List of Night Court episodes#Season 5 (1987–88)

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| infoB = Rating

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| link1 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 1 (1984)

| episodes1 = 13

| start1 = {{Start date|1984|1|4}}

| end1 = {{End date|1984|5|31}}

| infoA1 = 47

| infoB1 = 15.5

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| link2 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 2 (1984–85)

| episodes2 = 22

| start2 = {{Start date|1984|9|27}}

| end2 = {{End date|1985|5|9}}

| infoA2 = 20

| infoB2 = 17.6

| color3 = #AE1C23

| link3 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 3 (1985–86)

| episodes3 = 22

| start3 = {{Start date|1985|9|26}}

| end3 = {{End date|1986|5|8}}

| infoA3 = 11

| infoB3 = 20.9

| color4 = #f49f18

| link4 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 4 (1986–87)

| episodes4 = 22

| start4 = {{Start date|1986|10|2}}

| end4 = {{End date|1987|5|6}}

| infoA4 = 7

| infoB4 = 23.2

| color5 = #988EC8

| link5 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 5 (1987–88)

| episodes5 = 22

| start5 = {{Start date|1987|9|17}}

| end5 = {{End date|1988|5|12}}

| infoA5 = 7

| infoB5 = 20.8

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| link6 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 6 (1988–89)

| episodes6 = 22

| start6 = {{Start date|1988|10|26}}

| end6 = {{End date|1989|5|3}}

| infoA6 = 21

| infoB6 = 16.9

| color7 = #979797

| link7 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 7 (1989–90)

| episodes7 = 24

| start7 = {{Start date|1989|9|27}}

| end7 = {{End date|1990|5|2}}

| infoA7 = 28

| infoB7 = 14.5{{refn|Tied with The Simpsons and Doogie Howser, M.D..|group=lower-alpha}}

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| link8 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 8 (1990–91)

| episodes8 = 24

| start8 = {{Start date|1990|9|28}}

| end8 = {{End date|1991|5|8}}

| infoA8 = 50

| infoB8 = 11.5

| color9 = #ffde04

| link9 = List of Night Court episodes#Season 9 (1991–92)

| episodes9 = 22

| start9 = {{Start date|1991|9|18}}

| end9 = {{End date|1992|5|31}}

| infoA9 = 46

| infoB9 = 12.0

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=All You Need is Love

|DirectedBy=James Burrows

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|1|4}}

|ProdCode=206719

|Aux4=16.9/25{{cite magazine|date=January 16, 1984|title=CBS wins week, NBC's 'Riptide' moves network into second|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=3|page=98|id={{ProQuest|1016910894}}}}

|ShortSummary=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 trying to earn the trust of his staff, who are skeptical about his unorthodox judicial methods.

Note: This is Gail Strickland's only episode as a cast member.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Santa Goes Downtown

|DirectedBy=Asaad Kelada

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|1|11}}

|ProdCode=185365

|Aux4=16.1/24{{cite magazine|date=January 23, 1984|title='Amelia' gives ABC the week|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=4|page=90|id={{ProQuest|963253332}}}}

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

Note: Paula Kelly makes her first appearance as public defender Liz Williams, replacing Gail Strickland from the pilot episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Former Harry Stone

|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|1|18}}

|ProdCode=185362

|Aux4=13.4/20{{cite magazine|date=January 30, 1984|title=CBS wins big with Super Bowl|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=5|page=98|id={{ProQuest|963233510}}}}

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

Note: Terry Kiser makes his first appearance as sleazy reporter Al Craven. Barney Martin appears in this episode. Judy Landers and Joey Aresco appear as an engaged couple.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Welcome Back, Momma

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|1}}

|ProdCode=185366

|Aux4=16.1/24{{cite magazine|date=February 13, 1984|title=ABC's regular series lift it to victory|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=7|page=176|id={{ProQuest|963246380}}}}

|ShortSummary=A woman who claims to be Harry's long lost mother (Janis Paige) and a beauty pageant operator appear before the court.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Eye of the Beholder

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Larry Balmagia

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|8}}

|ProdCode=185363

|Aux4=16.2/24{{cite magazine|date=February 20, 1984|title=NBC's first win of the season|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=8|page=82|id={{ProQuest|963240734}}}}

|ShortSummary=The others try to pull Bull out of the dumps when he's turned down by a charitable organization because his size and appearance are intimidating to others.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Death Threat

|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|15}}

|ProdCode=185367

|Aux4=17.6/27{{cite magazine|date=February 27, 1984|title=First-place finish for ABC and Olympics|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=9|page=64|id={{ProQuest|963233270}}}}

|ShortSummary=Things are thrown into an uproar when Harry receives a threat via a rock thrown through the window and a bomb is discovered in the courtroom.

Note: Phil Leeds appears as a man claiming to be God. George Murdock appears as a homicide detective. Jack Murdock appears as a bomb defuser.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Once in Love With Harry

|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|22}}

|ProdCode=185361

|Aux4=14.0/22{{cite magazine|date=March 5, 1984|title=CBS returns to top spot|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=10|page=63|id={{ProQuest|963277310}}}}

|ShortSummary=A hooker develops a crush on Harry and Dan loses a city council position to a dead man.

Note: Jason Bernard appears as a judge.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Quadrangle of Love

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= R.J. Colleary|t= R.J. Colleary, Chris Cluess and Stuart Kreisman}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|29}}

|ProdCode=185369

|Aux4=15.9/24{{cite magazine|date=March 12, 1984|title=Grammys a thriller for CBS|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=11|page=68|id={{ProQuest|963236368}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney (Caroline McWilliams); Harry tries to get tickets to see Mel Tormé.

Note: George D. Wallace appears as a doctor. The end credits have a different background for this episode. Instead of the court, they show Harry and his little homemade Mel Tormé concert.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Wonder Drugs

|DirectedBy=Asaad Kelada

|WrittenBy=Howard Ostroff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|7}}

|ProdCode=185364

|Aux4=14.3/22{{cite magazine|date=March 19, 1984|title=Tie for two in week 24|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=12|page=62|id={{ProQuest|1014706230}}}}

|ShortSummary=Lana disrupts the proceedings after taking a powerful cold medicine.

Note: Jack Riley appears as a clown. Ron Feinberg appears as a man in a dress. Sandy Martin appears as a woman in the gallery.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Some Like It Hot

|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|14}}

|ProdCode=185368

|Aux4=15.4/24{{cite magazine|date=March 26, 1984|title=ABC comes away with a win|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=13|page=54|id={{ProQuest|963230460}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Mike Finneran as courthouse handyman Art Fensterman. It also marks Karen Austin's final appearance as court clerk Lana Wagner, though she is listed in the opening credits through the end of the season.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Harry and the Rock Star

|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|21}}

|ProdCode=185360

|Aux4=15.8/24{{cite magazine|date=April 2, 1984|title=Five nights give CBS the week|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=14|page=66|id={{ProQuest|963243223}}}}

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

Note: This is the first episode to have the evil laugh as part of the Starry Night Productions logo.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Bull's Baby

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|28}}

|ProdCode=185362

|Aux4=13.7/21{{cite magazine|date=April 9, 1984|title="Oz" helps give CBS the week|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=15|page=70|id={{ProQuest|963256060}}}}

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

Note: D.D. Howard appears as court clerk Charley Tracy. Alex Henteloff appears as a defendant.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Hi Honey, I'm Home

|DirectedBy=Gary Shimokawa

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|5|31}}

|ProdCode=185361

|Aux4=16.4/28{{cite magazine|date=June 11, 1984|title=NBC ties ABC for first in ratings|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=106|issue=24|page=78|id={{ProQuest|963247061}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry has to settle the legal status of a woman (Marcia Rodd) who remarried after her first husband Mitch Bowers (Charles Napier) was mistakenly declared dead, and who wants her back even though she is now seeing another man (Basil Hoffman).

Note: D.D. Howard appears as court clerk Charley Tracy. Milt Kogan appears as a doctor. Paula Kelly makes her final appearance as public defender Liz Williams.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Nun

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|9|27}}

|ProdCode=185602

|Aux4=18.3/28{{cite magazine|date=October 8, 1984|title=CBS takes week one; NBC places second|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-10-08_107_15/page/94|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=15|page=94|id={{ProQuest|963257211}}}}

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

Note: Charles Robinson makes his first appearance as court clerk Mac Robinson. The unnamed temporary public defender (played by Sharon Barr) is not seen again. Randee Heller appears as a prostitute. Earl Boen appears as her client. Lu Leonard appears as an older nun.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Daddy for the Defense

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|4}}

|ProdCode=185601

|Aux4=17.4/26{{cite magazine|date=October 15, 1984|title=CBS takes week two; baseball pushes ABC into second|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-10-15_107_16/page/52|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=16|page=52|id={{ProQuest|963248791}}}}

|ShortSummary=A 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.

