harry's long lost mother and a beauty pageant operator appear before the court.

• _{Wednesday, February 8th, 1984}

  5: The Eye of the Beholder

  The others try to pull Bull out of the dumps when he's turned down by a charitable organization because his size and appearance are intimidating to others.

• _{Wednesday, February 15th, 1984}

  6: Death Threat

  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.

• _{Wednesday, February 22nd, 1984}

  7: Once in Love With Harry

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

• _{Wednesday, February 29th, 1984}

  8: Quadrangle of Love

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

• _{Wednesday, March 7th, 1984}

  9: Wonder Drugs

  Lana disrupts the proceedings after taking a powerful cold medicine.

• _{Wednesday, March 14th, 1984}

  10: Some Like It Hot

  A Russian that is charged with selling stolen property would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.

• _{Wednesday, March 21st, 1984}

  11: Harry and the Rock Star

  Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star, and tries to cope with a new court clerk.

• _{Wednesday, March 28th, 1984}

  12: Bull's Baby

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

• _{Thursday, May 31st, 1984}

  13: Hi Honey, I'm Home

  Harry has to settle the legal status of a woman who remarried after her first husband was mistakenly declared dead, and who wants her back.

Season 2

• _{Thursday, September 27th, 1984}

  1: The Nun

  An impressionable young nun decides to leave her order after meeting Harry.

• _{Thursday, October 4th, 1984}

  2: Christine and Mac (a.k.a. Daddy for the Defense)

  A brand new public defender has a rough first day in court, thanks to Harry and her over-protective father.

• _{Thursday, October 18th, 1984}

  3: Billie and the Cat

  Harry sends public defender Billie Young to jail for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of a cat her client is accused of kidnapping.

• _{Thursday, October 25th, 1984}

  4: Pick a Number

  The courtroom becomes a circus when a meek little fellow chooses Harry to decide what worthy person will receive the money from his winning lottery ticket.

• _{Thursday, November 1st, 1984}

  5: The Computer Kid

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

• _{Thursday, November 8th, 1984}

  6: Bull Gets a Kid

  Bull finally is allowed a foster son by a volunteer-fathers organization, but he winds up with a bit of a surprise.

• _{Thursday, November 15th, 1984}

  7: Harry on Trial

  Harry is called before a disciplinary board for his unorthodox courtroom behavior.

• _{Thursday, November 22nd, 1984}

  8: Harry and the Madam

  Harry feels a lot of official pressure when a notorious madame with a hot diary comes before his bench.

• _{Thursday, November 29th, 1984}

  9: Inside Harry Stone

  Harry is reluctant to have surgery for his ulcer symptoms.

• _{Thursday, December 6th, 1984}

  10: The Blizzard

  A blizzard traps everyone in the courthouse and Dan in an elevator with a man who's attracted to him.

• _{Thursday, December 13th, 1984}

  11: Take My Wife, Please

  Mac marries Quon Le, a girl he knew in Vietnam, and Harry conducts court despite temporary blindness.

• _{Thursday, January 3rd, 1985}

  12: The Birthday Visitor

  Billie's birthday dinner for Harry is disrupted by an insecure intruder.

• _{Thursday, January 10th, 1985}

  13: Dan's Parents

  Dan's past is revealed when the parents he told everyone were dead come to see their successful sonny boy.

• _{Thursday, January 17th, 1985}

  14: Nuts About Harry

  Patients from a mental institution stage a strike to convince the court they're being mistreated at the hospital.

• _{Thursday, January 24th, 1985}

  15: An Old Flame

  Selma's old beau wants to rekindle their romance and a substitute judge makes a mockery of the judicial system.

• _{Thursday, January 31st, 1985}

  16: The Gypsy

  Harry uses a little hocus pocus to convince Bull he's cured of a gypsy curse.

• _{Thursday, February 7th, 1985}

  17: Battling Bailiff

  Bull quits his job in frustration and becomes a professional wrestler.

• _{Thursday, February 14th, 1985}

  18: Billie's Valentine

  Billie's new boyfriend turns out to be a professional problem for her, despite his romantic accomplishments.

• _{Thursday, February 21st, 1985}

  19: Married Alive

  His friends believe the worst when Dan starts dating a homely, gauche woman who's heir to $40 million.

• _{Thursday, February 28th, 1985}

  20: Mac and Quon Le: Together Again

  Quon Le appears before the court for prostitution and Harry has to choose between Billie and Dan for the mayoral commission.

