Night Court: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Night Court Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Next Voice You Hear...
Oct 2, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Giving Thanks
Oct 9, 1986 · 24 min
Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.
Author, Author
Oct 16, 1986 · 24 min
Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.
Halloween II: The Return of Leon
Oct 30, 1986 · 24 min
Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.
Dan's Operation (1)
Nov 6, 1986 · 24 min
Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.
Dan's Operation (2)
Nov 13, 1986 · 24 min
Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.
The New Judge
Nov 20, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Contempt of Courting
Nov 27, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Earthquake
Dec 4, 1986 · 24 min
Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.
Prince of a Guy
Dec 11, 1986 · 24 min
Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.
New Year's Leave
Dec 18, 1986 · 24 min
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.
Murder
Jan 8, 1987 · 24 min
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
Baby Talk
Jan 15, 1987 · 24 min
Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.
The Modest Proposal
Jan 29, 1987 · 24 min
Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.
A Day in the Life
Feb 5, 1987 · 24 min
NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.
Rabid
Feb 12, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Christine's Friend
Feb 19, 1987 · 24 min
Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.
Caught Red Handed
Feb 26, 1987 · 24 min
Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.
Paternity
Mar 18, 1987 · 24 min
Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Mar 25, 1987 · 24 min
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.
Her Honor (1)
Apr 29, 1987 · 24 min
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,
Her Honor (2)
May 6, 1987 · 24 min
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