Note: This episode was originally intended to be the season premiere. Markie Post, in her first-ever appearance on the show, appears in a one-episode guest stint as new public defender Christine Sullivan. Shelley Hack was originally cast as Christine, but she left the show before filming when it was decided she was not right for the part.McGuire, Carolyn. "TV highlights: Shelley Hack spurns 'Court'." Chicago Tribune, Aug 30, 1984Dawidziak, Mark. "'Night Court' Didn't Work Out for Shelley Hack." The Spokesman-Review/Knight-Ridder. October 16, 1984 Post was hired as her replacement before taping, but was only available for a single episode as she was still a regular on "The Fall Guy;Beck, Marilyn. "Remembering." Philadelphia Daily News, 22 July 1985:" she would join the cast permanently at the beginning of season three. Paul Lieber appears as a defendant.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Billie and the Cat

|DirectedBy=Lee Bernhardi

|WrittenBy=Zachary D. Wechsler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|18}}

|ProdCode=185604

|Aux4=16.2/25{{cite magazine|date=October 29, 1984|title=Week 4: It's CBS, NBC, ABC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-10-29_107_18/page/71|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=18|page=71|id={{ProQuest|963249719}}}}

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

Note: Ellen Foley makes her first appearance as public defender Billie Young.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Pick a Number

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|10|25}}

|ProdCode=185605

|Aux4=18.1/27{{cite magazine|date=November 5, 1984|title=CBS, NBC tie in week five|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-11_107_19/page/64|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=19|page=64|id={{ProQuest|963263431}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Computer Kid

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|1}}

|ProdCode=185607

|Aux4=15.5/24{{cite magazine|date=November 12, 1984|title=CBS takes week six, NBC second|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-11-12_107_20/page/56|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=20|page=56|id={{ProQuest|963260754}}}}

|ShortSummary=A precocious, yet ill-mannered computer whiz barricades himself in Harry's office and threatens to wipe out all his school's records.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Bull Gets a Kid

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|8}}

|ProdCode=185608

|Aux4=15.9/24{{cite magazine|date=November 19, 1984|title=CBS wins week; takes over first place season-to-date|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-11-19_107_21/page/61|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=21|page=61|id={{ProQuest|963244940}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull is finally allowed a foster son by a volunteer-fathers organization, but he winds up with a surprise when he learns the kid is a girl (Pamela Adlon, credited as "Pamela Segall") posing as a boy to help out her single mother.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Harry on Trial

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|15}}

|ProdCode=185609

|Aux4=17.4/27{{cite news|date=November 21, 1984|title=Nielsen prime-time ratings|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=E8|id={{ProQuest|1820039639}}}}

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

Note: Ray Walston guest stars.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Harry and the Madam

|DirectedBy=Noam Pitlik

|WrittenBy=Tony Sheehan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|22}}

|ProdCode=185610

|Aux4=13.6/24{{cite magazine|date=November 19, 1984|title=NBC garners another first place|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=23|page=109|id={{ProQuest|1014703828}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry feels a lot of official pressure when a notorious madame with a hot diary comes before his bench; Bull tries to save Mac's turkey from getting killed for Thanksgiving.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Inside Harry Stone

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|11|29}}

|ProdCode=185606

|Aux4=17.9/27{{cite magazine|date=December 10, 1984|title=CBS makes it 10 in a row|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=24|page=78|id={{ProQuest|1014716210}}}}

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

Note: John Astin guest stars as a hospital patient named Kenny; he would later have a recurring role as Harry's father, Buddy Ryan.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Blizzard

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|12|6}}

|ProdCode=185611

|Aux4=18.6/28{{cite magazine|date=December 17, 1984|title=CBS takes another ratings week|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1984-12-17_107_25/page/84|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=107|issue=25|page=84|id={{ProQuest|1014719197}}}}

|ShortSummary=A blizzard traps everyone in the courthouse and Dan in an elevator with a gay man (Jack Riley) who confessed his attraction to him after a trial involving his pet dog.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Take My Wife, Please

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|12|13}}

|ProdCode=185612

|Aux4=17.1/26{{cite news|date=December 19, 1984|title=Nielsen prime-time ratings|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=E11|id={{ProQuest|1820015039}}}}

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

Note: Michael Richards appears as a man who believes he is invisible.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Birthday Visitor

|DirectedBy=Gary Shimokawa

|WrittenBy=Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|1|3}}

|ProdCode=185613

|Aux4=17.3/25{{cite magazine|date=January 14, 1985|title=CBS takes the week in prime time and daytime|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=2|page=162|id={{ProQuest|1014714181}}}}

|ShortSummary=When Billie takes Harry back to her place after celebrating his birthday, the duo's plans for romance are disrupted by an insecure intruder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Dan's Parents

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|1|10}}

|ProdCode=185614

|Aux4=18.2/25{{cite magazine|date=January 21, 1985|title=CBS wins and ABC climbs into second|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-01-21_108_3/page/87|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=3|page=87|id={{ProQuest|1014713043}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan's past is revealed when the parents (John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan, married actors in real life), whom he told everyone were dead, come from Louisiana to visit their successful "sonny boy".

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Nuts About Harry

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|1|17}}

|ProdCode=185603

|Aux4=19.1/28{{cite magazine|date=January 28, 1985|title=Super Bowl gives ABC its first weekly win|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-01-28_108_4/page/88|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=4|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1014707587}}}}

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

Note: This was initially scheduled to be the second episode of the season but was postponed and instead aired out of sequence. Ellen Foley does not appear and is also missing from the opening credits; her character of Billie is not mentioned, and no explanation is given for her absence. Deborah Harmon appears as overeager idealistic newly-assigned public defender Sue Harper. James Cromwell and Kevin Peter Hall guest star as two members of a group of escapees from a mental home who wind up in court for not paying their taxi fare.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=28

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=An Old Flame

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|1|24}}

|ProdCode=185615

|Aux4=17.2/26{{cite magazine|date=February 4, 1985|title=CBS wins a close one|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=5|page=64|id={{ProQuest|1014705874}}}}

|ShortSummary=Selma's old beau (Jack Gilford) wants to rekindle their romance and take care of her, and a substitute judge (Phil Leeds) isn't what he's cracked up to be.

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|EpisodeNumber=29

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=The Gypsy

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Howard Ostroff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|1|31}}

|ProdCode=185616

|Aux4=19.7/28{{cite magazine|date=February 11, 1985|title='Music Awards' lifts ABC into first place|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-02-11_108_6/page/48|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=6|page=48|id={{ProQuest|963286911}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry uses a little hocus-pocus to convince Bull he's cured of a curse on the court made by a disgruntled plaintiff, a powerful gypsy (Erica Yohn).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=30

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Battling Bailiff

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|2|7}}

|ProdCode=185617

|Aux4=16.2/24{{cite magazine|date=February 18, 1985|title='Cosby' and 'Dirty Dozen' deliver week for NBC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-02-18_108_7/page/71|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=7|page=71|id={{ProQuest|963239691}}}}

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

Note: Lou Ferrigno guest stars.

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Billie's Valentine

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|2|14}}

|ProdCode=185618

|Aux4=19.3/29{{cite magazine|date=February 25, 1985|title=CBS back in first in weekly ratings|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-02-25_108_8/page/78|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=8|page=78|id={{ProQuest|963263450}}}}

|ShortSummary=Billie's new boyfriend turns out to be a professional problem, despite his romantic accomplishments.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=32

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Married Alive

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|2|21}}

|ProdCode=185619

|Aux4=18.6/28{{cite magazine|date=March 4, 1985|title=ABC, NBC tie in ratings photo finish|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-03-04_108_9/page/83|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=9|page=83|id={{ProQuest|1014722694}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: William Utay's first appearance as Phil Sanders the bum.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=33

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Mac and Quon Le: Together Again

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|2|28}}

|ProdCode=185620

|Aux4=17.4/27{{cite magazine|date=March 11, 1985|title=Grammys help CBS to ratings victory|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-03-11_108_10/page/66|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=10|page=66|id={{ProQuest|1014714913}}}}

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

Note: Selma Diamond does not appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=34

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=World War III

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|5|2}}

|ProdCode=185621

|Aux4=17.6/28{{cite magazine|date=May 13, 1985|title=Second post-season win for NBC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-05-13_108_19/page/76|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=19|page=76|id={{ProQuest|963291793}}}}

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

Note: This is the final appearance of Selma Diamond before her death on May 13, 1985.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=35

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Walk, Don't Wheel

|DirectedBy=Reinhold Weege

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|5|9}}

|ProdCode=185622

|Aux4=16.0/26{{cite magazine|date=May 20, 1985|title=NBC wins third week in a row|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-05-20_108_20/page/68|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=108|issue=20|page=68|id={{ProQuest|963251741}}}}

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

Note: Selma Diamond does not appear. This is the final appearance of Ellen Foley.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=36

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Hello, Goodbye

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|9|26}}

|ProdCode=185711

|Aux4=22.9/34{{cite magazine|date=October 9, 1985|title=NBC's Thursday Wins|magazine=Variety|volume=320|issue=11|page=111|id={{ProQuest|1438420767}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: Markie Post and Florence Halop join the cast as public defender Christine Sullivan and bailiff Florence Kleiner, respectively. The episode ends with a brief tribute to Selma Diamond.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=37

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Hostage

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|3}}

|ProdCode=185713

|Aux4=20.4/30{{cite magazine|date=October 9, 1985|title=The TV Rate Race|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|volume=289|issue=3|page=22|id={{ProQuest|2594603324}}}}

|ShortSummary=A man charged with stealing electronic parts takes Dan hostage and demands the rest of the parts he needs to communicate with his home planet of Saturn.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=38

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Dad's First Date

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|17}}

|ProdCode=185716

|Aux4=21.3/33{{cite magazine|date=October 28, 1985|title=NBC makes it three out of four|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-10-28_109_18/page/104|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=18|page=104|id={{ProQuest|1014725795}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine's father (Eugene Roche) has his first date in eight years and ends up in court, charged with soliciting a prostitute (Estelle Harris); Harry also must deal with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=39

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|24}}

|ProdCode=185712

|Aux4=18.3/26{{cite magazine|date=November 4, 1985|title=World Series gives ABC week's ratings edge|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-11-04_109_19/page/42|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=19|page=42|id={{ProQuest|1014715626}}}}

|ShortSummary=Mac tries to hide Quon Le from his prejudiced grandfather, who's going to loan Mac the money he needs to open a restaurant.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=40

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Halloween, Too

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|31}}

|ProdCode=185719

|Aux4=22.0/34{{cite magazine|date=November 11, 1985|title=NBC takes week six as sweeps begin|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-11-11_109_20/page/56|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=20|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1014708767}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry falls hook, line and sinker for a beautiful woman, (Mary Margaret Humes) who turns out to be a real witch. Anne Ramsey appears as another member of the coven.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=41

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Best of Friends

|DirectedBy=Reinhold Weege

|WrittenBy=Howard Ostroff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|7}}

|ProdCode=185718

|Aux4=18.2/26{{cite magazine|date=November 18, 1985|title=ABC leads sweeps with strong showing in seventh week|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-11-18_109_21/page/88|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=21|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1014718278}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan has a real problem when his high school buddy comes to visit as a decidedly changed man. Meanwhile, the rest of the staff try to explain to Bull what a transgender woman is.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=42

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Dan's Boss

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|14}}

|ProdCode=185720

|Aux4=21.7/33{{cite magazine|date=November 25, 1985|title=Movies, Thursday and Saturday schedules give NBC week eight|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-11-25_109_22/page/42|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=22|page=42|id={{ProQuest|1014708269}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan's life becomes a living hell when he cracks short jokes to a little person who turns out to be his boss.