• _{Thursday, May 2nd, 1985}

  21: World War III

  Harry searches for Yakov's brother, a Russian circus defector. Meanwhile, Soviet and American agents negotiate an arms agreement.

• _{Thursday, May 9th, 1985}

  22: Walk, Don't Wheel

  A disabled law student takes Harry's refusal of her prom invitation as a slap against her handicap.

Season 3

• _{Thursday, September 26th, 1985}

  1: Hello, Goodbye

  Everyone tries to adjust to Selma's death as Harry interviews possible replacements, but Bull goes on a drinking binge instead.

• _{Thursday, October 3rd, 1985}

  2: The Hostage

  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.

• _{Thursday, October 17th, 1985}

  3: Dad's First Date

  Christine's father has his first date in eight years and ends up before Harry, along with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.

• _{Thursday, October 24th, 1985}

  4: Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations

  Mac tries to hide Quon Le from his prejudiced grandfather, who's trying to decide who to leave his millions of dollars.

• _{Thursday, October 31st, 1985}

  5: Halloween, Too

  Harry falls hook, line and sinker for a beautiful woman.

• _{Thursday, November 7th, 1985}

  6: Best of Friends

  Dan has a real problem when his high school buddy comes to visit as a decidedly changed man.

• _{Thursday, November 14th, 1985}

  7: Dan's Boss

  Dan's life becomes a living hell as he tries to butter his new boss; a little person with a very nasty personality.

• _{Thursday, November 28th, 1985}

  8: Up on the Roof

  Harry tries to free a rock star literally imprisoned by his overly solicitous entourage.

• _{Thursday, December 5th, 1985}

  9: Wheels of Justice (1)

  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.

• _{Thursday, December 12th, 1985}

  10: Wheels of Justice (2)

• _{Thursday, December 19th, 1985}

  11: Walk Away, Renee

  Nobody wants to break the news to Bull that his new girl friend is a prostitute.

• _{Thursday, January 9th, 1986}

  12: Dan's Escort

  Dan takes a job as a paid escort for a wealthy, lonely woman who expects a lot for her money, and Yakov appeals to Harry for help when his wife is arrested on a visit to the US.

• _{Thursday, January 16th, 1986}

  13: The Night Off

  A crazy judge brought in to substitute for Harry imprisons Dan and Mac for contempt and appoints Florence and Phil the wino as the defense and prosecuting attorneys.

• _{Thursday, January 23rd, 1986}

  14: Harry and Leon

  Harry takes pity on the building shoeshine boy, who seeks refuge from a social worker trying to place him in another foster home.

• _{Thursday, January 30th, 1986}

  15: The Apartment

  Harry throws a surprise birthday for Dan whose date is extremely anxious to be home by midnight.

• _{Thursday, February 6th, 1986}

  16: Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye

  Harry's concern with Leon's imminent adoption blinds him to the presence of Mel Torme in the courthouse.

• _{Thursday, February 20th, 1986}

  17: The Mugger

  Christine decides to quit after she's mugged in the cafeteria, but a man takes her hostage in the courtroom before she can leave.

• _{Thursday, February 27th, 1986}

  18: Could This Be Magic?

  Harry decides to help his idol, a down-and-out magician, who goes on to help himself to Harry's possessions.

• _{Thursday, March 6th, 1986}

  19: Monkey Business

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

• _{Thursday, March 13th, 1986}

  20: Flo's Retirement

  The staff tries everything they can think of to postpone Flo's mandatory retirement.

• _{Thursday, May 1st, 1986}

  21: The Hurricane (1)

  The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women.

• _{Thursday, May 8th, 1986}

  22: The Hurricane (2)

Season 4

• _{Thursday, October 2nd, 1986}

  1: The Next Voice You Hear...

  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.

• _{Thursday, October 9th, 1986}

  2: Giving Thanks

  Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.

• _{Thursday, October 16th, 1986}

  3: Author, Author

  Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.

• _{Thursday, October 30th, 1986}

  4: Halloween II: The Return of Leon

  Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.

• _{Thursday, November 6th, 1986}

  5: Dan's Operation (1)

  Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

• _{Thursday, November 13th, 1986}

  6: Dan's Operation (2)

  After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they've had.

• _{Thursday, November 20th, 1986}

  7: The New Judge

  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.

• _{Thursday, November 27th, 1986}

  8: Contempt of Courting

  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.

• _{Thursday, December 4th, 1986}

  9: Earthquake

  Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.

• _{Thursday, December 11th, 1986}

  10: Prince of a Guy

  Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.

