Night Court (Season 4)

The Next Voice You Hear... (Episode 1) 10.0

Writer: Reinhold Weege

Air date: 1986-10-02

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Giving Thanks (Episode 2) 9.0

Writer: Teresa O'Neill

Air date: 1986-10-09

Runtime: 24 min

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

Author, Author (Episode 3) 10.0

Air date: 1986-10-16

Runtime: 24 min

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

Halloween II: The Return of Leon (Episode 4) 10.0

Writer: Linwood Boomer

Air date: 1986-10-30

Runtime: 24 min

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

Dan's Operation (1) (Episode 5) 10.0

Writer: Bob Stevens

Air date: 1986-11-06

Runtime: 24 min

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

Dan's Operation (2) (Episode 6) 10.0

Writer: Bob Stevens

Air date: 1986-11-13

Runtime: 24 min

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

The New Judge (Episode 7) 10.0

Air date: 1986-11-20

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Contempt of Courting (Episode 8) 10.0

Air date: 1986-11-27

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Earthquake (Episode 9) 10.0

Air date: 1986-12-04

Runtime: 24 min

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

Prince of a Guy (Episode 10) 10.0

Air date: 1986-12-11

Runtime: 24 min

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

New Year's Leave (Episode 11) 10.0

Air date: 1986-12-18

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Murder (Episode 12) 10.0

Writer: Reinhold Weege

Air date: 1987-01-08

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Baby Talk (Episode 13) 10.0

Air date: 1987-01-15

Runtime: 24 min

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

The Modest Proposal (Episode 14) 10.0

Air date: 1987-01-29

Runtime: 24 min

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

A Day in the Life (Episode 15) 10.0

Writer: Bob Stevens

Air date: 1987-02-05

Runtime: 24 min

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

Rabid (Episode 16) 10.0

Air date: 1987-02-12

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Christine's Friend (Episode 17) 8.0

Writer: Bob Stevens

Air date: 1987-02-19

Runtime: 24 min

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

Caught Red Handed (Episode 18) 10.0

Air date: 1987-02-26

Runtime: 24 min

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

Paternity (Episode 19) 10.0

Air date: 1987-03-18

Runtime: 24 min

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

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson (Episode 20) 10.0

Air date: 1987-03-25

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Her Honor (1) (Episode 21) 10.0

Writer: Linwood Boomer

Air date: 1987-04-29

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.

Her Honor (2) (Episode 22) 10.0

Writer: Linwood Boomer

Air date: 1987-05-06

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: 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.