Reviewed By Jason LockardAfter three successful seasons fans were ready for some more antics from the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court. And they were in for some fun but also some changes with season 4.
In this Season we saw changes to the cast most notably was a new bailiff Roz Russell played by Marsha Warfield replace Florence Kleiner who was played by Florence Halop. Sadly Florence lost her battle with cancer.
In this season we see John Astin's debut as Buddy Ryan, who was married to Harry's late mother. And Denice Kumagai as is added as a series regular as Quon Le.
Let's take a look at the episodes included in this season.
Episode Rating:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend some time.
*=You haven’t missed anything.
Disc One:
1. The Next Voice You Hear...: 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. ****
2. Giving Thanks: Dan demands that Christine sleep with him after he saves her life with the Heimlich maneuver. **
3. Author, Author: Bull tries his hand at writing a children's story; however, the results are disturbing and disastrous. ***
4. Halloween II: The Return of Leon: Harry looks forward to seeing Leon again while Dan crawls for an invitation to his boss' Halloween party. ***
5. Dan's Operation (Part 1): Dan refuses to admit his surgery has weakened him and he overexerts himself into a coma. ***
Disc Two:
6. Dan's Operation (Part 2): After Dan falls into a coma, his friends maintain a bedside vigil and reminisce about the good times they've had. ***
7. The New Judge: Dan makes a friend out of a substituting judge until he realizes the man is trying to bribe him, and his friends talk him into wearing a wire to entrap the man. ***
8. Contempt of Courting: 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. ***
9. Earthquake: A mild earthquake traps Dan and Roz and two wrestlers in an elevator. Meanwhile Harry has to deal with three kids who are spitting images for Dan, Christine, and Harry himself. ****
10. Prince of a Guy: Harry tries to prevent the forced marriage of a Polynesian princess while her brother auctions off Christine. ***
Disc Three:
11. New Year's Leave: 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. ***
12. Murder: 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. ****
13. Baby Talk: Mac goes on a drunken spree in a cowboy bar after Quon Le spends them into bankruptcy and then announces her pregnancy. ***
14. The Modest Proposal: Harry scoffs when Christine announces her engagement. ***
15. A Day in the Life: Harry must judge all his cases by midnight. ***
16. Rabid: The gang searches for a dog that saved Harry from a fire but has bitten Dan and may have given him rabies. ***
Disc Four:
17. Christine's Friend: Harry and Dan compete to take Christine's hot friend away to a romantic weekend getaway. ***
18. Caught Red Handed: Christine's new boss sexually harasses her. Meanwhile, Dan meets his match in a woman who has sworn herself to celibacy. ***
19. Paternity: After a smart-mouthed kid claims to be his son, Dan is served with a paternity suit. ****
20. Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson: 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. ***
21. Her Honor (Part 1): 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. ***
22. Her Honor (Part 2): 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. ***
Warner Archive rescued Night Court from physical media purgatory. We only saw Season 1-3 on DVD. But Warner Archive Collection knew fans are interested in owning the entire series of this classic show on DVD. So they made the rest of the series available on Made-on-Demand DVD.
These episodes are presented in their original broadcast aspect ratio 1.33:1. Season 4 consisted of 22 episode so instead of trying to squeeze the episodes on 3 discs. Warner Archive gives the viewer the best quality with 4 discs, 5 or 6 episodes on a disc. And I have top say these transfers look very good . There is no signs of pixelation in the picture. They are very clear and look great on an HD TV.
I am loving the idea of Warner Archive's Made-On-Demand DVD program. The quality of these products are stellar and I have enjoyed every MOD product I have had the opportunity to view!
If you love Night Court and want to own the complete series the only way to do it is through Warner Archive Collection. If you want to own Night Court Season 4 head over to Amazon.com and get your copy today! Also don't forget to check out WarnerArchive.com and see their large catalogue of DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Out of 4 TV Sets (4 being the best) Warner Archive's Night Court Season 4 DVD set receives....
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