Note: First appearance by Daniel Frishman as Vincent Daniels. Also Robert Englund plays a character who believes Earth is being invaded by aliens.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=43

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Up On the Roof

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Davis & Julie Fleischer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|28}}

|ProdCode=185717

|Aux4=19.9/33{{cite magazine|date=December 9, 1985|title=NBC claims Thanksgiving victory with return of Perry Mason|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=24|page=58|id={{ProQuest|1014719129}}}}

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

Note: Markie Post's real-life husband, Michael A. Ross, portrays Eddie Devon in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=44

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Wheels of Justice (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|12|5}}

|ProdCode=185714

|Aux4=21.2/32{{cite magazine|date=December 16, 1985|title=NBC continues winning ways|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-12-16_109_25/page/88|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=25|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1014721078}}}}

|ShortSummary=Everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, Harry has to evict a woman and son from a sleazy hotel, and a homeless couple from West Virginia (the picaresque Wheelers, played by Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell) tells their tale of woe. The Wheelers appear in several future episodes.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=45

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Wheels of Justice (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Alan Bergmann

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|12|12}}

|ProdCode=185715

|Aux4=20.9/32{{cite magazine|date=December 23, 1985|title=NBC takes another Wednesday as it posts eighth weekly win|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1985-12-23_109_26/page/61|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=26|page=61|id={{ProQuest|1014718357}}}}

|ShortSummary=Things go from bad to worse, when Harry learns that the son from the previous case was shot in a robbery, and he resigns as judge.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=46

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Walk Away, Renee

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|12|19}}

|ProdCode=185723

|Aux4=20.1/31{{cite magazine|date=December 30, 1985|title=NBC goes nine for 13|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=109|issue=27|page=80|id={{ProQuest|1014722791}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull gets a new girlfriend, but the rest of the staff recognizes her as a gold-digging prostitute who's been in and out of court and jail many times. However, when Bull finds out and confronts Renee, his pity on her causes Renee to have an emotional meltdown. Meanwhile, Dan has a date with a dominatrix, but his injuries from Bull's rampage put a dent in his plans.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=47

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Dan's Escort

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|1|9}}

|ProdCode=185724

|Aux4=21.7/32{{cite magazine|date=January 20, 1986|title=CBS wins second week in a row by a nose|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=3|page=214|id={{ProQuest|1014710358}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan takes a job as a paid escort for a wealthy, lonely woman (Barbara Cason) who expects a lot for her money, and Yakov appeals to Harry for help when his wife is arrested on a visit to the U.S.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=48

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Night Off

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin and Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|1|16}}

|ProdCode=185725

|Aux4=22.9/33{{cite magazine|date=January 27, 1986|title=Sixth Cosby record this season gives NBC another win|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-01-27_110_4/page/74|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=4|page=74|id={{ProQuest|1016911509}}}}

|ShortSummary=A burned-out older judge (Jeff Corey) brought in to substitute for Harry exhibits bizarre behavior: he issues a bench arrest for the Rockettes, imprisons Dan and Mac for contempt, and appoints Florence and Phil (William Utay) as the defending and prosecuting attorneys.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=49

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Harry and Leon

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|1|23}}

|ProdCode=185727

|Aux4=22.0/32{{cite magazine|date=February 3, 1986|title=Bears also win for NBC|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=5|page=50|id={{ProQuest|1016916917}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry takes pity on the building shoeshine boy (Bumper Robinson), who seeks refuge from a social worker trying to place him in another foster home.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=50

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Apartment

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|1|30}}

|ProdCode=185728

|Aux4=21.2/31{{cite magazine|date=February 10, 1986|title=ABC starts fast but finishes last|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-02-10_110_6/page/56|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=6|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1016909677}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry throws a surprise birthday for Dan whose date is extremely anxious to be home by midnight.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=51

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye

|DirectedBy=John Larroquette

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|6}}

|ProdCode=185729

|Aux4=21.7/32{{cite magazine|date=February 17, 1986|title="Sins" wins for CBS; NBC leads sweeps|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=7|page=53|id={{ProQuest|1016909361}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry's concern with Leon's imminent adoption blinds him to the presence of Mel Tormé in the courthouse.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=52

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Mugger

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Robert Perlow & Gene Braunstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|20}}

|ProdCode=185726

|Aux4=20.9/30{{cite magazine|date=March 3, 1986|title=NBC's regular schedule powers it to another win|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-03-03_110_9/page/70|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=9|page=70|id={{ProQuest|1016909221}}}}

|ShortSummary=After being mugged, Christine becomes belligerent and mistrustful, and unable to do her job as public defender. She has to rediscover her compassion when her mugger is trapped in the cafeteria and threatens hostages with a grenade. Meanwhile, Phil gets a hot stock tip from an old Wall Street buddy, and Dan nearly bankrupts himself trying to wheedle it out of him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=53

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Could This Be Magic?

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Jack Carrerow & Lisa A. Bannick

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|27}}

|ProdCode=185725

|Aux4=22.8/34{{cite magazine|date=March 10, 1986|title=NBC edges CBS thanks to 'Cosby' and Klugman|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-03-10_110_10/page/92|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=10|page=92|id={{ProQuest|1014715684}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry decides to help his idol, a down-and-out magician (Carl Ballantine), who goes on to help himself to Harry's possessions.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=54

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Monkey Business

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|3|6}}

|ProdCode=185721

|Aux4=20.9/31{{cite magazine|date=March 17, 1986|title=NBC breezes to another ratings victory|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=11|page=86|id={{ProQuest|1016912979}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull tries to save a baby orangutan from animal-research experiments.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=55

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Flo's Retirement

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|3|13}}

|ProdCode=185730

|Aux4=20.8/31{{cite magazine|date=March 24, 1986|title=Reruns help power NBC to win number 18|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-03-24_110_12/page/91|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=12|page=91|id={{ProQuest|1014726491}}}}

|ShortSummary=The staff tries everything they can think of to postpone Florence's involuntary but mandatory retirement.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=56

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Hurricane (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|5|1}}

|ProdCode=185731

|Aux4=21.7/33{{cite magazine|date=May 12, 1986|title=NBC returns to winning form|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=19|page=50|id={{ProQuest|1016906834}}}}

|ShortSummary=The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women. Dick Butkus, Brent Spiner, Alix Elias, Pam Grier, and James Widdoes appear.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=57

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Hurricane (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|5|8}}

|ProdCode=185732

|Aux4=20.4/31{{cite magazine|date=May 19, 1986|title='North and South' wins war for ABC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-05-19_110_20/page/73|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=110|issue=20|page=73|id={{ProQuest|1014722857}}}}

|ShortSummary=The four pregnant defendants give birth as the hurricane continues. Dick Butkus, Brent Spiner, Alix Elias, and Pam Grier appear.

Note: Final appearance of Florence Halop as Florence Kleiner; Halop died on July 15, 1986.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=58

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Next Voice You Hear...

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|2}}

|ProdCode=185931

|Aux4=26.8/41{{cite magazine|date=October 13, 1986|title=NBC goes 2 for 2 in prime time|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-10-13_111_15/page/64|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=15|page=64|id={{ProQuest|1016915015}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: First appearance of Marsha Warfield as baliff Rosalind Russell and John Astin as Harry's stepfather Buddy Ryan.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=59

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Giving Thanks

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|9}}

|ProdCode=185935

|Aux4=23.2/34{{cite magazine|date=October 20, 1986|title=NBC keeps on rolling|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-10-20_111_16/page/38|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=16|page=38|id={{ProQuest|1014736998}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine tries to get out of Dan's demand to sleep with her after he saves her from choking to death on her lunch.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=60

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Author, Author

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|16}}

|ProdCode=185933

|Aux4=25.5/39{{cite magazine|date=October 27, 1986|title=Four in a row for NBC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-10-27_111_17/page/96|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=17|page=96|id={{ProQuest|1014715087}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story for a contest, but when one of the judges personally appears to criticize how disturbing and violent it is, Bull becomes upset. Meanwhile, Dan is at the sexual mercy of a woman diagnosed with multiple personality disorder.

Note: Fran Drescher appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=61

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Halloween II: The Return of Leon

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|30}}

|ProdCode=185934

|Aux4=25.6/39{{cite magazine|date=November 10, 1986|title=Game seven, 'Cosby' lift NBC to victory|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-11-10_111_19/page/73|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=19|page=73|id={{ProQuest|1016910246}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry looks forward to seeing Leon the orphan boy again while Dan does whatever he can to get invited to his boss' Halloween party.

Note: Night Court was preempted by the fifth game of the 1986 World Series on October 23, 1986.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=62

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Dan's Operation (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|6}}

|ProdCode=185936

|Aux4=25.8/38{{cite magazine|date=November 17, 1986|title=NBC rolls a lucky seven |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-11-17_111_20/page/52|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=20|page=52|id={{ProQuest|1285762482}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one of two. Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=63

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Dan's Operation (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|13}}

|ProdCode=185937

|Aux4=25.1/38{{cite magazine|date=November 24, 1986|title=NBC wins prime time and news in week eight|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-11-24_111_21/page/52|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=21|page=52|id={{ProQuest|1016917184}}}}

|ShortSummary=Conclusion. After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they've had.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=64

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The New Judge

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|20}}

|ProdCode=185939

|Aux4=24.3/36{{cite magazine|date=December 1, 1986|title=Nine in a row: NBC ties second-best season streak|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-12-01_111_22/page/88|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=22|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1014739802}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan makes a friend out of a substituting judge until he realizes the man is trying to bribe him, and his friends talk him into wearing a wire to entrap the man.