• _{Thursday, December 18th, 1986}

  11: New Year's Leave

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 8th, 1987}

  12: Murder

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 15th, 1987}

  13: Baby Talk

  Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.

• _{Thursday, January 29th, 1987}

  14: The Modest Proposal

  Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.

• _{Thursday, February 5th, 1987}

  15: A Day in the Life

  NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.

• _{Thursday, February 12th, 1987}

  16: Rabid

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 19th, 1987}

  17: Christine's Friend

  Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.

• _{Thursday, February 26th, 1987}

  18: Caught Red Handed

  Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.

• _{Wednesday, March 18th, 1987}

  19: Paternity

  Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.

• _{Wednesday, March 25th, 1987}

  20: Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

  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.

• _{Wednesday, April 29th, 1987}

  21: Her Honor (1)

  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.

• _{Wednesday, May 6th, 1987}

  22: Her Honor (2)

  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.

Season 5

• _{Thursday, September 17th, 1987}

  1: Her Honor (3)

  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.

• _{Thursday, September 24th, 1987}

  2: Her Honor (4)

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

• _{Thursday, October 15th, 1987}

  3: Death of a Bailiff

  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.

• _{Thursday, October 22nd, 1987}

  4: Ladies Night

  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.

• _{Thursday, October 29th, 1987}

  5: Safe

  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.

• _{Thursday, November 12th, 1987}

  6: Mac's Dilemma

  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.

• _{Thursday, November 19th, 1987}

  7: Who Was That Mashed Man?

  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.

• _{Thursday, November 26th, 1987}

  8: No Hard Feelings

  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.

• _{Thursday, December 3rd, 1987}

  9: Constitution (1)

  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.

• _{Thursday, December 10th, 1987}

  10: Constitution (2)

• _{Thursday, December 17th, 1987}

  11: Let It Snow

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

• _{Thursday, January 7th, 1988}

  12: Dan, the Walking Time Bomb

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 14th, 1988}

  13: Hit the Road, Jack

  Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.

• _{Thursday, January 21st, 1988}

  14: I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 11th, 1988}

  15: Chrizzi's Honor

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

• _{Thursday, February 18th, 1988}

  16: Another Day in the Life

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 25th, 1988}

  17: Heart of Stone

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

• _{Friday, March 25th, 1988}

  18: Russkie Business

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

• _{Friday, April 1st, 1988}

  19: Jung and the Restless

  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.

• _{Friday, April 8th, 1988}

  20: Top Judge

  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."

• _{Thursday, May 5th, 1988}

  21: Mac's Millions

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

• _{Thursday, May 12th, 1988}

  22: Danny Got His Gun (1)

  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.

Season 6

• _{Wednesday, October 26th, 1988}

  1: Danny Got His Gun (2)

• _{Wednesday, October 26th, 1988}

  2: Danny Got His Gun (3)

• _{Wednesday, November 2nd, 1988}

  3: Fire

  A fire breaks out in the building so everyone is forced to retreat to the morgue for safety, but this doesn't stop Dan from watching the election results for his race for the state assembly.

• _{Wednesday, November 9th, 1988}

  4: Harry and the Tramp

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

• _{Wednesday, November 16th, 1988}

  5: Educating Rhoda

  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.

• _{Wednesday, November 23rd, 1988}

  6: The Last Temptation of Mac

  Christine wears herself out planning a Thanksgiving feast for the courthouse regulars and Mac faces the seduction of an attractive classmate.

• _{Wednesday, November 30th, 1988}

  7: The Law Club

  Dan has to choose between Christine and membership in an exclusive law club when his sponsor demands his silence about his plans to seduce her to win a bet.

• _{Wednesday, December 14th, 1988}

  8: Night Court of the Living Dead

  An inventor runs away from court to avoid being committed to Bellevue, a man just out of a 20 year coma appears before the bench, and Christine fences with her replacement when a computer error declares her dead.

• _{Wednesday, December 21st, 1988}

  9: The Night Court before Christmas

  Buddy comes to visit Harry for the holidays and Roz is arrested for appropriating a sled full of toys and distributing them to needy children.

• _{Wednesday, January 11th, 1989}

  10: Mental Giant

  Bull scores very high on an I.Q. test and is offered a cushy job at a think-tank trying to communicate mentally with test animals.

• _{Wednesday, January 18th, 1989}

  11: Rock-a-Bye Baby

  Christine wears herself to a frazzle watching a neighbor's baby while the others monopolize her television watching a lacrosse game.

