Night Court
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King
TV Flash files “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King” as hour 127 of 193 in the TV Flash guide — Night Court (1984–1992) on NBC, season 7, episode 4, aired 1989-10-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E04: listed hour 127 of 193 in the Night Court guide, hour 4 of 24 in season 7. It aired 1989-10-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Cop and the Lady” (S07E03). Next is “Blue Suede Bull” (S07E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King sit in the Night Court guide?
S07E04 is listed hour 127 of 193 — hour 4 of 24 in season 7, season 7 episode 4.
When did Night Court S07E04 air?
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King aired 1989-10-25 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…
Filed against
- Harry Anderson as Judge Harry Stone
Harry Anderson's Judge Harry Stone ran Manhattan night court like a jazz set — magic tricks, after-hours weirdos, Bull and Roz, Larroquette's Fielding as a comic monsterpiece. Peak NBC multi-cam oddball on Must See's late shift. TV Flash…
- John Larroquette as Dan Fielding
John Larroquette’s Dan Fielding is Night Court’s comic monsterpiece — Harry Anderson’s magic-loving judge running Manhattan night court like a jazz set while Bull, Roz, and the after-hours weirdos process the city. Peak NBC multi-cam…
- Richard Moll as Bull Shannon
Richard Moll's Bull Shannon loomed over Night Court like Manhattan after-hours architecture — Harry Anderson's magic-loving judge running night court as a jazz set, Larroquette's Fielding a comic monsterpiece, Bull the gentle giant in the…
- Markie Post as Christine Sullivan
Markie Post objected with style as Christine Sullivan on Night Court — Harry Anderson’s magic-loving judge, Manhattan after hours as a jazz set, Larroquette’s Fielding as a comic monsterpiece, Bull and Roz processing the city. Peak NBC…
- Marsha Warfield as Roz Russell
Marsha Warfield ran the bullpen as Roz Russell on Night Court — Harry Anderson’s magic-loving judge, Manhattan after hours as a jazz set, Larroquette’s Fielding as a comic monsterpiece, Bull and the weirdos processing the city. Peak NBC…