Note: Dirk Blocker appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=65

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Contempt of Courting

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Straw

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|27}}

|ProdCode=185938

|Aux4=20.1/36{{cite magazine|date=December 8, 1986|title=NBC narrowly wins week 10|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=23|page=102|id={{ProQuest|1014720590}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=66

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Earthquake

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|4}}

|ProdCode=185940

|Aux4=26.1/39{{cite magazine|date=December 15, 1986|title=NBC stays undefeated|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-12-15_111_24/page/91|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=24|page=91|id={{ProQuest|1014742080}}}}

|ShortSummary=A mild earthquake traps Dan, Roz, and two sumo wrestlers in an elevator. Meanwhile Harry has to deal with three kids who are spitting images for Dan, Christine, and Harry himself.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=67

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Prince of a Guy

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|11}}

|ProdCode=185941

|Aux4=27.7/41{{cite magazine|date=December 22, 1986|title=NBC juggernaut keeps on rolling|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-12-22_111_25/page/75|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=25|page=75|id={{ProQuest|1016910304}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother tries to bid on Christine.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=68

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=New Year's Leave

|DirectedBy=John Larroquette

|WrittenBy=Tom Straw

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|18}}

|ProdCode=185942

|Aux4=27.3/42{{cite magazine|date=December 29, 1986|title=NBC continues winning ways|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1986-12-29_111_26/page/63|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=111|issue=26|page=63|id={{ProQuest|1016911139}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: Harold Gould appears in this episode.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=69

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Murder

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|8}}

|ProdCode=185943

|Aux4=24.4/38{{cite magazine|date=January 19, 1987|title=CBS wins its second in a row|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-01-19_112_3/page/210|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=3|page=210|id={{ProQuest|1016906203}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=70

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Baby Talk

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|15}}

|ProdCode=185932

|Aux4=26.6/39{{cite magazine|date=January 26, 1987|title=NBC wins prime time and news|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-01-26_112_4/page/58|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=4|page=58|id={{ProQuest|1016900438}}}}

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

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=71

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Modest Proposal

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Howard Ostroff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|29}}

|ProdCode=185944

|Aux4=26.2/38{{cite magazine|date=February 9, 1987|title=NBC continues winning ways|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=6|page=107|id={{ProQuest|1014727700}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry scoffs when Christine announces her engagement.

|LineColor=f49f18

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=72

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=A Day in the Life

|DirectedBy=Thomas Klein

|WrittenBy=Nat Mauldin, Teresa O'Neill and Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|5}}

|ProdCode=185945

|Aux4=24.9/36{{cite magazine|date=February 16, 1987|title=Prime time and news go to NBC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-02-16_112_7/page/56|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=7|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1016919377}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry must judge all his cases by midnight.

|LineColor=f49f18

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=73

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Rabid

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|12}}

|ProdCode=185946

|Aux4=25.4/38{{cite magazine|date=February 23, 1987|title='Amerika' premiere pushes ABC to second|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-02-23_112_8/page/74|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=8|page=74|id={{ProQuest|1016922703}}}}

|ShortSummary=The gang searches for a dog that saved Harry from a fire but has bitten Dan and may have given him rabies.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=74

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Christine's Friend

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Stevens

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|19}}

|ProdCode=185947

|Aux4=25.0/36{{cite magazine|date=March 2, 1987|title=NBC overcomes ABC's 'Amerika'|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-03-02_112_9/page/56|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=9|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1016911964}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry and Dan compete to take Christine's hot friend away to a romantic weekend getaway.

Note: Sela Ward appears in this episode.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=75

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Caught Red Handed

|DirectedBy=Harry Anderson and Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Harry Anderson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|26}}

|ProdCode=185948

|Aux4={{TableTBA|N/A}}

|ShortSummary=Christine's new boss (Michael Gross) sexually harasses her and Harry helps Christine catch him in the act. Meanwhile, Dan meets his match in a woman (Teresa Ganzel) who has sworn herself to celibacy.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=76

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Paternity

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Teresa O'Neill

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|3|18}}

|ProdCode=185950

|Aux4=18.5/28{{cite magazine|date=March 25, 1987|title=Weekly Ratings Scorecard|magazine=Variety|volume=326|issue=9|page=48|id={{ProQuest|1286026601}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan discovers that a smart-mouthed kid (Matt Shakman) who insults him may be his long-lost son.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=77

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|3|25}}

|ProdCode=185949

|Aux4=16.6/25{{cite magazine|date=April 6, 1987|title=NBC wins news and prime time|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=14|page=89|id={{ProQuest|1014739440}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: Conchata Ferrell appears in this episode.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=78

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Her Honor (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|4|29}}

|ProdCode=185951

|Aux4=14.9/24{{cite magazine|date=May 11, 1987|title=No prime time summer slump for NBC|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-05-11_112_19/page/78|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=19|page=78|id={{ProQuest|1016918442}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one of four. Dan thinks he will become a new judge, but Christine is awarded the position. However, Harry discovers his name is not on the judge's reappointment list. Meanwhile, the Wheelers, the hick couple from West Virginia, become the proprietors of the concession stand.

|LineColor=f49f18

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=79

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Her Honor (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|5|6}}

|ProdCode=185952

|Aux4=15.2/25{{cite magazine|date=May 18, 1987|title=NBC continues summer run|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_broadcasting-cable_1987-05-18_112_20/page/96|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=112|issue=20|page=96|id={{ProQuest|1014717874}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part two of four. Upon learning that he will not be reappointed as a judge, Harry disappears to perform an outrageous stunt, not realizing that Christine got Harry his job back.

|LineColor=f49f18

}}

}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=80

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Her Honor (Part 3)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|9|17}}

|ProdCode=186201

|Aux4=18.5/31{{cite magazine|date=September 28, 1987|title=NBC takes last week of summer|magazine=Broadcasting|volume=113|issue=13|page=56|id={{ProQuest|1016936750}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part three of four. Christine nervously takes the bench as Dan and Mac try to cover for the newly-reinstated Harry, who's planning the greatest prank of all time.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=81

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Her Honor (Part 4)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|9|24}}

|ProdCode=186203

|Aux4=24.9/40{{cite news|date=September 30, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305922933}}}}

|ShortSummary=Conclusion. While preparing to attempt his outrageous stunt, Harry talks to and saves the life of a suicidal man. Christine realizes she cannot look at cases neutrally and goes back to being a defense attorney.

|LineColor=988EC8

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=82

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Death of a Bailiff

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|15}}

|ProdCode=186202

|Aux4=23.2/38{{cite news|date=October 21, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305935736}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull has a near-death experience after getting struck by lightning at the courthouse, and soon becomes overly charitable when he gives away everything in his life savings to the homeless.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=83

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Ladies Night

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Paul J. Raley

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|22}}

|ProdCode=186207

|Aux4=20.8/32{{cite news|date=October 28, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305945387}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine and Roz visit a male strip joint to do some female bonding, but Harry and the guys show up just as the show gets going.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=84

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Safe

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|29}}

|ProdCode=186206

|Aux4=25.0/38{{cite news|date=November 4, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305974535}}}}

|ShortSummary=On Halloween, Harry traps himself inside a safe while practicing a magic trick and laments over his obsession with magic and pranks. Meanwhile, a man in a devil costume gives Dan $100 in exchange for his soul.

Note: Dirk Blocker appears in this episode.

|LineColor=988EC8

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=85

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Mac's Dilemma

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|12}}

|ProdCode=186205

|Aux4=24.7/38{{cite news|date=November 18, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305968968}}}}

|ShortSummary=An old friend who saved his life in Vietnam, Horace "Hondo" Jenkins (David Graf) asks Mac to lose his court records. Meanwhile, a Japanese man about to be honored by the governor dies just as he's being put in custody for soliciting prostitutes and Bull loses track of the man's corpse.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=86

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Who Was That Masked Man?

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Straw & R.J. Colleary|t= Tom Straw}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|19}}

|ProdCode=186211

|Aux4=26.1/40{{cite news|date=November 25, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305958854}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan's boss, Vincent Daniels, orders Dan to look out for Daniels' very sexy visiting niece, Kitty (Teri Hatcher) while Harry tries to prevent a TV hero of yesteryear from committing suicide after being taken to court over an order to not wear his costume or act like his character because of a movie adaptation.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=87

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=No Hard Feelings

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Straw

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1987/11/29|title=TV Listings for November 29, 1987|access-date=August 10, 2023|publisher=TV Tango}}

|ProdCode=186204

|Aux4=17.1/24{{cite news|date=December 2, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305973556}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry hires a blind assistant (Elayne Boosler) whose abrasive sense of humor puts everyone on edge and Dan struggles with impotence when he meets a seductive prospective employer (Janice Lynde).

|LineColor=988EC8

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=88

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Constitution (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Rich Reinhart

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|3}}

|ProdCode=186209

|Aux4=22.2/35{{cite news|date=December 9, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305967958}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one. Harry tangles with a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom. Meanwhile, Roz struggles with being diagnosed with diabetes.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=89

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Constitution (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Rich Reinhart

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|10}}

|ProdCode=186210

|Aux4=22.9/36{{cite news|date=December 16, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305994379}}}}

|ShortSummary=Conclusion. The Constitution draft hostage escalates in Harry's courtroom while Dan and Christine try to save Roz after her insulin overdose leads to erratic behavior.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=90

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Let It Snow

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|17}}

|ProdCode=186213

|Aux4=25.0/40{{cite news|date=December 23, 1987|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305975402}}}}

|ShortSummary=A blizzard traps everyone in the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.