• _{Wednesday, January 25th, 1989}

  12: Clip Show (1)

  A city auditor tries to investigate some of the more bizarre expenses attributed to Harry's court (via flashbacks) but he's interrupted by a clown wielding a gun and threatening to shoot everyone.

• _{Wednesday, January 25th, 1989}

  13: Clip Show (2)

• _{Wednesday, February 1st, 1989}

  14: The Trouble is Not in Your Set

  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.

• _{Wednesday, February 15th, 1989}

  15: The Game Show

  With Judge Stone out of town, Judge Wilbur fills in. Bull is trying to raise money for his kids @ the rec hall. In a case, Mr. Van Doren & Mr. Stempel each claim that they had the correct answer to a game show question. But Bull had the right answer. The game show host was impressed that he invites Bull to be on his game show, "What Am I?". But Bull gets nervous over pressure, so Dan tries hypnotic suggestion that actually works. He quips he'd want to see Judge Wilber stuffed in a mail chute. Minutes later, they find Bull hypnotized, carrying Judge Wilbur with her. She gets wise & sends Dan to jail! In the jail area, the gang reads the hypnotics book trying to hypnotise Bull. Christine mentions that when he hears a certain word or phrase, Bull will be completely calm. Dan sees a sexy female baliff & says "I Want To Be Your Love Slave!". They were disgusted that Dan gave him a profane phrase. Bull is now on the game show, competing against two other contestants. Bull gets nerv

• _{Wednesday, March 1st, 1989}

  16: This Old Man

  Harry and the gang refuse to take Christine and her new beau seriously: he's old enough to be her father.

• _{Wednesday, March 8th, 1989}

  17: Strange Bedfellows

  Dan finally meets his opponent for the state assembly seat on election day and sparks fly; Harry gives his cold to Mel Torme in exchange for two concert tickets.

• _{Wednesday, March 15th, 1989}

  18: From Snoop to Nuts (1)

  Harry works undercover to get the goods on a mobster and earns a contract on his life when Buddy spills the beans about it and about Harry's real father.

• _{Wednesday, March 22nd, 1989}

  19: From Snoop to Nuts (2)

• _{Wednesday, April 12th, 1989}

  20: Pen Pal

  Roz falls in love with Christine's prison pen pal.

• _{Wednesday, April 26th, 1989}

  21: Not My Type

  Christine accepts a date with Art the handyman, then regrets it, meanwhile Mac's children's story is lost in the courthouse computer.

• _{Wednesday, May 3rd, 1989}

  22: Yet Another Day in the Life

  The gang tries to set another record for cases adjudicated as the building slowly floods, causing prisoners to pile up in the hallways and Dan grinds his teeth to be off by midnight to catch a flight to anywhere.

Season 7

• _{Wednesday, September 27th, 1989}

  1: Life With Buddy

  Buddy leaves the institution and moves in with Harry while Dan and his real estate agent scheme to take over a dying man's Park Avenue apartment.

• _{Wednesday, October 11th, 1989}

  2: If I Were a Rich Man

  Dan plans to swindle a billionaire land developer and Mac agrees to host a cosmetics party for Quon Le.

• _{Wednesday, October 18th, 1989}

  3: The Cop and the Lady

  Christine falls for the gorgeous piece of beefcake assigned to protect Dan when the sleazy DA receives several death threats.

• _{Wednesday, October 25th, 1989}

  4: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King

  On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.

• _{Wednesday, November 1st, 1989}

  5: Blue Suede Bull

  Harry embarrasses Christine in front of a very pro-feminist judge with his trick handcuffs while Dan repays a debt to Bull by taking him out on the town for a swinging evening.

• _{Wednesday, November 8th, 1989}

  6: For Love or Money

  Buddy proposes to a wealthy, fun loving widow while Dan tries to hide the fact that he's been reduced to living in his office.

• _{Wednesday, November 15th, 1989}

  7: Auntie Maim

  Roz drafts Mac to pose as her fiancé when her overbearing auntie comes to visit and Dan meets an aging actress who teaches him some new tricks in an elevator.

• _{Wednesday, November 22nd, 1989}

  8: Attack of the Mac Snacks

  Harry and Mac team up to market one of Quon Le's snack concoctions and Christine's stingy uncle pays her a visit.

• _{Wednesday, November 29th, 1989}

  9: Branded (1)

  Dan becomes the target for first a job offer, then disbarment proceedings when a wealthy lawyer seeks to get charges against his son dropped, and Christine and Roz become diet buddies.

