Season 3

Night Court: Season 3
"Night Court" Season 2 DVD cover.
Program information
Episodes aired:
22
Dates aired:
September 26, 1985 - May 8, 1986
Network/Country:
NBC-TV / United States
Previous Season:
Season 2
Next Season:
Season 4

Night Court: Season 3

Season 3 of the NBC-TV sitcom Night Court began on September 26, 1985 with the airing of the episode "Hello, Goodbye". The season finale episode, "Hurricane, Part 2", the conclusion of a two-episode story, aired on May 8, 1986, as a total of 22 episodes were aired that season.

Description

The laughs happen at night -- at least they do in Night Court! The third season of this Emmy Award-winning comedy continues its light hearted look at the crazy cases and characters that appear in the Manhattan Municipal Court in New York City, where just about anything -- as well as everything -- seems to happen! In this season, (Christine Sullivan), who filled in for an absent Billie Young (Ellen Foley) in the season 3 episode "Christine and Mac (a.k.a. Daddy For the Defense)", joins the staff as Markie Post, from ABC-TV's The Fall Guy, permanently joins the cast in the role of the now-new Public Defender, replacing Foley in the cast.

Also this season, Dan moonlights as a paid escort; Bull is in danger of being held in contempt of court; Judge Stone attempts to help his childhood and magician, The Fabulous Falcone (Carl Ballantine) Christine quits her job after a mugging; and, in a multi-episode story arc, lifelong bachelor Harry finds himself in an unfamiliar role when he volunteers to temporarily serve as a foster parent to a child named Leon (Bumper Robinson), a 12-year-old orphan boy.

Season 3 (1985-86)

Image	No. in Season	No. in Series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
	1	36	"Hello, Goodbye"	Jeff Melman	Reinhold Weege	September 26, 1985	185711
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 Florence Kleiner. Markie Post joins the cast permanently as Christine Sullivan.
	2	37	"The Hostage"	Jeff Melman	Bob Stevens	October 3, 1985	185713
A strange little 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.
	3	38	"Dad's First Date"	Jeff Melman	Bob Stevens	October 17, 1985	185716
Christine's father has his first date in eight years and ends up before Harry, along with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.
	4	39	"Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations"	Alan Bergmann	Teresa O'Neill	October 24, 1985	185712
Mac tries to hide Quon Le from his prejudiced grandfather, who's going to loan Mac the money he needs to open a restaurant.
	5	40	"Halloween, Too"	Alan Bergmann	Teresa O'Neill	October 31, 1985	185719
Harry falls hook, line and sinker for a beautiful woman, who turns out to be a real witch.
	6	41	"Best of Friends"	Reinhold Weege	Howard Ostroff & Gilbert Spragg	November 7, 1985	185716
Dan has a real problem when his high school buddy comes to visit as a decidedly changed man.
	7	42	"Dan's Boss"	Jeff Melman	Bob Stevens	November 14, 1985	185720
Dan's life becomes a living hell as he tries to butter his new boss: a little person with a very nasty personality. First appearance by Daniel Frishman as Vincent Daniels.
	8	43	"Up On the Roof"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Davis & Julie Fleischer	November 28, 1985	185721
Harry tries to free a rock star literally imprisoned by his overly solicitous entourage.
	9	44	"The Wheels of Justice (Part 1)"	Alan Bergmann	Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn	December 5, 1985	185714
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 tells their tale of woe. Part 1 of 2 part story arc.
	10	45	"The Wheels of Justice (Part 2)"	Alan Bergmann	Nat Mauldin	December 12, 1985	185715
Conclusion of two-part story. As everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, so Harry decides to quit his job, as his elderly replacement dies in the courtroom, as then, the gang persuades Harry into returning to the bench.
	11	46	"Walk Away, Renee"	Jim Drake	Teresa O'Neill	December 19, 1985	185723
Nobody wants to break the news to Bull that his new girl friend is a prostitute.
	12	47	"Dan's Escort"	Jim Drake	Teresa O'Neill	January 9, 1986	185724
Dan takes a job as a paid escort for a wealthy, lonely woman who expects a lot for her money, and Yakov appeals to Harry for help when his wife is arrested on a visit to the US.
	13	48	"The Night Off"	Jim Drake	Nat Maudlin & Reinhold Weege	January 16, 1986	185725
A crazy judge brought in to substitute for Harry imprisons Dan and Mac for contempt and appoints Florence and Phil the wino as the defense and prosecuting attorneys.
	14	49	"Harry and Leon"	Jeff Melman	Nat Maudlin	January 23, 1986	185727
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.
	15	50	"The Apartment"	Jim Drake	Teresa O'Neill	January 30, 1986	185728
Harry throws a surprise birthday for Dan whose date is extremely anxious to be home by midnight.
	16	51	"Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye"	John Larroquette	Bob Stevens	February 6, 1986	185729
Harry's concern with Leon's imminent adoption blinds him to the presence of Mel Torme in the courthouse.
	17	52	"The Mugger"	Jim Drake	Robert Perlow & Gene Braunstein	February 20, 1986	185726
Christine decides to quit after she's mugged in the cafeteria, but a man takes her hostage in the courtroom before she can leave.
	18	53	"Could This Be Magic?"	Jim Drake	Lisa A. Bannick & Jack Carrerow	February 27, 1986	185725
Harry decides to help his idol, a down-and-out magician, who goes on to help himself to Harry's possessions.
	19	54	"Monkey Business"	Jeff Melman	Nat Mauldin	March 6, 1986	185721
Bull tries to save a baby orangutan from animal-research experiments.
	20	55	"Flo's Retirement"	Tim Steele	Nat Mauldin	March 13, 1986	185730
The staff tries everything they can think of to postpone Flo's mandatory retirement.
	21	56	"Hurricane (Part 1)"	Jeff Melman	Reinhold Weege	May 1, 1986	185731
The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women. Part 1 of two-part story arc.
	22	57	"Hurricane (Part 2)"	Jeff Melman	Reinhold Weege	May 8, 1986	185732
The courtroom becomes a delivery room when Hurricane Mel traps four pregnant women. Part 2 and conclusion of two-part story arc.