The Best Episodes of Night Court Season 6

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(170 votes)

   #1 - Danny Got His Gun (2)

   S6:E110/26/1988

   Meanwhile, in the arctic rescue scenario, Dan accidentally fires a flare-gun at a small plane signalling to him; the pilot in the plane is injured (both hands broken) and thus cannot perform a critical operation. Because of that, Dan becomes the only person available who can operate on a young Eskimo woman suffering from appendicitis.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Gary Murphy

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   Writer:Gary Murphy
2. 

   7.8/10(168 votes)

   #2 - Danny Got His Gun (3)

   S6:E210/26/1988

   Meanwhile, Dan is actually alive, stranded with an Eskimo family and pulled into performing surgery: when the only available doctor’s hands are broken, Dan has to step in and perform an appendectomy on one of his rescuers.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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3. 

   7.2/10(151 votes)

   #3 - Fire

   S6:E311/2/1988

   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.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   7.6/10(156 votes)

   #4 - Harry and the Tramp

   S6:E411/9/1988

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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5. 

   7.7/10(169 votes)

   #5 - Educating Rhoda

   S6:E511/16/1988

   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.

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   7.5/10(159 votes)

   #6 - The Last Temptation of Mac

   S6:E611/23/1988

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

   Director:Jeff Melman

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(139 votes)

   #7 - The Law Club

   S6:E711/30/1988

   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.

   Director:Unknown

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8. 

   7.4/10(144 votes)

   #8 - Night Court of the Living Dead

   S6:E812/14/1988

   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.

   Director:Tim Steele

   Writer:Paul Raley

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   Writer:Paul Raley
9. 

   7.9/10(163 votes)

   #9 - The Night Court Before Christmas

   S6:E912/21/1988

   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.

   Director:Unknown

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10. 

    7.5/10(147 votes)

    #10 - Mental Giant

    S6:E101/11/1989

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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11. 

    6.9/10(138 votes)

    #11 - Rock-a-Bye Baby

    S6:E111/18/1989

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

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    7.1/10(137 votes)

    #12 - Clip Show (1)

    S6:E121/25/1989

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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13. 

    7.1/10(139 votes)

    #13 - Clip Show (2)

    S6:E131/25/1989

    The staff of the night court are coping with a city audit of the court’s finances. The auditor is digging into the oddities of Judge Harry T. Stone’s (Harry Anderson) expense records, and the show uses flashbacks to highlight many of the bizarre, memorable moments from previous episodes.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Gary Murphy

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    Writer:Gary Murphy
14. 

    7.6/10(144 votes)

    #14 - The Trouble is Not in Your Set

    S6:E142/1/1989

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    7.5/10(147 votes)

    #15 - The Game Show

    S6:E152/15/1989

    With Judge Stone out of town, Judge Wilbur fills in.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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16. 

    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #16 - This Old Man

    S6:E163/1/1989

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

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writers:Nancy Steen, Neil Thompson

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17. 

    7.5/10(149 votes)

    #17 - Strange Bedfellows

    S6:E173/8/1989

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #18 - From Snoop to Nuts (1)

    S6:E183/15/1989

    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.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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19. 

    7.8/10(146 votes)

    #19 - From Snoop to Nuts (2)

    S6:E193/22/1989

    Harry’s longtime friend/father-figure Buddy Ryan (John Astin) inadvertently reveals the sting operation to Cologne, thereby placing Harry and the courthouse staff — and their mission — in serious danger.

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    7.3/10(148 votes)

    #20 - Pen Pals

    S6:E204/12/1989

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

    Director:Jeff Melman

    Writer:Unknown

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21. 

    6.9/10(140 votes)

    #21 - Not My Type

    S6:E214/26/1989

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

    Director:Unknown

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22. 

    8.2/10(192 votes)

    #22 - Yet Another Day in the Life

    S6:E225/3/1989

    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.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Nancy Steen, Neil Thompson

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