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Today's episode should be Season 20, Episode 41 from November 7, 2016. Discussion link: "Boiling Mad Over a Mercedes." Case titles: 1) Not Fixing Things Right; 2) Mickey Mousing Around; 3) Drowning Out A Customer.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 40 from November 4, 2016. Discussion link: "You Just Dated Me For Money!" Case titles: 1) Being A Playa; 2) You Backed Out & Now You Sue?; 3) Ripping Off A Car Buyer.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 39 from November 3, 2016. Discussion link: "Agitated Over Advertising." Case titles: 1) Cleaning Up; 2) Making A Tenant Feel Unsafe; 3) Snatching A Car.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 38 from November 2, 2016. Discussion link: "Family In Crisis Over A Loan." Case titles: 1) Being Ungrateful; 2) Making A Big Fat Mess; 3) Worming Her Way Out.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 37 from November 1, 2016. Discussion link: "Room Rental Riot." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Solomon had rented a room out to a divorced man, and claims he had stolen from him. Boruch was told he didn't have to pay rent, but was suddenly evicted after Solomon's new wife had moved in." Case titles: 1) Being A Bad Tenant; 2) The Old Switcheroo; 3) Running Out On A Debt.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 36 from October 31, 2016. Discussion link: "A Winning Lottery Blowup!" Google summary of the episode's title case: "Bradella is suing a lottery ticket vendor for withholding her winnings. He had pressured her into tipping him money for selling her the winning tickets." Case titles: 1) Lousing Up The Lottery; 2) Hurting A Husky; 3) Talking Way Too Much. Note: Case 2 is a dog attack case.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 35 from October 28, 2016. Discussion link: "Getting Paid to Go on a Date?" Google summary of the episode's title case: "Robert claims he had been swindled by a con-artist, paying for a woman's companionship who was unknowingly married." Case titles: 1) Taking Advantage Of A Lonely Heart; 2) Providing Bad Service; 3) Not Paying Enough.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 34 from October 27, 2016. Discussion link: "Family Death Turmoil." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Wynoma claims her ex-daughter-in-law owes her money for their retrospective cemetery plots. Shanda had remarried after the passing of her husband, so she claims they're no longer her responsibility." Case titles: 1) A Grave Situation; 2) Being A Terrible Tenant.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 33 from October 26, 2016. Discussion link: "House Cleaning Horror." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Norma claims her hirer has wrongfully accused her of theft, defaming her cleaning business. Kelly claims Norma had not done her job the first time." Case titles: 1) Making A Big Mess; 2) Carting A Disaster; 3) Leaving Behind A Pigsty.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 32 from October 25, 2016. Discussion link: "Car Sale Crisis." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Waunisha claims her car had been in an accident prior to buying it, so she hopes to sue her seller. Richard claims he sold the car to her as is." Case titles: 1) A Gross Misrepresentation; 2) An Illegal Mole Removal; 3) Give Me Back My Money.

My Monday listings, for some reason, are never accurate to what ends up being shown (usually lists the same episode as Tuesday) and today I have baseball airing anyway, so the following might be totally wrong, but I will post this as a 'maybe' in case this is helpful, assuming today's episode follows Friday's and, more importantly, is the one before tomorrow's listed episode. Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 31 from October 24, 2016??? If so, the discussion link: "Dating Loan Disaster." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Dee had loaned money to her boyfriend, who refuses to pay her back after leaving. Christopher claims he doesn't owe her a cent." Case titles: 1) Being A Bad Boyfriend; 2) Perturbing His Pastor; 3) Running Away From A Cousin. I am slapping last week's disclaimer borrowed from the Mission Impossible mission briefing scene onto this post: Your episode, forum reader, should you decide to watch it, is described above. As always, should you or any of your fellow 'The People's Court' watchers find themselves watching a different episode, this poster will disavow any knowledge of this post.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 30 from October 14, 2016. Discussion link: "Boiling Mad Over a Bike." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Michael claims a women he was dating had stolen his bike and sold it on Craigslist. Jaclyn claims he instead owes her money, in which he gave her the bike as collateral." Case titles: 1) Bilking A Guy Outta His Bike; 2) Spillage; 3) Holding On Too Tight. Nice weekend, everybody.

Yes, there was a boring contract/warranty for a water pump case against the contractor waterproofing a basement. Whole case was about the semantics of the contract/warranty. Don't worry, you missed nothing worth seeing. Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 29 from October 13, 2016. Discussion link: "Busted Bike Debacle." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Michael is suing Dominic for not repairing their machine. Michael claims he does a shifty job, while Dominic expresses that he had been bugged constantly to work on it for free." Case titles: 1) Not Fixing It Right; 2) Rotten Renting; 3) Switching Channels.

