Night Court: Season 1

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

The season is merry as Harry deals with a man in a red suit charged with trespassing and tries to restore the faith of a pair of cynical teenage runaways.

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

A woman who claims to be Harry's long lost mother and a beauty pageant operator appear before the court.

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.

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.

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

Dan, Harry, and Bull all compete for the same pretty attorney.

Lana disrupts the proceedings after taking a powerful cold medicine.

A Russian that is charged with selling stolen property would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.

Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star, and tries to cope with a new court clerk.

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

Harry has to settle the legal status of a woman who remarried after her first husband was mistakenly declared dead, and who wants her back.