Night Court: Season 4

1986 · 22 episodes · ★ 9.8

What Season 4 of Night Court

Night Court follows the night shift at a criminal court in Manhattan, where urgent cases are handled nonstop. Judge Harry Stone, 33 years old, runs hearings with jokes and magic tricks. At his side are prosecutor Dan Fielding, narcissistic and sex-addicted, and defense attorney Christine Sullivan, impulsive and naive. Bull Shannon, a burly bailiff with a childlike streak, completes the team. Amid rivalries and antics, the cast gets through a courtroom full of eccentric defendants. Harry is distracted by a letter from his mother, Dan pressures Christine to sleep with him, and Bull tries to write a children's story.

22episodes

Oct 2, 1986aired

May 6, 1987latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01
4x01 The Next Voice You Hear...
Oct 2, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Reinhold Weege · Starring: Ronn Lucas, Rickie Layne, Gail Wenos, John Astin
4x02
4x02 Giving Thanks
Oct 9, 1986 · 24 min
Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Teresa O'Neill · Starring: Sandy Helberg, Walter Olkewicz, Gino Conforti, Raymond Singer
4x03
4x03 Author, Author
Oct 16, 1986 · 24 min
Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Joe Alaskey, Peggy Pope, Fran Drescher, Jay Gerber
4x04
4x04 Halloween II: The Return of Leon
Oct 30, 1986 · 24 min
Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.
Directed by: Tim Steele · Written by: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Estelle Harris, Bumper Robinson, Margot Rose, Daniel Frishman
4x05
4x05 Dan's Operation (1)
Nov 6, 1986 · 24 min
Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Bob Stevens · Starring: Todd Susman, Leslie Bevis, Jack Riley, Gary Grossman
4x06
4x06 Dan's Operation (2)
Nov 13, 1986 · 24 min
Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Bob Stevens · Starring: Todd Susman, Jack Riley, Gary Grossman, Cal Gibson
4x07
4x07 The New Judge
Nov 20, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Dirk Blocker, Jeff Altman, Patrick Cranshaw, Joe Regalbuto
4x08
4x08 Contempt of Courting
Nov 27, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Ann Turkel, Marianne Muellerleile, Edgar Justice, Sumant
4x09
4x09 Earthquake
Dec 4, 1986 · 24 min
Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Charles Bouvier, Sebastian Massa, Reid Asato, Susan Cash
4x10
4x10 Prince of a Guy
Dec 11, 1986 · 24 min
Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.
Starring: Frank Bonner, Tim Dang, Jeanne Mori, Joey Shea
4x11
4x11 New Year's Leave
Dec 18, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: John Larroquette · Starring: Harold Gould, Stanley Brock, Gary Grossman
4x12
4x12 Murder
Jan 8, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Reinhold Weege · Starring: Alice Drummond, Bruce Kirby, Florence Stanley, Jon Menick
4x13
4x13 Baby Talk
Jan 15, 1987 · 24 min
Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Candice Azzara, Dori Brenner, Micole Mercurio, Gary Grossman
4x14
4x14 The Modest Proposal
Jan 29, 1987 · 24 min
Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Timothy Stack
4x15
4x15 A Day in the Life
Feb 5, 1987 · 24 min
NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.
Written by: Bob Stevens, Nat Mauldin · Starring: Fred Applegate, Leslie Bevis, Norman Bartold, Raye Birk
4x16
4x16 Rabid
Feb 12, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jim Drake · Starring: Angela Aames, Allan Rich, Lena Pousette, Victoria Carroll
4x17
4x17 Christine's Friend
Feb 19, 1987 · 24 min
Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.
Directed by: Jim Drake · Written by: Bob Stevens · Starring: Sela Ward, Jay Robinson, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Linda Hoy
4x18
4x18 Caught Red Handed
Feb 26, 1987 · 24 min
Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.
Starring: Teresa Ganzel, Michael Gross, Turk Pipkin
4x19
4x19 Paternity
Mar 18, 1987 · 24 min
Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.
Directed by: Jim Drake · Starring: Matt Shakman, Katherine Moffat, John Calvin, Fran Ryan
4x20
4x20 Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Mar 25, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jim Drake · Starring: Roger Aaron Brown, Gino Conforti, Stuart Pankin, Conchata Ferrell
4x21
4x21 Her Honor (1)
Apr 29, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Lee Wilkof, Brent Spiner, Wil Albert, Sebastian Massa
4x22
4x22 Her Honor (2) Season Finale
May 6, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Al Ruscio, K Callan, Craig Richard Nelson, Brent Spiner