Season 4

22 EPISODES • 1986

Season 4 of Night Court was released on October 2 and consists of 22 episodes.

Episodes

1: The Next Voice You Hear...

Oct 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.

2: Giving Thanks

Oct 9, 1986

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

3: Author, Author

Oct 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.

4: Halloween II: The Return of Leon

Oct 30, 1986

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

5: Dan's Operation (1)

Nov 6, 1986

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

6: Dan's Operation (2)

Nov 13, 1986

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

7: The New Judge

Nov 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.

8: Contempt of Courting

Nov 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.

9: Earthquake

Dec 4, 1986

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

10: Prince of a Guy

Dec 11, 1986

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

11: New Year's Leave

Dec 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.

12: Murder

Jan 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.

13: Baby Talk

Jan 15, 1987

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

14: The Modest Proposal

Jan 29, 1987

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

15: A Day in the Life

Feb 5, 1987

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

16: Rabid

Feb 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.

17: Christine's Friend

Feb 19, 1987

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

18: Caught Red Handed

Feb 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.

19: Paternity

Mar 18, 1987

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

20: Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Mar 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.

21: Her Honor (1)

Apr 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.

22: Her Honor (2)

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.

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