List of Night Court episodes

Harold T. Stone (Harry Anderson) becomes a night court judge in New York City; working with him are court clerk Lana Wagner (Karen Austin), prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), public defender Sheila Gardner (Gail Strickland), and bailiffs Bull Shannon (Richard Moll) and Selma Hacker (Selma Diamond). In his first case, he has to settle a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire, while at the same time try to earn the trust of his staff, who are skeptical about his unorthodox judicial methods.

The season is merry as Harry deals with a man in a red suit charged with trespassing, and tries to restore the faith of a pair of cynical teenage runaways (Michael J. Fox and Olivia Barash).

Lana learns that Harry has a criminal record when she tries to find out his age to settle a bet.

Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney; Harry tries to get tickets to see Mel Tormé.

Russian Yakov Korolenko (Yakov Smirnoff), who is charged with selling stolen property, would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.

Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star (Kristine DeBell), and tries to cope with a new court clerk.

The courtroom crew try to help Bull when a neighbor leaves her baby with him.

Harry has to settle the legal status of a woman (Marcia Rodd) who remarried after her first husband was mistakenly declared dead, and who wants her back.

An impressionable young nun (Dinah Manoff) decides to leave her order after meeting Harry; Dan tries to hit on a temporary public defender.

A brand new public defender has a rough first day in court, thanks to Harry and her over-protective father (Eugene Roche); Selma returns to work delirious after surgery.

Harry sends public defender Billie Young (Ellen Foley) to jail for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of a cat her client is accused of kidnapping.

The courtroom becomes a circus when a meek little fellow chooses Harry to decide what worthy person will receive the money from his winning lottery ticket.

Harry is called before a disciplinary board for his unorthodox courtroom behavior at the instigation of another judge (Jason Bernard).

Harry is reluctant to undergo tests for his ulcer symptoms, until Billie confesses her true feelings for him.

Mac marries Quon Le Duc (Denice Kumagai), a girl he knew in Vietnam, in order for her to stay in the country; Harry conducts court despite temporary blindness.

Patients from a mental institution stage a strike to convince the court they're being mistreated at the hospital.

Bull quits his job in frustration and becomes a professional wrestler.

His friends believe the worst when Dan starts dating an awkward and plain young woman (Mimi Kennedy) who happens to be the daughter of a multimillionaire.

Quon Le appears before the court for prostitution, and Harry has to choose between Billie and Dan for the mayoral commission.

Harry searches for Yakov's brother, a Russian circus defector. Meanwhile, Soviet and American agents (Leonard Stone, Gordon Jump) negotiate an arms agreement.

A disabled law student takes Harry's refusal of her prom invitation as a slap against her handicap.

Everyone tries to adjust to Selma's death as Harry interviews possible replacements, but Bull goes on a drinking binge instead; public defender Christine Sullivan is permanently assigned to the court, to the delight of both Harry and Dan.

Dan's life becomes a living hell as he tries to butter up his new boss: a little person, Vincent Daniels, whose permanent enmity Dan has earned by making fun of him when Daniels asked for directions, not knowing who he really was.

Harry tries to free a rock star literally imprisoned by his overly solicitous entourage.

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.

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

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.

Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.

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.

Bull falls for a sweet, but inept bailiff trainee (Denny Dillon) who allows a psychotic woman (Nana Visitor), who constantly re-enacts famous scenes from movies, to escape and end up as Dan's latest hook-up during a lunch break stay at a motel.

Bull goes on a game show to raise money for a rec center, but the gang has to hypnotize him so that he is not too nervous to go on.

Bull chains himself to the entrance of an old theater scheduled to be demolished and the ensuring efforts to save the building reveals a secret life from Mac's past. Eric Christmas appears as an addled, elderly aficionado of the theater in question.

Christine makes an impulsive decision at her farewell dinner with beau Tony, one that has severe repercussions when he leaves on an assignment he may not return from.

Plans for Mel Tormé to appear at Harry's 40th birthday party are derailed when Harry puts his idol behind bars for failing to pay a parking ticket.

Harry helps a young man appearing before his court stop his girlfriend's marriage to a prefab preppie.

Dan suffers all the pangs of a guilty conscience over misuse of the Phil Foundation funds. Bull tries out a toupee, the Shatner 2000.

Roz stuns her co-workers when her uptown husband pays a visit to secure a divorce so he can marry again.

Dan tries to break up with the daughter of a crime boss, who insists Dan reconsider over dinner — and that he bring along Christine.

Roz steals the show and Dan's spot with the in-crowd when a gossip columnist discovers her and Lisette tries to deal with her erotic dreams about Harry.