Note: Troy Evans appears in this episode.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=91

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Dan, the Walking Time Bomb

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|1|7}}

|ProdCode=186212

|Aux4=25.5/39{{cite news|date=January 13, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305977792}}}}

|ShortSummary=A crazed man (Patrick Thomas O'Brien) handcuffs a briefcase to Dan that turns out to be rigged with a bomb. Meanwhile, Joy shows Bull what it's like to be blind.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=92

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Hit the Road, Jack

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|1|14}}

|ProdCode=186208

|Aux4=25.9/39{{cite news|date=January 20, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306006998}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=93

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Reinhold Weege

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|1|21}}

|ProdCode=186215

|Aux4=25.1/38{{cite news|date=January 27, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305976622}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan ties up Mel Tormé so Harry can meet him, but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy and his catatonic schizophrenic friend (Shelley Berman) out of the mental hospital.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=94

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Chrizzi's Honor

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=James Gates

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|2|11}}

|ProdCode=186216

|Aux4=23.9/36{{cite news|date=February 17, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306012742}}}}

|ShortSummary=A very nice stranger (George Deloy) on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party of Prince Charles' marriage to Diana Spencer.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=95

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Another Day in the Life

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Larry Strawther & Gary Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|2|18}}

|ProdCode=186217

|Aux4=18.3/27{{cite news|date=February 24, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305993630}}}}

|ShortSummary=Panic grips the courtroom as the gang races to clear 207 cases in one session so a millionaire will donate money to save an orphanage and so Dan can win an office pool for the most convictions.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=96

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Heart of Stone

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|2|25}}

|ProdCode=186214

|Aux4=18.8/27{{cite news|date=March 2, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306042747}}}}

|ShortSummary=An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married. Meanwhile, Dan bails out of bowling night with the staff so he can have sex with his latest fling, but he and Harry end up out on the ledge when Mac, Christine, Bull, and Roz go looking for them.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=97

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Russkie Business

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|3|25}}

|ProdCode=186221

|Aux4=12.4/22{{cite news|date=March 30, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|305993024}}}}

|ShortSummary= Soviet defector Yakov Korolenko returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his sick mother, while sparks fly between Harry and a charming Soviet consul named Ludmila Irena Medavoy (aka Irena Ferris). Meanwhile, Christine finds a secret admirer letter from Johnny Carson (who appears as himself) and thinks it's a trick.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=98

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Jung and the Restless

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Tom Straw

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|4|1}}

|ProdCode=186220

|Aux4=13.1/23{{cite news|date=April 6, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306060935}}}}

|ShortSummary=The gang joins Roz in a therapist group she's required to attend to temper her hostile attitude at work, which turns into a police situation when a young, inexperienced gangbanger (Don Cheadle) holds everyone hostage.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=99

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Top Judge

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|4|8}}

|ProdCode=186219

|Aux4=10.7/19{{cite news|date=April 13, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306023207}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry becomes uncharacteristically glum and morose when an elderly judge dies after one of Harry's pranks. His friends urge him to respond when a new judge (Gary Kroeger) lays claim to Harry's crown as the "King of the Courtroom Cutups."

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=100

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Mac's Millions

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Linwood Boomer

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|5|5}}

|ProdCode=186218

|Aux4=21.7/35{{cite news|date=May 11, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306031582}}}}

|ShortSummary=Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=101

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Danny Got His Gun (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|5|12}}

|ProdCode=186222

|Aux4=19.9/33{{cite news|date=May 18, 1988|title=Nielsen ratings|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306048097}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one of three. Dan flip-flops on his active duty for the Army Reserve until he learns it will be in a tropical paradise with a beautiful lady officer.

|LineColor=988EC8

}}

}}

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{{Episode list

|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=102

|EpisodeNumber_2=103

|EpisodeNumber2_1=1

|EpisodeNumber2_2=2

|Title_1=Danny Got His Gun (Part 2)

|Title_2=Danny Got His Gun (Part 3)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|10|26}}

|ProdCode_1=186461

|ProdCode_2=186462

|Viewers=26.6{{cite news |date=November 2, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306129406}}}}

|ShortSummary=Parts two of three and conclusion. After a plane wreck, Dan is rescued by some Inuit and must save a tribeswoman by performing an emergency appendectomy. Meanwhile, the night court staff fear that Dan is dead and hold a funeral for him.

|LineColor=bad216

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=104

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Fire

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|2}}

|ProdCode=186463

|Viewers=17.4{{cite news |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306136856}}}}

|ShortSummary=A fire breaks out in the building so everyone is forced to retreat to the morgue for safety, but this doesn't stop Dan from watching the election results for his race for the state assembly.

|LineColor=bad216

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=105

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Harry and the Tramp

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|9}}

|ProdCode=186464

|Viewers=25.5{{cite news |date=November 16, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306140699}}}}

|ShortSummary=During a trial over a disturbance at an adult film award show, Harry learns that his date (Wendy Schaal) is one of the actresses.

|LineColor=bad216

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=106

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Educating Rhoda

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Harold Kimmel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|16}}

|ProdCode=186465

|Viewers=23.8{{cite news |date=November 23, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306124674}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull falls for a sweet, but inept bailiff trainee (Denny Dillon) who allows a psychotic, movie-obsessed woman (Nana Visitor) to escape, and things get worse when Dan takes the woman to a sleazy motel during his lunch break.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=107

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Last Temptation of Mac

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|23}}

|ProdCode=186466

|Viewers=21.0{{cite news |date=November 30, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306106502}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine wears herself out planning a Thanksgiving feast for the courthouse regulars and Mac faces the seduction of an attractive classmate (Renée Jones).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=108

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Law Club

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Alison Rosenfeld

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|30}}

|ProdCode=186467

|Viewers=24.5{{cite news |date=December 7, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306146398}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan has to choose between Christine and membership in an exclusive law club when his sponsor demands his silence about his plans to seduce her to win a sexual scavanger hunt.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=109

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Night Court of the Living Dead

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Paul J. Raley

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|14}}

|ProdCode=186468

|Viewers=25.4{{cite news |date=December 21, 1988 |title=A very 'Brady' ratings hit |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306159082}}}}

|ShortSummary=An inventor runs away from court to avoid being committed to Bellevue, a man just out of a 20 year coma appears before the bench, and Christine fences with her replacement when a computer error declares her dead.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=110

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Night Court Before Christmas

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|21}}

|ProdCode=186469

|Viewers=25.8{{cite news |date=December 29, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306127986}}}}

|ShortSummary=Buddy comes to visit Harry for the holidays and Roz is arrested for appropriating a sled full of toys and distributing them to needy children.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=111

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Mental Giant

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|1|11}}

|ProdCode=186470

|Viewers=23.9{{cite news |date=January 18, 1989 |title=NBC clinches season's ratings title |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306171627}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull scores very high on an I.Q. test and is offered a cushy job at a think-tank trying to communicate mentally with test animals.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=112

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Rock-a-Bye Baby

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|1|18}}

|ProdCode=186473

|Viewers=25.2{{cite news |date=January 25, 1989 |title=NBC scores super ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306147740}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine wears herself to a frazzle watching a neighbor's baby while the others monopolize her television watching a lacrosse game.

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{{Episode list

|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=113

|EpisodeNumber_2=114

|EpisodeNumber2_1=12

|EpisodeNumber2_2=13

|Title=Clip Show

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Larry Strawther & Gary Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|1|25}}

|ProdCode_1=186471

|ProdCode_2=186472

|Viewers=29.2{{cite news |date=February 1, 1989 |title=Midseason entries boost NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306144802}}}}

|ShortSummary=A city auditor (Richard Sanders) tries to investigate some of the more bizarre expenses attributed to Harry's court (via flashbacks) but he's interrupted by a clown (Jack Riley) wielding a gun and threatening to shoot everyone.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=115

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Trouble is Not in Your Set

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Mike Imfeld

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|2|1}}

|ProdCode=186474

|Viewers=26.3{{cite news |date=February 8, 1989 |title=Comedies sweep up for NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306179902}}}}

|ShortSummary=A woman (Marion Ross) who can't tell where her life begins and television ends interrupts the proceedings brandishing a grenade and demanding that her husband be released from prison and given a pardon.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=116

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Game Show

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|2|15}}

|ProdCode=186475

|Viewers=25.7{{cite news |date=February 22, 1989 |title=NBC's back alone on top |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306175741}}}}

|ShortSummary=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. Meanwhile, a cantankerous, old female judge (Florence Stanley) wreaks havoc in the courtroom while Harry is away.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=117

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=This Old Man

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|3|1}}

|ProdCode=186476

|Viewers=27.8{{cite news |date=March 8, 1989 |title=Hit-and-miss program changes |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306184202}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry and the gang refuse to take Christine and her new beau seriously because of his age. Meanwhile, Dan dates a middle-aged woman after hearing that she's wealthy enough to help his campaign.

