Night Court: Season 5

1987 · 22 episodes · ★ 9.2

What Season 5 of Night Court

Season five puts Harry Stone on the night shift at a criminal court in Manhattan, where urgent cases are dealt with at lightning speed. The judge, 33 years old, runs hearings with jokes and magic tricks. He's joined by prosecutor Dan Fielding, narcissistic and willing to do anything to get a woman into bed, and Christine Sullivan, a fiery but naive defense attorney. Bull Shannon, a huge and childlike bailiff, completes the cast. Eccentric defendants parade through the courtroom while the team wrestles with rivalries and antics to get their work done.

22episodes

Sep 17, 1987premiered

May 12, 1988latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01
5x01 Her Honor (3)
Sep 17, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Bill Applebaum, Howard Honig, Richard Frank, Jake Dengel
5x02
5x02 Her Honor (4)
Sep 24, 1987 · 24 min
While preparing to attempt his outrageous stunt, Harry talks to and saves the life of a suicidal man.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Richard Frank, Kenneth Tigar, Alan Oppenheimer
5x03
5x03 Death of a Bailiff
Oct 15, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Ron Fassler, Carol Swarbrick, Harry Frazier, Simmy Bow
5x04
5x04 Ladies Night
Oct 22, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Paul Raley · Starring: DeeDee Rescher, John Del Regno, Dee Booher, Harry Hart-Browne
5x05
5x05 Safe
Oct 29, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Starring: Dirk Blocker, Ellen Crawford, Zale Kessler, Nick Toth
5x06
5x06 Mac's Dilemma
Nov 12, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: David Graf, Keye Luke, Richard Brestoff, Mitch Kreindel
5x07
5x07 Who Was That Mashed Man?
Nov 19, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Robert V. Barron, Teri Hatcher, Daniel Frishman, Mitchell Laurance
5x08
5x08 No Hard Feelings
Nov 29, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Kenneth Kimmins, Janice Lynde, Alan Haufrect, Laura Bassett
5x09
5x09 Constitution (1)
Dec 3, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Isabella Hofmann, Richard Gilliland, Darwyn Carson, Wayne Grace
5x10
5x10 Constitution (2)
Dec 10, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Isabella Hofmann, Michael D. Roberts, Jeremy Lawrence, Mark Neely
5x11
5x11 Let It Snow
Dec 17, 1987 · 24 min
A blizzard traps everyone inside the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Robert Costanzo, Mike Finneran, Diane Robin, Tricia McFarlin
5x12
5x12 Dan, the Walking Time Bomb
Jan 7, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Writing: Gary Murphy · Starring: Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Elayne Boosler, Charles Cyphers
5x13
5x13 Hit the Road, Jack
Jan 14, 1988 · 24 min
Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Eugene Roche, Beverly Sanders, Tommy Madden, Frank Collison
5x14
5x14 I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
Jan 21, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Writing: Scott Rubenstein, Leonard Mlodinow · Starring: John Astin, Shelley Berman, Alex Henteloff, Kenneth Tobey
5x15
5x15 Chrizzi's Honor
Feb 11, 1988 · 24 min
A very nice stranger on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party in honor of Charles and Diana.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: George DelHoyo, Dick O'Neill, Mimi Lieber, Don Stark
5x16
5x16 Another Day in the Life
Feb 18, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Gary Murphy · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Pat Corley, Molly David
5x17
5x17 Heart of Stone
Feb 25, 1988 · 24 min
An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married.
Starring: Jude Mussetter, Catherine Carlen, Beau Starr, Phil Rubenstein
5x18
5x18 Russkie Business
Mar 25, 1988 · 24 min
Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Starring: Yakov Smirnoff, Irena Ferris, Barbara Schillaci, Allan Kolman
5x19
5x19 Jung and the Restless
Apr 1, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Starring: Raye Birk, Don Cheadle, Whitney Reis, Bruce M. Fischer
5x20
5x20 Top Judge
Apr 8, 1988 · 24 min
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.""
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Starring: Parley Baer, Gary Kroeger, Albert T. Berry, Elisabeth Talbot-Martin
5x21
5x21 Mac's Millions
May 5, 1988 · 24 min
Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.
Written by: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Keene Curtis, Jack McGee, Harvey Jason, Lisa Pescia
5x22
5x22 Danny Got His Gun (1) Season Finale
May 12, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Gary Murphy · Starring: George Murdock, William Utay, Anne Bloom, Judy Landers