Night Court: The Complete Third Season - 1985-1986 (Not Rated)

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Year(s) Aired: 1985-1986
Year of DVD Release: 2010
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 526 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out Of 5)


From Back Cover:

Christine and Flo join the nutty Night life.

This season, life in Judge Harry Stone's court starts with a tear (as the gang says farewell to Selma) and a horselaugh (as they welcome wiseacre Flo to the municipal menagerie). And it's all fun from there in 22 absurdly hilarious episodes as Harry and his staff (including another newcomer, Legal Aid attorney Christine Sullivan) contend with New York's zaniest nuts and dolts: the usual winos, weirdos, hookers and con artists, plus an orangutan, a rock star, a man from Saturn and a gorgeous witch who has Harry under her spell. The 3-Disc set of Season 3 ends on a dark and stormy night, when four expectant moms fulfill their expectations with the panic-stricken assistance of the whole Night Court crew. Lullaby and good Night Court!


Episode Summary:

DISC ONE

Episode 1: Hello, Goodbye
While Harry searches for someone to take Selma's place, Bull goes on a bender to mourn his friend's passing.

Episode 2: The Hostage
Spaced out. A weird little man who claims he's from Saturn grabs an evidence gun and takes Dan hostage.

Episode 3: Dad's First Date
Dinner, a movie and a charge of soliciting a prostitute. Things don't go well when Christine's dad goes on his first date in years.

Episode 4: Mac and Quon Le: No Reservations
Mac's grandfather has millions, and he's not about to leave them to a grandson who married a foreign girl.

Episode 5: Halloween Too
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered. On Halloween, Harry falls for a beauty who claims to be a witch.

Episode 6: Best of Friends
Dan's college buddy Chip has changed a bit over the years: he's now an elegant redhead named Charlene.

Episode 7: Dan's Boss
"Follow the yellow brick road." Dan makes fun of a dwarf... who turns out to be his new boss.

Episode 8: Up on the Roof
Health care crisis: a rock star's shrink is more interested in his bank account than his mental well-being.

DISC TWO

Episode 9: Wheels Of Justice - Part 1
No money, honey. In a financial bind, the State of New York stops paying its employees.

Episode 10: Wheels Of Justice - Part 2
Distraught when he can't help a family in need, Harry walks out of the courtroom... and doesn't come back.

Episode 11: Walk Away, Renee
Bull flips over a lady who happens to be a lady of the evening. Who's going to clue the lovelorn bailiff in?

Episode 12: Dan's Escort
Escort-for-hire Dan is nonplussed when an aging client requests some extra, umm, services.

Episode 13: The Night Off
A loopy substitute judge puts Harry, Dan and Mac in the slammer and appoints Flo and Phil the Wino as counsel.

Episode 14: Harry and Leon
Judge Stone plays Judge Hardy when he becomes foster father to an oprhaned shoeshine boy named Leon.

Episode 15: The Apartment
Bad timing. A social worker pops in to check on Leon while Harry hosts a wild birthday bash for Dan.

Episode 16: Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye
Leon's going home with great adoptive parents. So why is Harry so blue that even Mel Torme can't cheer him up?

DISC THREE

Episode 17: The Mugger
There oughta be a law: Christine calls it quits after she's mugged.

Episode 18: Could This Be Magic?
Abracadabra, they're gone! Harry's childhood hero, a now down-on-his-luck magician, makes off with Harry's possessions.

Episode 19: Monkey Business
Bull goes ape when he discovers that the baby orangutan he's befriended will be used for animal research.

Episode 20: Flo's Retirement
Hold the party and the gold watch. Flo reaches mandatory retirement age, but no one wants to see her go - especially Flo.

Episode 21: Hurricane - Part 1
Dan and Billie vie for the same job. Quon Le is hauled into court with her hooker roommates.

Episode 22: Hurricane - Part 2
Juvenile court. Harry, Christine, Dan, Mac, Bull and Flo learn everything there is to know about birthin' babies.


My Comments:

Season 3 marks the last of the revolving door that was the cast of this show with Markie Post finally taking her permanent place as the attorney opposing Dan Fielding. And while new - and temporary - addition "Flo" is funny enough, season 4 will finally bring us the hilarious and incomparable Roz.


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