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.

Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver.

Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are a trifle strong for the editors he submits it to.

Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party.

Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma.

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.

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.

Dan and Roz are trapped in an elevator with two hungry sumo wrestlers just convicted in Harry's court.

Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine.

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.

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.

Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy.

Harry is depressed and unhappy when Christine announces that she plans to marry a nice, dull guy.

NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff posts bail for a Neilsen family as the gang rushes to adjudicate 200 cases in one session.

Harry asks Dan to care for his new dog, who saved his life from a fire, but the mutt bites Dan and raises a rabies scare that could cost him his life.

Harry's really depressed when Christine's old friend seems to prefer Dan as does his idol, Mel Torme.

Harry helps Christine fight sexual harassment from her boss and Dan comes on to a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy.

Dan is served with a paternity suit and Bull runs for union rep against a very tough lady.

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.

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 West Virginia, become the proprietors of the concession stand.

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.