All episodes Season 5 S05E14 1988-01-21 30 min 1980s NBC

Night Court

I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic

TV Flash files “I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic” as hour 93 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Night Court (1984–1992) on NBC, season 5, episode 14, aired 1988-01-21, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S05E14: listed hour 93 of 193 in the Night Court guide, hour 14 of 22 in season 5. It aired 1988-01-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hit the Road, Jack” (S05E13). Next is “Chrizzi's Honor” (S05E15).

Night Court — I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic (S05E14)

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Dan ties up Mel Tormé so Harry can meet him, but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy and his catatonic schizophrenic friend out of the mental hospital.

Viewer FAQ

Where does I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic sit in the Night Court guide?

S05E14 is listed hour 93 of 193 — hour 14 of 22 in season 5, season 5 episode 14.

When did Night Court S05E14 air?

I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic aired 1988-01-21 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is it a legal sitcom or vaudeville?

Vaudeville in a courtroom. Cases exist to parade eccentrics through Harry's night shift; the legal workplace is the carnival tent, not a civics lesson.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Larroquette's Fielding is a comic monsterpiece, and the ensemble farce still snaps. Harry Anderson's magic-loving judge runs Manhattan night court like a jazz set while Bull, Roz, and the after-hours weirdos process the city. Peak NBC multi-cam oddball energy on Must See's late slot. Court is adjourned; the Emmy streak remains.

Manhattan after hours, a judge who does magic, a prosecutor vacuuming Emmys like they were parking tickets. NBC's Night Court (1984–1992) put Harry Anderson's hanging-judge charm at the calm eye of a storm: John Larroquette's Dan Fielding, Richard Moll's Bull, Markie Post's Christine, later Marsha Warfield's Roz. Reinhold Weege's workplace as carnival, eccentric cases as the city's processor. **Larroquette's Fielding is a comic monsterpiece** — the heat-check, not a footnote. Nine seasons, 193 episodes, Must…

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