Night Court

October 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.

October 9, 1986

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

October 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.

October 30, 1986

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

November 6, 1986

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

November 13, 1986

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

November 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.

November 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.

December 4, 1986

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

December 11, 1986

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

December 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.

January 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.

January 15, 1987

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

January 29, 1987

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

February 5, 1987

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

February 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.

February 19, 1987

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

February 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.

March 18, 1987

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

March 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.

April 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.

May 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.