My listing shows that Season 20, Episode 28 from October 12, 2016 is supposed to air today. If that is true, here is the forum discussion link: "Exes Battle It Out in Court." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Two exes battle it out for owed money between them. Erin is suing Christopher for repairs while he is countersuing her for destroying his property." Case titles: 1) Motoring Away From A Debt; 2) Scamming A Seamstress; 3) Being All Wet. DISCLAIMER: If none of this sounds like what you are watching, I will post a disclaimer... Your mission episode, Dan/Jim forum reader, should you decide to accept watch it, is described above. As always, should you or any of your IM Force fellow The People's Court watchers be caught or killed find themselves watching a different episode, the Secretary this poster will disavow any knowledge of your actions this post.

The listing scheduled for Monday was wrong by an episode. Sorry. What was actually aired: Season 20, Episode 47 from November 15, 2016. The discussion link is: "TV Installation Anger." Case titles: Not Bolting It In - Cracking Up (In which the Judge takes a dive! But she's okay.) - Ripping Off A Roomer. Note, Judge Milan took a tumble when she gets off the bench during case number 2. Maybe what I posted above for Tuesday will be right.

MONDAY'S EPISODE: Please be advised that Monday episodes, for some reason, do not seem to follow the previous aired episode and to be the immediate predecessor to the next episode to be shown and/or the Monday listings are not always accurate. If the listing holds true, today's episode is Season 20, Episode 48 from November 16, 2016. The discussion link: "Mechanic Mayhem." Case Titles: 1) Motorcycle Mayhem; 2 Becoming Unhinged; 3 Monkey Business. TUESDAY'S EPISODE: Tomorrow, baseball will be aired on my Fox People's Court affiliate, so I have no listing available to me and won't be watching. For those able to watch, if the episode to be aired is the one two episodes after Friday's aired episode and the one preceding Wednesday's listed episode, then it will be Season 20, Episode 27 from October 11, 2016. Here is the discussion link: Hit-and-Run Hysteria Case Titles: 1) Hitting & Running; 2) Backing Out; 3) Bugging Out. Disclaimer: Any and/or all of the above might be wrong. If what you are watching does not seem to match the above and SRTouch's great recaps, then please ignore. Just know, I did my best.

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 25 from October 7, 2016. The discussion link: "Roof Rampage." Google summary of the episode's title case: "The plaintiff hired the defendant to replace her roof and is claiming that he took off with her money before finishing the job. The defendant, on the other hand, alleges that she made it impossible for him to do his job." Case Titles: 1) Running Off On A Roof; 2) Breaking A Guy's Heart; 3) Do You Have Sticky Fingers?

Today's episode is Season 20, Episode 24 from October 6, 2016. The discussion link: "Conned by a Contractor." Google summary of the episode's title case: "A verbal agreement falls through as a roofer fails to finish his job, according to a plaintiff who claims to have been driven to hire another company to complete the work." Case Titles: 1) Running Out On A Roof; 2) Burning Up A Baker; 3) Making A DJ Roar.

Assuming the listing is followed, today's episode is Season 20, Episode 23 from October 5, 2016. The discussion link: "My Cousin Stuck Me With an $800 Phone Bill." Google summary of the episode's title case: "Two formerly close cousins clash over money owed for a mobile phone. While the plaintiff seeks to teach his cousin a lesson about responsibility, she claims the phone was merely one of the perks of his job in a phone store." Case Titles: 1) Phoning It In With A Cousin; 2) Bad Landlording 101; 3) Cutting A Friend Off.

The listing was wrong. This is the link for the episode shown (Season 20, Episode 46 from November 14, 2016): "Trainer Tantrum." Case titles: Pushing Too Hard - Being Too Drippy - Not Fixing Things Right Sorry everyone about the above mistake. I am not sure if today's listing will match the episode shown. Discussion link for the episode my listing shows, season 20 episode 22 that aired October 4, 2016: "Painting Panic." Case titles: Painting Herself Into A Corner - A Key Caper - You're An Unfair Landlord A more not likely scenario is that the episode following the episode aired yesterday is shown. If so, the discussion link for season 20, episode 47 from November 15, 2016 is: "TV Installation Anger." Case titles: Not Bolting It In - Cracking Up (In which the Judge takes a dive! But she's okay.) - Ripping Off A Roomer Note, if this episode is shown, Judge Milan takes a tumble when she gets off the bench during case number 2. Not sure what will air, so I am providing links for these two possible episodes. They will probably air a different episode or Donald Trump will do something and nothing will be shown.

Cirie, Felicia, Jared, Izzy, Mecole, and others, you could have kept Riley over Cameron, just saying.