• _{Wednesday, December 6th, 1989}

  10: Branded (2)

• _{Wednesday, December 20th, 1989}

  11: Passion Plundered

  Dan and Harry each vie for the attentions of a attractive reporter doing a story on Harry's courtroom and Roz gets swept off her feet by three Boldavian brothers.

• _{Wednesday, January 3rd, 1990}

  12: Amore or Less

  Christine finds everyone too busy to help her our with her new romance so she turns to two feuding advice columnists.

• _{Wednesday, January 17th, 1990}

  13: Razing Bull

  Bull chains himself to the entrance of an old theater scheduled to be demolished and the ensuring efforts to save the building reveals a secret life from Mac's past.

• _{Wednesday, January 24th, 1990}

  14: Futureman

  Dan is held hostage in the courtroom by two thugs but a man from the future-- VHK 937-- appears on a mission to save him.

• _{Wednesday, February 7th, 1990}

  15: Wedding Bell Blues (1)

  Christine makes an impulsive decision at her farewell dinner with beau Tony, one that has severe repercussions when he leaves on an assignment he may not return from.

• _{Wednesday, February 14th, 1990}

  16: Wedding Bell Blues (2)

• _{Wednesday, February 21st, 1990}

  17: The Talk Show

  Dan finds a new niche in life as the host of a shock-TV show and Mac and Quon Le may lose out on their Graceland vacation.

• _{Wednesday, February 28th, 1990}

  18: Melvin and Harold

  Plans for Mel Torme to appear at Harry's 40th birthday party are derailed when Harry puts his idol behind bars for failing to pay a parking ticket.

• _{Wednesday, March 7th, 1990}

  19: The Glasnost Menagerie

  Harry helps Yakov get a visa extension for his father and Mac buys a washing machine with an attitude problem.

• _{Wednesday, March 14th, 1990}

  20: I Said Dance!

  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.

• _{Wednesday, March 28th, 1990}

  21: My Three Dads

  While attending childbirth class with her three coaches, Christine imagines her child as it grows up influenced by each of the eager proxy fathers.

• _{Wednesday, April 4th, 1990}

  22: Still Another Day in the Life

  Harry helps a young man appearing before his court stop his girl friend's marriage to a prefab preppie.

• _{Wednesday, April 11th, 1990}

  23: A Closer Look

  Harry, his court and co-workers come under the sharp journalistic eye of a TV reporter doing a story on typical night court events.

• _{Wednesday, May 2nd, 1990}

  24: The Blues of the Birth

  Christine goes into labor while trapped in an elevator with Buddy and a squeamish courtroom visitor.

Season 8

• _{Friday, September 28th, 1990}

  1: A Family Affair (1)

  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.

• _{Friday, October 5th, 1990}

  2: A Family Affair (2)

• _{Friday, October 12th, 1990}

  3: When Harry Met Margaret

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

• _{Friday, October 19th, 1990}

  4: Can't Buy Me Love

  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.

• _{Friday, October 26th, 1990}

  5: Death Takes a Halloween

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

• _{Friday, November 2nd, 1990}

  6: Crossroads (1)

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

• _{Friday, November 2nd, 1990}

  7: Crossroads (2)

• _{Friday, November 9th, 1990}

  8: Day Court

  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.

• _{Friday, November 16th, 1990}

  9: A Night Court at the Opera

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

• _{Friday, November 23rd, 1990}

  10: Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

  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.

• _{Friday, December 7th, 1990}

  11: Jail Bait

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

• _{Friday, December 14th, 1990}

  12: It's Just a Joke

  Everyone gets their two cents in when a comic's offensive routine sparks a First Amendment debate.

• _{Friday, January 4th, 1991}

  13: Bringing Down Baby

  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.

• _{Wednesday, January 23rd, 1991}

  14: Presumed Insolvent

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

• _{Wednesday, January 30th, 1991}

  15: Mama Was a Rollin' Stone

  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.

• _{Wednesday, February 6th, 1991}

  16: Attachments Included

  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.

• _{Wednesday, February 13th, 1991}

  17: Alone Again, Naturally

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

• _{Wednesday, February 27th, 1991}

  18: Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life ... Sorta

  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.

• _{Wednesday, March 6th, 1991}

  19: To Sleep, No More

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

• _{Wednesday, March 13th, 1991}

  20: With a Little Help From My Friends

  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.

• _{Wednesday, March 20th, 1991}

  21: Mac Takes a Vocation

  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.

