The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 4

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(207 votes)

   #1 - The Next Voice You Hear...

   S4:E110/2/1986

   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.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Reinhold Weege
2. 

   7.9/10(204 votes)

   #2 - Giving Thanks

   S4:E210/9/1986

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Teresa O'Neill

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Teresa O'Neill
3. 

   7.3/10(180 votes)

   #3 - Author, Author

   S4:E310/16/1986

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jeff Melman

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4. 

   7.0/10(170 votes)

   #4 - Halloween II: The Return of Leon

   S4:E410/30/1986

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

   Director:Tim Steele

   Writer:Linwood Boomer

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   Director:Tim Steele

   Writer:Linwood Boomer
5. 

   7.5/10(180 votes)

   #5 - Dan's Operation (1)

   S4:E511/6/1986

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Bob Stevens

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Bob Stevens
6. 

   7.7/10(180 votes)

   #6 - Dan's Operation (2)

   S4:E611/13/1986

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Bob Stevens

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   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Bob Stevens
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7. 

   7.4/10(174 votes)

   #7 - The New Judge

   S4:E711/20/1986

   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.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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8. 

   7.3/10(183 votes)

   #8 - Contempt of Courting

   S4:E811/27/1986

   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.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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9. 

   7.6/10(179 votes)

   #9 - Earthquake

   S4:E912/4/1986

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    7.2/10(192 votes)

    #10 - Prince of a Guy

    S4:E1012/11/1986

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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11. 

    7.4/10(179 votes)

    #11 - New Year's Leave

    S4:E1112/18/1986

    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.

    Director:John Larroquette

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:John Larroquette

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    7.6/10(180 votes)

    #12 - Murder

    S4:E121/8/1987

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Reinhold Weege
13. 

    7.0/10(166 votes)

    #13 - Baby Talk

    S4:E131/15/1987

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

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    6.9/10(168 votes)

    #14 - The Modest Proposal

    S4:E141/29/1987

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

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    8.6/10(249 votes)

    #15 - A Day in the Life

    S4:E152/5/1987

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin

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    Writers:Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin
16. 

    7.2/10(166 votes)

    #16 - Rabid

    S4:E162/12/1987

    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.

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.4/10(174 votes)

    #17 - Christine's Friend

    S4:E172/19/1987

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

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Bob Stevens

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    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Bob Stevens
18. 

    7.4/10(170 votes)

    #18 - Caught Red Handed

    S4:E182/26/1987

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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19. 

    7.7/10(164 votes)

    #19 - Paternity

    S4:E193/18/1987

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

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown
20. 

    7.3/10(170 votes)

    #20 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

    S4:E203/25/1987

    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.

    Director:Jim Drake

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
21. 

    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #21 - Her Honor (1)

    S4:E214/29/1987

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer

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    Writer:Linwood Boomer
22. 

    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #22 - Her Honor (2)

    S4:E225/6/1987

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer

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    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Linwood Boomer