Note: Mary Jo Catlett appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=118

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Strange Bedfellows

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Tom Reeder

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|3|8}}

|ProdCode=186477

|Viewers=26.9{{cite news |date=March 15, 1989 |title=NBC, in front with 'Left Behind' |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306172200}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan finally meets his opponent (Janet Zarish) for the state assembly seat on election day and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Harry gives his flu to Mel Tormé in exchange for two concert tickets.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=119

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=From Snoop to Nuts (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Harry Anderson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|3|15}}

|ProdCode=186478

|Viewers=26.3{{cite news |date=March 22, 1989 |title=Glad tidings for all networks |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306198820}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one of two. Christine is worried about Harry after he rants about the justice system being a joke after a mobster is acquitted of all charges and suddenly sees Harry talking to the acquitted mobster about protecting him from legal interference (not knowing that the whole thing is part of an undercover sting). And things get worse when Buddy reveals to Harry that he's his biological father (and not his stepfather) and accidentally tells the mobster about Harry's sting operation.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=120

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=From Snoop to Nuts (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Larry Strawther, Gary Murphy and Harry Anderson|t= Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|3|22}}

|ProdCode=186479

|Viewers=24.4{{cite news |date=March 29, 1989 |title=A 'Brewster' boost for ABC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306173300}}}}

|ShortSummary=Conclusion. Harry's world falls apart following Buddy's revelation over who his biological father is, and Dan freaks out when he thinks two men in tailored suits are the killers enforced to go after Harry over the sting operation.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=121

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Pen Pals

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|4|12}}

|ProdCode=186480

|Viewers=24.3{{cite news |date=April 19, 1989 |title=CBS squeaks by into second |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306176608}}}}

|ShortSummary=Roz falls in love with Christine's prison pen pal (Dennis Haysbert), who has escaped from prison; Dan flirts with a law student, but grosses her out, thanks to a roach infestation in the courthouse.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=122

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Not My Type

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=James Gates

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|4|26}}

|ProdCode=186481

|Viewers=20.8{{cite news |date=May 3, 1989 |title=We loved CBS' 'Lucy' tribute |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306197470}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine accepts a date with Art the handyman, then regrets it when she escorts him to his lodge club meeting's annual dinner/talent show; meanwhile Mac's children's story for school is lost in the courthouse computer.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=123

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Yet Another Day in the Life

|DirectedBy=Jeff Melman

|WrittenBy=Neil Thompson & Nancy Steen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|5|3}}

|ProdCode=186482

|Viewers=22.3{{cite news |date=May 10, 1989 |title=Bright spots for No. 3 ABC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306210811}}}}

|ShortSummary=The gang tries to set another record for cases adjudicated as the building slowly floods, causing prisoners to pile up in the hallways and Dan grinds his teeth to be off by midnight to catch a flight to anywhere.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=124

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Life With Buddy

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|9|27}}

|ProdCode=186331

|Viewers=25.3{{cite news |date=October 4, 1989 |title=NBC wins but loses viewers |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306272544}}}}

|ShortSummary=Buddy leaves the mental institution and moves in with Harry while Dan and his real estate agent scheme to take over a dying man's Park Avenue apartment.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=125

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=If I Were a Rich Man

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|10|11}}

|ProdCode=186333

|Viewers=19.5{{cite news |date=October 18, 1989 |title=ABC muscles way to the top |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306245968}}}}

|ShortSummary=Bull saves the life of Jordan King, a billionaire land developer, and Dan plans on swindling him. Meanwhile, Quon Le gets involved in a cosmetics pyramid scheme and Mac steps in after she gets sick.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=126

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Cop and the Lady

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|10|18}}

|ProdCode=186332

|Viewers=25.8{{cite news |date=October 25, 1989 |title=Earthquake shifts the ratings |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306254195}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine falls for the officer assigned to protect Dan when the sleazy DA receives several death threats. Meanwhile, Bull records a video letter to his mom, and Roz tries to avoid appearing on camera.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=127

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|10|25}}

|ProdCode=186334

|Viewers=23.6{{cite news |date=November 1, 1989 |title=NBC's hits beat ABC baseball |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306260864}}}}

|ShortSummary=On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=128

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Blue Suede Bull

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Bryan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|1}}

|ProdCode=186335

|Viewers=22.3{{cite news |date=November 8, 1989 |title=NBC sweeps the week, 1-2-3 |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306253813}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry embarrasses Christine in front of a very pro-feminist judge with his trick handcuffs while Dan takes Bull out to his favorite nightclub after Bull thinks his girlfriend, Rhoda, is cheating on him with a student in her dental hygienist class.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=129

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=For Love or Money

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Neil Thompson & Nancy Steen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|8}}

|ProdCode=186336

|Viewers=21.3{{cite news |date=November 15, 1989 |title=Brokaw still 3rd despite coup |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306265429}}}}

|ShortSummary=Buddy proposes to a wealthy, fun-loving widow who doesn't know he's a mental patient while Dan tries to hide the fact that he's been reduced to living in his office following his botched real estate plan.

Note: Tony Todd appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=130

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Auntie Maim

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|15}}

|ProdCode=186338

|Viewers=20.8{{cite news |date=November 22, 1989 |title='Small Sacrifices' wins big |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306257160}}}}

|ShortSummary=Roz drafts Mac to pose as her fiancé when her overbearing aunt (Della Reese) comes to visit; Dan meets an older actress/wealthy socialite (Magda Harout) who teaches him some new tricks in an elevator.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=131

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Attack of the Mac Snacks

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Harry Anderson & Turk Pipkin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|22}}

|ProdCode=186337

|Viewers=16.8{{cite news |date=November 29, 1989 |title=NBC sweeps up another win |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306283085}}}}

|ShortSummary=Mac's plan to sell his wife's snacks hits a snag when a snack magnate interested in the product drops dead in the court cafeteria. Meanwhile, Christine's stingy uncle visits her, and Dan pretends he's in touch with his feminine side to win over a woman who thinks all men only want her for sex.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=132

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Branded (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Bryan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|11|29}}

|ProdCode=186341

|Viewers=23.6{{cite news |date=December 6, 1989 |title='Cosby' rebounds to lead NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306278059}}}}

|ShortSummary=Part one of two. Dan becomes the target for first a job offer, then disbarment proceedings when a wealthy lawyer seeks to get charges against his son dropped. Meanwhile, Christine and Roz become diet buddies.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=133

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Branded (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Bryan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|6}}

|ProdCode=186342

|Viewers=20.3{{cite news |date=December 13, 1989 |title='Cosby' leads NBC charge |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306271476}}}}

|ShortSummary=Conclusion. Dan takes a job at a French restaurant as he awaits his disbarment hearing.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=134

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Passion Plundered

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Gail Rock

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|20}}

|ProdCode=186343

|Viewers=20.7{{cite news |date=December 28, 1989 |title=A special 'Lucy' Christmas |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306262649}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan and Harry each vie for the attentions of an attractive reporter (Annette McCarthy) doing a story on Harry's courtroom, but Christine learns that the journalist is her favorite novelist and a lesbian. Meanwhile, a trio of jugglers from an obscure, Eastern European country hit on Roz.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=135

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Amore or Less

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|1|3}}

|ProdCode=186339

|Viewers=23.1{{cite news |date=January 10, 1990 |title=Football fumbles for ABC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306269530}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine finds everyone too busy to help her out with her new romance so she turns to two feuding sisters (Jodi Carlisle and Lynne Marie Stewart) who happen to be competing advice columnists.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=136

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Razing Bull

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|1|17}}

|ProdCode=186344

|Viewers=22.2{{cite news |date=January 24, 1990 |title=A 'Grand' entrance for NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306288617}}}}

|ShortSummary=An old theater's demolition prompts Bull to chain himself to the entrance in protest. At the same time, Harry tries to get a petition to stop the demolition, and Christine discovers that Mac was once a member of a doo-wop group who blamed him for quitting before they could hit the big time.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=137

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Futureman

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubenstein

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|1|24}}

|ProdCode=186340

|Viewers=25.1{{cite news |date=January 31, 1990 |title=AMA gets the popular vote |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306285562}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan is held hostage in the courtroom by two thugs but a man said to be from the future — VHK 937 — appears on a mission to save him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=138

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Wedding Bell Blues (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Larry Strawther & Gary Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|2|7}}

|ProdCode=186346

|Viewers=21.5{{cite news |date=February 14, 1990 |title='Faith' abides for No. 1 NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306341419}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: James Avery appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=139

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Wedding Bell Blues (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Gary Murphy & Larry Strawther

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|2|14}}

|ProdCode=186347

|Viewers=21.5{{cite news |date=February 21, 1990 |title='Home Videos' a hit for ABC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306320133}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine deals with Tony's departure and her unexpected pregnancy.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=140

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Talk Show

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nancy Steen & Neil Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|2|21}}

|ProdCode=186345

|Viewers=19.8{{cite news |date=February 28, 1990 |title='Videos' is a repeat winner |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306288240}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan becomes the host of a Morton Downey, Jr.-esque talk show where he berates the guests and gets hurt by the audience members. Meanwhile, Mac and Quon Le's vacation to Graceland is interrupted.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=141

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Melvin and Harold

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|2|28}}

|ProdCode=186348

|Viewers=22.4{{cite news |date=March 7, 1990 |title='Incident' tops Sunday movies |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306330232}}}}

|ShortSummary=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.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=142

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=The Glasnost Menagerie

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|3|7}}

|ProdCode=186349

|Viewers=21.8{{cite news |date=March 14, 1990 |title=A week of ratings shake-ups |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306316148}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry helps Yakov get a visa extension for his father (Arte Johnson), who would rather hang out with Bull than with his own son. Meanwhile, Mac buys a washing machine with an attitude problem, Roz teaches Dan how to waltz, and Christine tries to choose a name for her baby.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=143

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=I Said Dance!

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Bryan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|3|14}}

|ProdCode=186350

|Viewers=19.0{{cite news |date=March 21, 1990 |title='Simpsons' soars for No. 4 Fox |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306301796}}}}

|ShortSummary=Roz faces a lawsuit and no job after Bull borrows her gun and shoots himself in the foot, thanks to his sue-happy lawyer cousin (Gordon Clapp).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=144

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=My Three Dads

|DirectedBy=Charles Robinson and Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Neil Thompson & Nancy Steen

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|3|28}}

|ProdCode=186351

|Viewers=22.9{{cite news |date=April 4, 1990 |title=ABC gets an Oscar boost |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306320387}}}}

|ShortSummary=While attending childbirth class, Christine imagines what life would be like if Harry, Dan, or Bull stepped up to be the father of her child.

