Now, I am reviewing the 7th episode of the first season of the Night Court revival. This episode is called Train Court.
An ever so slight step up from the previous episode Justice Buddies, the character writing might not be quite as good in Train Court as in the aforementioned episode but the story writing might be a step or two ahead.
Besides the positives of decent character and story writing, other things that work in this episode are the performance of John Laroquette, the extra cheery, fun performance given by Melissa Rauch who, after struggling badly to make her character interesting and likeable. Had found her stride with the previous offering and has maintained a consistency for her character in the four episodes that have been released since Justice Buddies. Other positives are our dependable, lavish sets and that timeless laugh track. The standout moment is at the end of the episode when Gurgs presents Dan with a feast of gizzards and other strange foodstuffs. Abby comes in and is delighted by the country cooking. Dan invites her to partake in the smorgasbord. Gurgs leaves to get sick. Abby and Dan lament that city folks don't appreciate fine cuisine.
The main thing that didn't work in the episode was the poor performance by India de Beaufort. After proving herself for once with the last episode, she is back to awful land. Couple this with the fact that this episode"s writing could have been much better and Kapil Talwalkar's Neil was given nothing interesting to do for the fourth consecutive time, this episode earns it's 5/10 rating but definitely doesn't deserve more.