In order from best to least-best:
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morecowbell2004 — 11 years ago(July 17, 2014 04:39 PM)
I basically ignore seasons 8 and 9, and most of 7. Mostly because of what they did to Dan. The complex ass with a heart of gold deep underneath became this unredeemable half-insane idiot that childishly goes slinking after Christine? Screw them for ruining one of my all-time favorite characters. After Weege left, it is worthless except to see Larroquette chew up the scenery like a boss.
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hnt_dnl — 11 years ago(July 27, 2014 12:15 AM)
I agree that Season 5 is the pinnacle of the show's comedy. It really toned down on the sentimentality in that season and just went all out nuts on the physical humor. I agree that introducing a baby jumped the shark. But I always wanted Christine and Harry to get together, so I hated the whole getting married to the cop, having a baby storyline. And that cop wasn't funny at all. Don't see the reason for introducing this dull, recurring character to the mix.
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MichaelMovieLoft — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 08:38 PM)
I have to agree with the consensus that the show jumped the shark after season 6 when Reinhold Weege left. For the first six seasons, the show was funny, the writing was on target and Weege could get the best out of his cast and crew. After Season 6, there was season 7 which was touch and go, and then then dreaded seasons 8 & 9 where the writing was mediocre. There were some funny moments but it didn't feel like Night Court especially with the contrived storylines like Christine/Tony, The Phil Foundation, Nice Dan, Lisette the Ditzy Court Stenographer, and the Harry/Margaret romance. It just stopped becoming Must See TV. Watching the series finale was like being in The Twilight Zone as well. It's like they lost interest and just phoned it in. It is probably one of the worst series finales I have ever watched.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 10 years ago(March 28, 2016 05:20 PM)
I literally haven't seen Night Court since its first run, but to this day I remember that it was Christine's pregnancy that pretty much signaled the beginning of the end of the show.
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stargazer24 — 9 years ago(April 22, 2016 11:45 PM)
Whenever Lisette showed up. Worst character ever, and then they hook her up with the most annoying actor in the world. I can take Dan being anything, Christine/Tony, and the general decline in humor, but those two characters? No way.
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Cool Nerd — 3 years ago(February 10, 2023 04:03 PM)
Seasons 2-4 were the peak.
To me the Season 5 episode with Red Rider was when I started to roll my eyes at the show.
Then Dan was in a plane crash, survives, lives with Eskimos and performs life saving surgery at the start of season 6.
The show is still fine but it wasn’t what 2-4 were.
And while just a one off line, somewhere in season 5 Art fixes the elevator before striking a pose and delivers a “that’s a work of Art” line that feels completely out of place.
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WarrenPeace — 1 year ago(February 20, 2025 12:39 AM)
I’m catching repeats and it jumped somewhere between 2-4.
Or after Billie left and soon after Christine came in.
Then it just got stupid and retarded based more on comedy, stunts and other dumb **** instead of meaningful story lines as before.
Where I am with the repeats the skies are getting waxed.
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