Note: Carol Ann Susi, Lana Clarkson, Lisa Jakub, and Nikki Cox appear in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=145

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Still Another Day in the Life

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|4|4}}

|ProdCode=186352

|Viewers=18.9{{cite news |date=April 11, 1990 |title=ABC claims rare Sunday win |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306327174}}}}

|ShortSummary=In another compilation of court cases, Harry helps a young man appearing before his court stop his girlfriend's marriage to a prefab preppie, and Wile E. Coyote gets put on trial for his years of harassing the Road Runner.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=146

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=A Closer Look

|DirectedBy=Harry Anderson and Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Bill Bryan, Fred Rubin, and Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|4|11}}

|ProdCode=186353

|Viewers=19.4{{cite news |date=April 18, 1990 |title=For the week, a network tie |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306313046}}}}

|ShortSummary=An episode of a news magazine show takes an inside look on Harry and the staff members of the Manhattan night court.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=147

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=The Blues of the Birth

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Larry Strawther & Gary Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|5|2}}

|ProdCode=186354

|Viewers=20.7{{cite news |date=May 9, 1990 |title=NBC barely sweeping by CBS |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306332954}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine goes into labor while trapped in an elevator with Harry's unstable father Buddy and a squeamish courtroom visitor (Stephen Furst).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=148

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=A Family Affair (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Chris Cluess & Stuart Kreisman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|9|28}}

|ProdCode=186931

|Viewers=16.7{{cite news |date=October 3, 1990 |title=NBC wins; CBS still surprises |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306363789}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine returns from having her baby and has to deal with the shadow of her replacement, good 'ole Ted, who turns out to be a con artist who gets busted for impersonating a surgeon and a lawyer. Meanwhile, Dan tries to reconnect with his long-lost sister (Susan Diol), and Harry discovers that he never graduated high school and needs to pass a ninth grade history test in order to keep his job.

Note: First appearance of Joleen Lutz as ditzy stenographer Lisette Hocheiser.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=149

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=A Family Affair (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|10|5}}

|ProdCode=186932

|Viewers=14.7{{cite news |date=October 10, 1990 |title=NBC tops in ratings, barely |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Sloan, Eugene |id={{ProQuest|306378149}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan learns that Bull slept with his visiting sister, and Bull decides to marry Dan's sister in order to regain his trust.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=150

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=When Harry Met Margaret

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Benjy Compson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|10|12}}

|ProdCode=186933

|Viewers=16.8{{cite news |date=October 17, 1990 |title=For CBS, baseball's a grounder |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Sloan, Eugene |id={{ProQuest|306359921}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry's first date with Margaret Turner (Mary Cadorette), the new court reporter, turns into a disaster when he follows Dan's advice.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=151

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Can't Buy Me, Love

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Elaine Aronson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|10|19}}

|ProdCode=186934

|Viewers=13.9{{cite news |date=October 24, 1990 |title=CBS slides easily into first place |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306386800}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan is thrilled when he offers himself as a prize at a bachelor auction until he sees the passionate old woman who bids highest for him, and Christine is beginning to have doubts about her marriage to Tony.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=152

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Death Takes a Halloween

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Harry Anderson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|10|26}}

|ProdCode=186936

|Viewers=15.2{{cite news |date=October 31, 1990 |title=CBS, no longer the long shot |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306392850}}}}

|ShortSummary=On Halloween, Harry locks up a defendant known as the Spirit of Death (Stephen Root), whose imprisonment causes strange cases of people not dying. Meanwhile, Dan fears that he may die after seeing his obituary in the newspaper.

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{{Episode list

|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=153

|EpisodeNumber_2=154

|EpisodeNumber2_1=6

|EpisodeNumber2_2=7

|Title=Crossroads

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bob Underwood

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|2}}

|ProdCode_1=186937

|ProdCode_2=186938

|Viewers=15.4{{cite news |date=November 7, 1990 |title=NBC wins with fewer viewers |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306372652}}}}

|ShortSummary=Two-part episode. When the staff is quarantined for the night, they spend the hours reminiscing about turning points in their lives that led them to being hired at the night court.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=155

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Day Court

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Kevin Kelton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|9}}

|ProdCode=186935

|Viewers=14.0{{cite news |date=November 14, 1990 |title='Cheers' sweeps up for NBC |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306382672}}}}

|ShortSummary=The staff is temporarily assigned to day court, where the cases are more serious and everyone's personality is different. Meanwhile, Tony tells Christine he wants to move out.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=156

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=A Night Court at the Opera

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Jim Pond & Bill Fuller

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|16}}

|ProdCode=186940

|Viewers=15.6{{cite news |date=November 21, 1990 |title=ABC pulls past CBS in sweeps |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306392413}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan tries to win over Margaret during a night at the opera. Meanwhile, disciples of an ancient religion stalk Bull after a tabloid story reveals that one of their gods looks just like him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=157

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

|DirectedBy=Hoard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|23}}

|ProdCode=186939

|Viewers=17.4{{cite news |date=November 28, 1990 |title=ABC's 'It' confirms competitors' fears |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306389941}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry has to summon the courage to face a bully (Donald Gibb) from his childhood who is brought before him in court. Meanwhile, Christine, with the help of Roz, searches for a live-in nanny after her previous one is jailed for aggravated assault.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=158

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Jail Bait

|DirectedBy=Christine Ballard

|WrittenBy=Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|7}}

|ProdCode=186941

|Viewers=14.3{{cite news |date=December 12, 1990 |title=ABC wins a sub-par week |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306398832}}}}

|ShortSummary=A street artist helps raise Christine's spirits, but his crush on her may land him jail time for repeat offenses. Meanwhile, Mac indulges a passion for photography, and so does Dan when he uses Mac's camera to take pictures of his latest sexual conquest.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=159

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=It's Just a Joke

|DirectedBy=Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Lee Maddux

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|14}}

|ProdCode=186942

|Viewers=14.8{{cite news |date=December 19, 1990 |title=St. Nick can't lick TV lull |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306371476}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry tries to make sense of a feud between a foul-mouthed comedian (Louis Mustillo) and the preacher (Clifton James) who condemns his filthy stand-up routine. Meanwhile, Bull writes an autobiography, but has to sell the book himself after getting scammed by a vanity publisher.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=160

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Bringing Down Baby

|DirectedBy=Charles Robinson and Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Elaine Aronson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|1|4}}

|ProdCode=186943

|Viewers=18.7{{cite news |date=January 9, 1991 |title=ABC News' winning streak ends |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306398453}}}}

|ShortSummary=A TV director picks the courthouse to film an episode of The Lil'est Lawyer, a legal drama about a ten-year-old lawyer. Still, the star of the show's bratty attitude rubs everyone the wrong way, including Roz. Meanwhile, Harry gets cast as a bailiff on the show, but finds that he's not good at acting.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=161

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Presumed Insolvent

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Kevin Kelton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|1|23}}

|ProdCode=186944

|Viewers=20.0{{cite news |date=January 30, 1991 |title=ABC super-bowls over its rivals |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306388826}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan looks at Phil the bum in a whole new light when the bum rescues a defendant who's been left penniless by the late 1980s savings and loan crisis.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=162

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Mama Was a Rollin' Stone

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Fuller & Jim Pond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|1|30}}

|ProdCode=186945

|Viewers=21.4{{cite news |date=February 6, 1991 |title=Where are the dominant series? |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306407811}}}}

|ShortSummary=Dan anticipates a windfall from Phil the bum's will but gets a surprise instead. Meanwhile, Bull anxiously awaits a visit from his mother, an old salt due to retire from the sea and come live with her sonny boy.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=163

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Attachments Included

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|2|6}}

|ProdCode=186946

|Viewers=19.4{{cite news |date=February 13, 1991 |title=A good Friday fuels ABC win |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306431946}}}}

|ShortSummary=Christine finds herself tense over finalizing her divorce, Harry is nervous about moving in with Margaret, Dan is frustrated over what to do with the Phil Foundation money, and Bull follows his mother's advice and looks for a wife — with the help of a matchmaker.

Note: Dr. Joyce Brothers appears in the cold opening.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=164

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Alone Again, Naturally

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Alison Rosenfeld-Desmarais

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|2|13}}

|ProdCode=186947

|Viewers=17.9{{cite news |date=February 20, 1991 |title=CBS mines past and hits gold |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306438380}}}}

|ShortSummary=Harry gets a wealth of conflicting advice when he confides in his friends that he thinks Margaret is about to propose marriage, but Margaret has a bombshell that's bigger than Harry's proposal. Meanwhile, Christine has a divorce party.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=165

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=Hey Harry, F'Crying Out Loud — It is a Wonderful Life... Sorta

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|2|27}}

|ProdCode=186948

|Viewers=18.9{{cite news |date=March 6, 1991 |title=CBS gains ratings speed |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306403348}}}}

|ShortSummary=In this homage to It's A Wonderful Life, Harry is still depressed over his girlfriend, Margaret, leaving him. After angrily snapping at his friends and lamenting over taking his night court judge job, a guardian angel who looks like Mel Tormé visits Harry to show him what life would be like if he never took the job, which includes Dan becoming a corrupt judge, Mac becoming a bitterly-divorced district attorney, Christine losing her optimism and falling for Judge Dan, Roz being put in jail for protesting against the poor conditions of Dan's apartments, and Bull being elected deputy mayor and set up to be framed for Dan's crimes.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=166

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=To Sleep, No More

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Abraham & Mike Underwood|t= Bob Underwood}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|3|6}}

|ProdCode=186947

|Viewers=18.4{{cite news |date=March 13, 1991 |title='Baby Talk' helps ABC toddle past CBS to 2nd |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306428973}}}}

|ShortSummary=The court staff worries that Dan's insomnia over spending all his time preparing for the Phil Foundation banquet may be affecting his sanity. Meanwhile, Bull wins a high-end toupee in a cereal contest, and his new hair attracts all the women who once thought he was weird and repulsive.

