Part one of three. 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.

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

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

The gang joins Roz in a therapist group she's required to attend to temper her hostile attitude at work, which turns into a police situation when a young, inexperienced gangbanger holds everyone hostage.

Soviet defector Yakov Korolenko returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his sick mother, while sparks fly between Harry and a charming Soviet consul named Ludmila.

An old flame of Harry's drops by to renew their relationship but neglects to tell him she's married. Meanwhile, Dan bails out of bowling night with the staff so he can have sex with his latest fling, but he and Harry end up out on the ledge when Mac, Christine, Bull, and Roz go looking for them.

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

Christine invites a stranger to her party, not realizing he's wanted by the mob.

Dan ties up Mel Tormé so Harry can meet him, but the judge is preoccupied with trying to keep his stepfather Buddy and his catatonic schizophrenic friend out of the mental hospital.

Christine's father comes to town, then stays with her while getting his RV worked on, becomes best buddies with Dan and basically drives her up a wall.

Dan ends up being chained to a briefcase that contains a bomb; Joy demands that Bull pay more attention to her physical needs.

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

Conclusion. The Constitution draft hostage escalates in Harry's courtroom while Dan and Christine try to save Roz after her insulin overdose leads to erratic behavior.

Part one. Harry tangles with a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom. Meanwhile, Roz struggles with being diagnosed with diabetes.

Dan's world has come crashing down: he's suffering from impotence. Meanwhile, Harry is given a personal assistant, a blind woman with a terrible attitude.

A veteran actor contemplates suicide when a lawsuit prevents him from portraying the Western hero that made him famous.

The man who saved Mac's life in Vietnam appears in court and asks Mac to do an illegal favor for him. Bull loses the body of a elderly man who died in the courthouse.

On Halloween, Dan believes he has sold his soul to the devil, and Harry gets locked inside a safe.

After Roz and her boyfriend break up Christine decides to help Roz recover, so they go out together to one of Roz's favorite hang-outs: a male strip club.

Bull has a near-death experience and insists God spoke to him. While Bull starts to give away all of his Earthly possessions, Mac deals with the new computer system that is driving him to the brink of insanity.

The staff still is unable to find Harry to be sworn in by a  judge that knows Harry. Harry is about to perform the prank of the century when he encounters a person that is about to commit suicide.

With Christine having obtained Harry's job as judge back, it is now contingent on Harry having to be sworn back in before the deadline arrives. Now the entire courtroom staff are searching everywhere for a Harold Stone who can't be found.