One night the court in Manhattan gains a new judge, Harold T. Stone, who turns out to be not an ordinary judge - huge fan of Mel Torme and childish pranks, he prefers to follow his heart than the letter of the law.
1 | The Next Voice You Hear... |
| Harry’s distracted from a courtroom full of ventriloquists and their dummies by the delivery of a letter from his mother, mailed fifteen years earlier. |
2 | Giving Thanks |
| Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver. |
3 | Author, Author |
| Bull tries his hand at writing a children’s story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to. |
4 | Halloween II: The Return of Leon |
| Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss’ Halloween party. |
5 | Dan’s Operation, part 1 |
| Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma. |
6 | Dan’s Operation, part 2 |
| After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they’ve had. |
7 | The New Judge |
| Dan makes a friend out of the judge substituting until he realizes the man is trying to bribe him, and his friends talk him into wearing a wire to entrap the man. |
8 | Contempt of Courting |
| Harry returns and finds a lovely woman substituting on the bench for him, who likes him a lot and jails Christine for mouthing off about perceived mistreatment of a client. |
9 | Earthquake |
| A mild earthquake traps Dan and Roz and two wrestlers in an elevator. Meanwhile Harry has to deal with a group of smart-mouthed criminals. |
10 | Prince of a Guy |
| Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine. |
11 | New Year’s Leave |
| Harry deals sympathetically with an escaped felon whose only wish is to spend New Year’s Eve in Times Square to celebrate his 42nd wedding anniversary. |
12 | Murder |
| Harry has to deal with a woman who confesses to him that she killed her husband that morning, a detective who can’t get used to working without his partner and a morose Dan who was rejected as a sperm bank donor. |
13 | Baby Talk |
| Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy. |
14 | The Modest Proposal |
| Harry scoffs when Christine announces her engagement. |
15 | A Day in the Life |
| Harry must judge all his cases by midnight. |
16 | Rabid |
| The gang searches for a dog that saved Harry from a fire but has bitten Dan and may have given him rabies. |
17 | Chistine’s Friend |
| Harry and Dan compete to take Christine’s hot friend away to a romantic weekend getaway. |
18 | Caught Red Handed |
| Christine’s new boss sexually harasses her. Meanwhile, Dan meets his match in a woman who has sworn celibacy. |
19 | Paternity |
| After a smart-mouthed kid claims to be his son, Dan is served with a paternity suit. |
20 | Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson |
| Quon Le plans to become a US citizen before her baby is born, but she and Mac are both rushed to the hospital with pains just as Harry begins the swearing-in ceremony. |
21 | Her Honor, part 1 |
| Dan thinks he will become a new judge, but Christine is awarded the position. However, Harry discovers that his name is not on the judge reappointment list. Meanwhile the Wheelers, the hick couple from Yugoslavia, become the proprietors of the concession stand. |
22 | Her Honor, part 2 |
| Upon learning that he will not be reappointed as a judge, Harry disappears to perform an outrageous stunt. But he doesn’t realize that Christine, who has taken over the night court, has gotten his job back. |