Note: Bert Parks appears as himself.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=167

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=With a Little Help From My Friends

|DirectedBy=Kevin Sullivan

|WrittenBy=Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|3|13}}

|ProdCode=186949

|Viewers=19.6{{cite news |date=March 20, 1991 |title=Basketball sinks CBS |department=Life |newspaper=USA Today |page=3D |author=Donlon, Brian |id={{ProQuest|306418656}}}}

|ShortSummary=Roz tries Christine's "happy therapy" and sets the group back several months. Meanwhile, Jack's son finally admits to himself and his dad that running the newsstand isn't for him, and Dan's dealing with the Phil Foundation opens his eyes to all of society's ills.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=168

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Mac Takes a Vocation

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Fred Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|3|20}}

|ProdCode=186950

|Viewers=18.7{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' is top hour again|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 27, 1991|author=Sloan, Eugene}}

|ShortSummary=Harry gets riled when a Supreme Court judge woos Mac away to serve as a vote-getting token on his staff and Dan hires a British valet in an attempt to replace Phil.

|LineColor=77cecc

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=169

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Harry's Fifteen Minutes

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Fuller & Jim Pond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|4|3}}

|ProdCode=186951

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news|title='Cheers', NBC rack up wins|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=April 10, 1991|author=Sloan, Eugene}}

|ShortSummary=Harry lets an article naming him one of New York's ten most interesting men go to his head, and he disappoints Christine by fibbing to get out of date. Meanwhile, Dan tries to live up to his responsibilities as head of the Phil Foundation.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=170

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Elaine Aronson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|5|1}}

|ProdCode=186952

|Viewers=18.5{{cite news|title=Sweeps lure straying viewers|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 8, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Harry experiences some very mixed emotions when Tony tries to win Christine back, and the transformed Dan gets some help in running the Phil Foundation, from Phil's twin brother Will.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=171

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Where There's a Will, There's a Tony (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Kevin Kelton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|5|8}}

|ProdCode=186953

|Viewers=19.3{{cite news|title=Movies are NBC's ace|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 15, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Dan has a plan to save the Phil Foundation and Harry doesn't like Christine getting close to her ex.

|LineColor=77cecc

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=172

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=A Guy Named Phantom (Part 1)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Chris Cluess & Stuart Kreisman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|9|18}}

|ProdCode=187231

|Viewers=24.9{{cite news|title=New faces try to save 'One Life to Live'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=September 25, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Harry wrestles with his feelings for Christine. Meanwhile, with Dan missing, the court hires a loud-mouthed, amoral DA named Oscar (Gilbert Gottfried) and Christine, who is also wrestling with her feelings for Harry, gets kidnapped at a costume party.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=173

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=A Guy Named Phantom (Part 2)

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Stuart Kreisman & Chris Cluess

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|9|25}}

|ProdCode=187232

|Viewers=18.4{{cite news|title='Roseanne' comes out on top|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 2, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Christine finds herself in the court's sub-basement with Dan, who now goes by The Phantom of the Courthouse. Meanwhile, a detective is out to bust Dan for embezzlement, Bull keeps searching for Dan, and Oscar asks Lisette (the ditzy stenographer) out on a date.

|LineColor=ffde04

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=174

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=My Life as a Dog Lawyer

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|2}}

|ProdCode=187233

|Viewers=15.9{{cite news|title=Cable pulls network's plug|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 9, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Harry has to deal with an obnoxious foreign diplomat and prevent WWIII, while Dan struggles at his embarrassing new job.

|LineColor=ffde04

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=175

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Puppy Love

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Kevin Kelton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|9}}

|ProdCode=187234

|Viewers=18.6{{cite news|title=Hearings score a win for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 16, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Roz stuns her co-workers when her uptown husband (Roger E. Mosley) pays a visit to secure a divorce so he can marry again.

|LineColor=ffde04

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=176

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Pop Goes the Question

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Elaine Aronson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|16}}

|ProdCode=187235

|Viewers=16.2{{cite news|title=CBS bats one out of the park|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=October 23, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Wanda learns on the 6-month anniversary of their first date that Bull must perform a miracle before he can marry her.

|LineColor=ffde04

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=177

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Guess Who's Listening to Dinner?

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Jim Pond & Bill Fuller

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|30}}

|ProdCode=187237

|Viewers=18.4{{cite news|title=Ratings contest narrows|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 6, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

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

Note: This is the only episode where Harry Anderson does not appear.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=178

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Looking for Mr. Shannon

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Ben Montanio & Vince Cheung

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|6}}

|ProdCode=187238

|Viewers=20.1{{cite news|title=NBC's hurricane windfall|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 13, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Harry, Dan, and Mac tell Christine, Roz, and Lisette the story of how Bull's bachelor party went pearshape after their party bus exploded and a deranged pizza delivery man kidnaps Bull.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=179

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Teacher's Pet

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Alison Rosenfeld Desmarais

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|13}}

|ProdCode=187239

|Viewers=17.8{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' clocks a 3rd win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 20, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Christine is disillusioned when a law professor (George Coe) she once idolized reveals that the good grades she earned were because she wore short skirts to his class. Meanwhile, Bull undergoes an unusual ceremony to regain his virginity, which Dan and Roz think is nonsense.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=180

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The System Works

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Lee Maddux

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|17}}

|ProdCode=187236

|Viewers=9.4

|ShortSummary=Harry has his hands full when he agrees to teach a law course with an eclectic group of students. Meanwhile, Christine writes a children's picture book showing what her job is like, but the illustrator she hires also gets hired by Dan to create a portfolio of sleazy pin-up art featuring Christine.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=181

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Get Me to the Roof on Time

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Bill Fuller & Jim Pond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|20}}

|ProdCode=187240

|Viewers=18.9{{cite news|title=CBS scores a strong win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=November 27, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Bull's wedding day threatens to fall apart when bride Wanda refuses to wear Mother Hank's wedding gown, Harry and Art quarrel over being best man and Christine over-organizes everything.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=182

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Santa on the Lam

|DirectedBy=Howard Ritter

|WrittenBy=Lee Maddux

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|12|11}}

|ProdCode=187242

|Viewers=18.8{{cite news|title=St. Nick arrives early for CBS|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=December 18, 1991|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=On Christmas Eve, Dan tries to show a disillusioned Santa (Hansford Rowe) that the holiday spirit still exists as Harry tries to get away from a depressing lonely soul (Terri Hanauer) he's befriended.

|LineColor=ffde04

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=183

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Shave and a Haircut

|DirectedBy=Tim Steele

|WrittenBy=Kevin Kelton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|8}}

|ProdCode=187243

|Viewers=17.3{{cite news|title=Pigskin plays in to CBS win|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 15, 1992}}

|ShortSummary=Harry goes all out to get Mel Tormé to accept a man-of-the-year award unaware that it's a prank. Meanwhile, Dan and Will turn into bounty hunters.

Note: M. C. Gainey appears in this episode.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=184

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=A New York Story

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Fred Graver

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|15}}

|ProdCode=187244

|Viewers=17.9{{cite news|title=Brooks ropes ratings for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 22, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}

|ShortSummary=Harry uncovers a city financial snafu when a defendant (Stephen Root) proves he owns several prominent landmarks. Meanwhile, Dan enjoys being a beauty pageant judge.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=185

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Undressed For Success

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Mike Imfeld

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|22}}

|ProdCode=187241

|Viewers=16.9{{cite news|title=NBC's horror tale surprise|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=January 29, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Mac considers doing an underwear commercial for some quick cash and Roz entrusts some personal treasures to Dan.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=186

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Poker? I Hardly Know Her

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|2|5}}

|ProdCode=187245

|Viewers=16.2{{cite news|title=CBS mines Olympic gold|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 12, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Roz hosts a makeup/poker party while Harry redecorates his office and Dan dallies with a courtroom cutie.

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{{Episode list

|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=187

|EpisodeNumber_2=188

|EpisodeNumber2_1=16

|EpisodeNumber2_2=17

|Title=Party Girl

|DirectedBy_1=Kevin Sullivan

|DirectedBy_2=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy_1=Elaine Aronson

|WrittenBy_2=Alison Rosenfeld-Desmarais

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|2|12}}

|ProdCode_1=187246

|ProdCode_2=187247

|Viewers=15.7{{cite news|title=CBS wins, but ABC gets silver|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=February 19, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=A political consultant persuades Christine to run for Congress, Dan becomes a sexual surrogate, and Mac's "artistic" take on Bull's wedding video gains a Rocky Horror Picture Show-style cult following after his video editor screens it at a midnight film festival.

Note: Cristine Rose and Nancy Marchand appear in this episode.

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|EpisodeNumber=189

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=To Sir With... Ah, What the Heck... Love

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Jim Pond & Bill Fuller

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|2|26}}

|ProdCode=187249

|Viewers=14.9{{cite news|title=Last-place Fox is rising fast|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 4, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Dan begins kissing up to Harry as part of his campaign to replace him on the bench when he becomes a full-time law professor, and Art, the handyman, becomes a surrogate dad to Bull when he starts dating Bull's mama.

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|EpisodeNumber=190

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=P.S. Do I Know You?

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy=Nancylee Myatt & Karen Heckler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|3|4}}

|ProdCode=187250

|Viewers=14.7{{cite news|title='Indy' boosts ABC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=March 11, 1992|author=Donlon, Brian}}

|ShortSummary=Roz dreads meeting a male pen pal who's expecting someone just a little different from the real Roz. Meanwhile, Harry and Dan attempt to break into a safe they discover in Harry's office.

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|NumParts= 2

|EpisodeNumber_1=191

|EpisodeNumber_2=192

|EpisodeNumber2_1=20

|EpisodeNumber2_2=21

|Title=Opportunity Knock Knocks

|DirectedBy=Jim Drake

|WrittenBy_1=Elaine Aronson

|WrittenBy_2=Nancylee Myatt

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|13}}

|ProdCode_1=187251

|ProdCode_2=187252

|Viewers=24.6{{cite news|title=Weddings blissful for NBC|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=May 20, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}

|ShortSummary=In the series finale, Harry contemplates the many job opportunities coming his way, Christine runs against a Congressman who's related to Art the janitor, Dan comes to terms with his womanizing ways when a wealthy socialite bars him from marrying her daughter and he dreams that every woman in New York City is suing him; Mac considers a career change, and Bull befriends some old men who turn out to be aliens from Jupiter who need his help on their home planet.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=193

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=The 1992 Boat Show

|DirectedBy=Charles Robinson

|WrittenBy=Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|31}}

|ProdCode=187248

|Viewers=10.8{{cite news|title=ABC wins with 'Jack's Place'|department=Life|work=USA Today|page=3D|date=June 3, 1992|author=Gable, Donna}}

|ShortSummary=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.

Note: This episode was originally scheduled for May 6, 1992, but aired after the series finale.

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