• _{Wednesday, April 3rd, 1991}

  22: Harry's Fifteen Minutes

  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.

• _{Wednesday, May 1st, 1991}

  23: Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (1)

  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.

• _{Wednesday, May 8th, 1991}

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

Season 9

• _{Wednesday, September 18th, 1991}

  1: A Guy Named Phantom (1)

  Harry and Christine are both confused over their feelings for each other, but before they can work them out, the deranged Dan kidnaps Christine at a courthouse costume party.

• _{Wednesday, September 25th, 1991}

  2: A Guy Named Phantom (2)

• _{Wednesday, October 2nd, 1991}

  3: My Life as a Dog Lawyer

  Harry brings the country to the brink of war by jailing a diplomat from a small but belligerent nation, and Dan returns to duty.

• _{Wednesday, October 9th, 1991}

  4: Puppy Love

  Roz stuns her co-workers when her uptown husband pays a visit to secure a divorce so he can marry again.

• _{Wednesday, October 16th, 1991}

  5: Pop Goes the Question

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

• _{Wednesday, October 30th, 1991}

  6: Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?

  Dan tries to break up with the daughter of a crime boss, who insists Dan reconsider over dinner-and that he bring along Christine.

• _{Wednesday, November 6th, 1991}

  7: Looking for Mr. Shannon

  Bull's bachelor party turns into a disaster when the guys are stranded at a motel with no money and no transportation, and where Bull is kidnapped.

• _{Wednesday, November 13th, 1991}

  8: Teacher's Pet

  Christine is disillusioned by a law professor she once idolized and Bull undergoes an unusual ceremony to regain his virginity.

• _{Sunday, November 17th, 1991}

  9: The System Works

  Harry has his hands full when he agrees to teach a law course with a eclectic group of students and Dan hires an artist to do some very special sketches of Christine.

• _{Wednesday, November 20th, 1991}

  10: Get Me to the Roof on Time

  Bull's wedding day threatens to fall apart when bride Wanda refuses to wear Mother Hank's wedding gown, Harry and Art quarrel over being best man and Christine over-organizes everything.

• _{Wednesday, December 11th, 1991}

  11: Santa on the Lam

  On Christmas Eve Dan tries to show a disillusioned Santa that the holiday spirit still exists as Harry tries to get away from a depressing lonely soul he's befriended.

• _{Wednesday, January 8th, 1992}

  12: Shave and a Haircut

  Harry goes all out to get Mel Torme to accept a man-of-the-year award unaware that it's all a prank and Dan and Will turn into bounty hunters.

• _{Wednesday, January 15th, 1992}

  13: A New York Story

  Harry uncovers a city financial snafu when a defendant proves he owns several prominent landmarks and Dan enjoys being a beauty pageant judge.

• _{Wednesday, January 22nd, 1992}

  14: Undressed for Success

  Mac considers doing an underwear commercial for some quick cash and Roz entrusts some personal treasures to Dan.

• _{Wednesday, February 5th, 1992}

  15: Poker? I Hardly Know Her

  Roz hosts a makeup-poker party while Harry redecorates his office and Dan dallies with a courtroom cutie.

• _{Wednesday, February 12th, 1992}

  16: Party Girl (1)

  A political consultant persuades Christine to run for Congress, Dan becomes a sexual surrogate, and Mac's video of Bull's wedding achieves a certain distinction.

• _{Wednesday, February 12th, 1992}

  17: Party Girl (2)

• _{Wednesday, February 26th, 1992}

  18: To Sir With ... Ah, What the Heck ... Love

  Dan begins kissing up to Harry as part of his campaign to replace Harry on the bench when he becomes a full time law professor and Art the handyman becomes a surrogate dad to Bull when he starts dating Bull's mama.

• _{Wednesday, March 4th, 1992}

  19: P.S. Do I Know You?

  Roz dreads meeting a male pen pal who's expecting someone just a little different than the real Roz.

• _{Wednesday, May 6th, 1992}

  20: The 1992 Boat Show

  Roz steals the show and Dan's spot with the in-crowd when a gossip columnist discovers her and Lisette tries to deal with her erotic dreams about Harry.

• _{Wednesday, May 13th, 1992}

  21: Opportunity Knock Knocks (1)

  Harry contemplates a variety of job offers, Dan anticipates life on easy street with a wealthy bride, Bull deals with some really out-of-town visitors, and Christine contemplates the agony of defeat.

• _{Wednesday, May 13th, 1992}

  22: Opportunity Knock Knocks (2)