| "Hello, Goodbye" | |
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| Season 3, Episode 1 #36 in series (193 episodes) | |
| Series: | Night Court |
| Network/Country: | NBC-TV / United States |
| Air date | September 26, 1985 |
| Production code | 185711 |
| Written by: | Reinhold Weege |
| Directed by: | Jeff Melman |
| Guest stars: | William Utay Ron Ross Lana Clarkson Cynthia Steele Ford Austin Charlotte Portney |
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Hello, Goodbye was the series opening episode of Season 3 of Night Court, also the 36th overall series episode. Written by series creator Reinhold Weege, and directed by Jeff Melman, the episode, which aired on NBC-TV, first aired on September 26, 1985.
Synopsis
Everyone tries to adjust to Selma's death as Harry interviews possible replacements, but Bull goes on a drinking binge instead. Florence Halop joins the cast as new court bailiff Florence Kleiner. Markie Post joins the cast permanently as Christine Sullivan.
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Storyline
Christine Sullivan is permanently assigned as the court's public defender in place of the departed Billie Young, and both Harry and Dan are delighted to have her back; meanwhile, in grief over Selma's death, Bull goes on an all-night bender with a group of circus performers and shows up the next day drunk-and-disorderly. Meanwhile, after a search for a new female bailiff, Harry finds an almost carbon copy of the deceased Selma Hacker in the equally feisty, acerbic, diminuitive Florence Kleiner (Florence Halop).
Plot Summary
Night Court begins its third season as Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) and his staff resign themselves to the death of caustic, chain-smoking courtroom matron Selma Hacker (actress Selma Diamond had passed away a few months after shooting wrapped on Season Two). Taking things hardest is bailiff Bull (Richard Moll), who goes out on a drunken bender--only to be hauled back into court with a batch of bibulous circus performers. This episode marks the first appearance of Florence Halop as Selma's equally cranky replacement Florence Kleiner; as a bonus, Markie Post joins the cast in the previously recurring role of public defender Christine Sullivan, replacing Ellen Foley as Billie Young.
Cast (in credits order)
Starring
- Harry Anderson as Harold T. Stone
- Charles Robinson as Mac Robinson
- John Larroquette as Dan Fielding
- Markie Post as Christine Sullivan
- Richard Moll as Bull Shannon
- Florence Halop as Florence Kleiner
Guest stars/Recurring characters/cast
- William Utay as Phil Sanders
- Ron Ross as Dirk
- Lana Clarkson as Miss Corland
- Cynthia Steele as Roberta
- Charlotte Portney as Court Stenograper (Uncredited)
- Ford Austin as Baliff Steve Klesmer (uncredited)
- Selma Diamond as Selma Hacker (voice only, archived footage) (uncredited)
