I wanted to like the new Night Court. I was a big fan of the original, which was great at times (though inconsistent), and Dan Fielding was one of the great sitcom characters.
The new version has had 11 episodes, and it's just not finding any rhythm. The acting and writing (Larroquette aside), are both poor. I know what they were going for with the "Gergs" character, but the actress and dialogue are not up to the task. Obviously the show would not have been made without Rauch's involvement, but she's not very good either. Making her character Harry's daughter also adds a maudlin, manipulative air to the frequent mentions of Judge Stone---they mention him to tell the viewer "You're supposed to feel sad here". But that gets old fast.
This episode is one of the few that actually feels like the court and set are filled and not half-empty and lifeless. But the wedding expo stuff made no sense in a way that the old Night Court might have embraced, but the new version is so dull that you have time to ask yourself, "Why are a priest and rabbi here if there was an arrest at a wedding expo?" "Why does the wedding planner have cake at the courtroom?" "Why do we care if Abby gets married in the first place?" "Why does the bailiff speak more in the courtroom than the judge?" But if only more of it was funny, none of that would matter.