Today's episode, Season 20, Episode 21 from October 3, 2016, discussion link: "You Attacked My Dog With Your Cane!" Google summary of the episode's title case: "The plaintiff alleges that the defendant attacked her nine-pound Pomeranian with a cane, knocking one of its eyeballs out of the socket. He claims to have acted in self-defense, and is refusing to pay for the dog's three surgeries." Case Titles: 1) Taking A Whack At It; 2) Screwing It Up; 3) A Dirty Landlord." THIS IS WRONG. SEE BELOW. SORRY!!

Today's episode, Season 20, Episode 20 from September 30, 2016, discussion link: "Scammed by a Fake Publicist." Google summary of the episode's title case: "The plaintiff, an aspiring entertainer and recording artist, hired the defendant, a man who claimed to own a PR firm, to gain exposure. The plaintiff claims that the defendant in fact owns no company, and he would like his money back." Case Titles: 1) Doing Nothing & Getting Paid For It; 2) Flooring A Customer; 3) Rubbing Tenants The Wrong Way.

I have watched all but one episode (first day, episode 2 did not air here due to 9/11 commemoration ceremonies), so here is my full review of this show as a long-time People's Court viewer, if anyone is interested. The intro reminds me of the "Rhoda" opening credits ( "My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December, 1941. I've always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food. I had a bad puberty; it lasted 17 years. I'm a high school graduate. I went to art school. My entrance exam was on a book of matches. I decided to move out of the house when I was 24; my mother still refers to this as the time I ran away from home. Eventually I ran to Minneapolis, where it's cold, and I figured I'd keep better. Now I'm back in Manhattan. New York, this is your last chance!") without the humor. Here, MM skips over her main claim to fame, being judge on "The People's Court" for 22 seasons. If you are not including that information, then why bother with a biographical opening? On an everyday basis, the spoken word intro about MM's life, trying to validate JM's credentials as a lawyer and judge, doesn't work and is annoying. Cringeworthy is her little dance sequence. First, some differences between the two shows: I very much miss Douglas, the bailiff. He was nice and likeable, this bailiff adds nothing with no interaction with JM. This guy seems like a knockoff. I wonder why TPC announcer is included and Douglas isn't? The same announcer is a bad idea, as it invokes comparison to TPC and this show loses the comparison. I do not like, when we return from break, the case just resumes; I like TPC's recap before testimony begins. Also missing is Doug's hallterview, instead we have a 'Judge Judy' like commentary by each litigant without anyone challenging their viewpoint. I am very much fine without Harvey's post-case commentary and especially like not having Harvey's street peanut gallery. The segments with Judge John are sporadic, and so far seem to be opinions on legal questions and not the terrible personal questions TPC judges' segment devolved into. Second, the cases lean toward being slightly odd/cute rather than the straightforward loans, contractors, security deposit, dog bite cases of TPC. The first week overloaded on precoscious kids. Odd/cute leads to a feeling of are these cases even real or just cutesy ideas? This leads to the overall feeling that that this show is fake. Third, the fakeness. The show comes off fake. Fake equals lame. The disclaimer at the end says that some of it is reenactmants but it all seems fake. The cases all start out with the litigants giving each other dirty looks. Just comes off as acting and ridiculous. The "litigants" speak too well and what they say seems planned. The litigants try too hard to be "interesting." Almost every case has the litigants having back and forths. MM tolerates this until she doesn't. The judge also tolerates speaking out of turn but at some point, in almost every case, she lays the hammer down that she is talking in order to come off as tough, IMO. She allows it until she doesn't and then slaps the litigants down to exert her power. Happens too often; it seems intentional. Fourth, cases dragged out for a half hour. None of these cases are worth 30 minutes; dragging them out makes them even more tedious and boring. This edit was inspired by the case of the plaintiff who grinded with defendant's boyfriend while dancing at a party, who, when threatened by the defendant, ran to the bathroom and then jumped out the window, injuring her ankle. No, was not 30 minutes worthy and the added length made a stupid, ridiculous case with fake, annoying litigants even more boring. Fifth, I have found some of JM's decisions questionable. I wish there were more (any?) posts actually discussing individual cases but, alas, nobody seems to care enough to post about the cases. My overarching complaint is that the cases seem designed to be cute/unusual/"interesting" rather than real and, coupled with the litigants probably being (bad) actors, the show comes off totally fake, cheap (the courtroom set is cheap looking even by TV court show standards), boring and uninteresting. Also, bring back Douglas (especially) and Doug. Middling and missable but so far I keep watching but not actually enjoying. Watching kind of feels like a duty or chore and that is not good.

Today's episode, Season 20, Episode 19 from September 29, 2016, discussion link: "A Lifelong Friendship Ruined Over Rent ." Google summary of the episode's title case: "The litigants, former housemates, are suing each other for money owed and agent fees. Their friendship soured when the defendant's boyfriend unofficially moved in to their house." Case Titles: 1) Letting A Godsister Down; 2) That's One Bad Tran-ny; 3) You Didn't Plug My Leak.