Season 5

October 15, 1987

Bull decides to give away all his worldly goods after hearing God's voice when he's struck by lightning on the roof of the courthouse.

October 22, 1987

Christine and Roz visit a male strip joint to do some female bonding, but Harry and the guys show up just as the show gets going.

October 29, 1987

Harry traps himself inside a safe while practicing a magic trick and Dan is pursued by a little devil who seems to know all about him.

November 12, 1987

An old friend asks Mac to lose his court records and a Japanese man about to be honored by the governor dies while in custody.

November 19, 1987

Dan's sadistic boss asks him to look out for his very attractive niece while Harry tries to prevent a TV hero of yesteryear from killing himself.

November 29, 1987

Harry hires a blind assistant whose abrasive sense of humor put everyone on edge and Dan struggles with impotence when her meets a seductive prospective employer.

December 3, 1987

Harry tries to talk sense to Roz, a recently diagnosed diabetic whose convinced her life is over, and handle a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom.

December 10, 1987

Harry tries to talk sense to Roz, a recently diagnosed diabetic whose convinced her life is over, and handle a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom.

December 17, 1987

A blizzard traps everyone inside the courthouse and cancels holiday plans, including a visit from Bull's mother, the skipper of a garbage scow.

January 7, 1988

Dan frantically tries to rid himself of a briefcase containing a timebomb that someone has handcuffed to his wrist while Joy demands that Bull treat her as he would a sighted woman. Also Dan's real name is also revealed to the staff.

January 14, 1988

Christine's father makes plans to retire to Florida, but winds up living with her and hanging out with Dan.

January 21, 1988

Dan ties up Mel Torme so Harry can meet him but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy out of a mental hospital.

February 11, 1988

A very nice stranger on the run from the mob crashes Christine's anniversary party in honor of Charles and Diana.

February 18, 1988

Panic grips the courtroom as the gang races to clear 207 cases in one session so a millionaire will donate money to save an orphanage and so Dan can win an office pool for the most convictions.

February 25, 1988

An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married.

March 25, 1988

Yakov returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his mother.

April 1, 1988

The gang joins Roz in an encounter group she's required to attend to temper her hostile attitude at work, and they see a new side to their co-worker.

April 8, 1988

Harry becomes uncharacteristically glum and morose after an elderly judge dies after one of Harry's pranks, so his friends urge him to respond when a new judge lays claim to Harry's crown as the ""King of the Courtroom Cutups.""

May 5, 1988

Mac quits after inheriting $2 million from his grandfather, leaving his friends at the mercy of the most incompetent court clerk in New York.

May 12, 1988

Dan flip-flops on his active duty for the Army Reserve until he learns it will be in a tropical paradise with a beautiful lady officer.