Night Court: Season 05 (1987)

Season five of Night Court begins by resolving a plot strand left dangling at the end of season four, in which it appears that Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) is about to be removed as a night-court judge -- to be replaced by Harry's erstwhile girlfriend, public defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post). Suffice to say this doesn't happen, and Harry returns to the bench for another season of judicial irreverence. Also back in the saddle are Richard Moll as cadaverous bailiff Bull, Marsha Warfield as sassy matron Roz Russell (who this season is diagnosed as a diabetic), John Larroquette as libidinous Assistant DA Dan Fielding, and Charles Robinson as calm, efficient court clerk Mac Robinson -- whose Vietnamese wife, Quon Lee (Denice Kumagai), also briefly drops in. Guest stars during the series' fifth season are an impressive lot, among them Teri Hatcher, Elayne Boosler, Eugene Roche, Shelley Berman -- and, perhaps inevitably, Mel Tormé, Harry's idol. Also, John Astin begins making what will be frequent appearances as Buddy Ryan, a mental patient who turns out to be Judge Stone's stepfather. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi