Season 4 (1986–1987)
| Ep. | No. | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | "The Next Voice You Hear..." | Jeff Melman | Reinhold Weege | October 2, 1986 | 185931 |
| 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. John Astin appears as Buddy Ryan. Roz Russell (Marsha Warfield) becomes the court's new bailiff after Flo's death. | ||||||
| 2 | 59 | "Giving Thanks" | Jeff Melman | Teresa O'Neill | October 9, 1986 | 185935 |
| Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver. | ||||||
| 3 | 60 | "Author, Author" | Jeff Melman | Dennis Koenig | October 16, 1986 | 185933 |
| 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 | 61 | "Halloween II: The Return of Leon" | Tim Steele | Linwood Boomer | October 30, 1986 | 185934 |
| Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party. | ||||||
| 5 | 62 | "Dan's Operation (Part 1)" | Jeff Melman | Bob Stevens | November 6, 1986 | 185936 |
| Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma. | ||||||
| 6 | 63 | "Dan's Operation (Part 2)" | Jeff Melman | Bob Stevens | November 13, 1986 | 185937 |
| After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they've had. | ||||||
| 7 | 64 | "The New Judge" | Jeff Melman | Linwood Boomer | November 20, 1986 | 185939 |
| 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 | 65 | "Contempt of Courting" | Jeff Melman | Tom Straw | November 27, 1986 | 185938 |
| 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 | 66 | "Earthquake" | Jeff Melman | Dennis Koenig | December 4, 1986 | 185940 |
| 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 | 67 | "Prince of a Guy" | Tim Steele | Tom Reeder | December 11, 1986 | 185941 |
| Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine. | ||||||
| 11 | 68 | "New Year's Leave" | John Larroquette | Tom Straw | December 18, 1986 | 185942 |
| 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 | 69 | "Murder" | Jeff Melman | Reinhold Weege | January 8, 1987 | 185943 |
| 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 | 70 | "Baby Talk" | Jeff Melman | Tom Reeder | January 15, 1987 | 185932 |
| Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy. | ||||||
| 14 | 71 | "The Modest Proposal" | Jeff Melman | Howard Ostroff | January 29, 1987 | 185944 |
| Harry scoffs when Christine announces her engagement. | ||||||
| 15 | 72 | "A Day in the Life" | Thomas Klein | Nat Mauldin, Teresa O'Neill, Bob Stevens |
February 5, 1987 | 185945 |
| Harry must judge all his cases by midnight. | ||||||
| 16 | 73 | "Rabid" | Jim Drake | Dennis Koenig | February 12, 1987 | 185946 |
| The gang searches for a dog that saved Harry from a fire but has bitten Dan and may have given him rabies. | ||||||
| 17 | 74 | "Chistine's Friend" | Jim Drake | Bob Stevens | February 19, 1987 | 185947 |
| Harry and Dan compete to take Christine's hot friend away to a romantic weekend getaway. | ||||||
| 18 | 75 | "Caught Red Handed" | Howard Ritter, Harry Anderson |
Harry Anderson | February 26, 1987 | 185948 |
| Christine's new boss (Michael Gross) sexually harasses her. Meanwhile, Dan meets his match in a woman who has sworn celibacy. | ||||||
| 19 | 76 | "Paternity" | Jim Drake | Teresa O'Neill | March 18, 1987 | 185950 |
| After a smart-mouthed kid claims to be his son, Dan is served with a paternity suit. | ||||||
| 20 | 77 | "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson" | Jim Drake | Tom Reeder | March 25, 1987 | 185949 |
| 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. Conchata Ferrell appears in this episode. | ||||||
| 21 | 78 | "Her Honor (Part 1)" | Jeff Melman | Linwood Boomer | April 29, 1987 | 185951 |
| 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 | 79 | "Her Honor (Part 2)" | Jeff Melman | Craig Porter, Linwood Boomer |
May 6, 1987 | 185952 |
| Upon learning that he will not be reappointed as a judge, Harry disappears to perform an outrageous stunt. But he doesn't realize that Christine, who has taken over the night court, has gotten his job back. |
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