A rock is thrown through the courtroom window, with a death threat in Harry's name.A rock is thrown through the courtroom window, with a death threat in Harry's name.A rock is thrown through the courtroom window, with a death threat in Harry's name.
Photos
- Courtroom Spectator
- (uncredited)
- Courtroom Stenographer
- (uncredited)
- Bailiff
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Bob Stevens
- Reinhold Weege
- Stu Kreisman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first of five appearances of Phil Leeds throughout the series. He appears as God twice.
- Quotes
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon: Sorry, Your Honor. I ran downstairs to catch him, but I must have just missed him.
Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding: You ran down eighteen flights of stairs?
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon: Yeah. I figured that whoever threw the rock through the window would have to come down the fire escape and onto the street.
Judge Harry T. Stone: Right.
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon: Then I figured the sight of someone like me barreling out of the courthouse would cause him to panic and flee, and then I'd nab him.
Court Clerk Lana Wagner: So what happened?
Nostradamus 'Bull' Shannon: *Everyone* panicked and fled!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Night Court: Clip Show: Part 2 (1989)
This script has some great moments, especially from Bull. It's also populated with quirky characters such as a homicide detective (George Murdock, 'Barney Miller') and a jittery bomb squad worker (Jack Murdock, "Rain Man"). Guest star Leeds, making the first of five appearances (he would play "God" one more time), is just brilliant, and his closing line when he's being taken away is a hoot. Harry once again shows his compassion when he ends up confronting the perpetrator; he had a real knack for knowing just how to handle people. He has a great line when the crowd reacts on instinct to Bulls' sudden, loud slamming of a door. Dan is his usual shifty self, trying to stiff a young shoeshine kid (Gabriel Gonzalez, in his only acting credit) out of two dollars. And *he* has one priceless quip when Liz says that a person would have to be deranged to actually issue a death threat, and he sarcastically says, "Know anybody like that in Manhattan?".
Overall, 'Death Threat' is a good, engaging episode with the whole cast in very fine form.
Eight out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- May 1, 2023