Night Court

Season 4 1986 - 1987

  • 1986-10-03T00:30:00Z on NBC
  • 24m
  • 8h 48m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1986-10-03T00:30:00Z

4x01 The Next Voice You Hear...

Season Premiere

4x01 The Next Voice You Hear...

  • 1986-10-03T00:30:00Z24m

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.

1986-10-10T00:30:00Z

4x02 Giving Thanks

4x02 Giving Thanks

  • 1986-10-10T00:30:00Z24m

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

1986-10-17T00:30:00Z

4x03 Author, Author

4x03 Author, Author

  • 1986-10-17T00:30:00Z24m

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

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

1986-11-07T01:30:00Z

4x05 Dan's Operation (1)

4x05 Dan's Operation (1)

  • 1986-11-07T01:30:00Z24m

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

1986-11-14T01:30:00Z

4x06 Dan's Operation (2)

4x06 Dan's Operation (2)

  • 1986-11-14T01:30:00Z24m

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

1986-11-21T01:30:00Z

4x07 The New Judge

4x07 The New Judge

  • 1986-11-21T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1986-11-28T01:30:00Z

4x08 Contempt of Courting

4x08 Contempt of Courting

  • 1986-11-28T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1986-12-05T01:30:00Z

4x09 Earthquake

4x09 Earthquake

  • 1986-12-05T01:30:00Z24m

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

1986-12-12T01:30:00Z

4x10 Prince of a Guy

4x10 Prince of a Guy

  • 1986-12-12T01:30:00Z24m

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

1986-12-19T01:30:00Z

4x11 New Year's Leave

4x11 New Year's Leave

  • 1986-12-19T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1987-01-09T01:30:00Z

4x12 Murder

4x12 Murder

  • 1987-01-09T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1987-01-16T01:30:00Z

4x13 Baby Talk

4x13 Baby Talk

  • 1987-01-16T01:30:00Z24m

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

1987-01-30T01:30:00Z

4x14 The Modest Proposal

4x14 The Modest Proposal

  • 1987-01-30T01:30:00Z24m

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

1987-02-06T01:30:00Z

4x15 A Day in the Life

4x15 A Day in the Life

  • 1987-02-06T01:30:00Z24m

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

1987-02-13T01:30:00Z

4x16 Rabid

4x16 Rabid

  • 1987-02-13T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1987-02-20T01:30:00Z

4x17 Christine's Friend

4x17 Christine's Friend

  • 1987-02-20T01:30:00Z24m

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

1987-02-27T01:30:00Z

4x18 Caught Red Handed

4x18 Caught Red Handed

  • 1987-02-27T01:30:00Z24m

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

1987-03-19T01:30:00Z

4x19 Paternity

4x19 Paternity

  • 1987-03-19T01:30:00Z24m

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

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.

1987-04-30T00:30:00Z

4x21 Her Honor (1)

4x21 Her Honor (1)

  • 1987-04-30T00:30:00Z24m

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.

Season Finale

1987-05-07T00:30:00Z

4x22 Her Honor (2)

Season Finale

4x22 Her Honor (2)

  • 1987-05-07T00:30:00Z24m

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.

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