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"Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King"
Season 7, Episode 4
#127 in series (193 episodes)
Series: Night Court
Network/Country: NBC-TV / United States
Air date October 25, 1989
Production code 186334
Written by: Fred Rubin
Directed by: Tim Steele
Guest stars: Mike Finneran
Shirley Prestia
Teresa Gilmore 
Juli Andelman
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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King was the 4th episode of Season 7 of Night Court, also the 127th overall series episode. Written by Fred Rubin, the episode was directed by Tim Steele. The episode, which aired on NBC-TV, first aired on October 25, 1989. 

"Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King"
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Synopsis

On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.

Episode Summary

On Halloween, Mac finds a decades-old file stuck behind his desk drawer, on a case that was never finished because the defendant dropped dead in the middle of his trial. Soon, a series of poltergeist-style events convinces Harry that the man's ghost is haunting the courtroom. With the help of a medium, Harry and the staff hold a trial for a spirit.

Recurring cast and characters/Guest stars

  • Mike Finneran as Art
  • Shirley Prestia as Madame Rochelle
  • Teresa Gilmore as Cleopatra (as Teresa Gilmore Capps)
  • Juli Andelman as Shrill Woman (as Julie Andelman)
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