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Junior's delivery of "I have to do more" had me howling. That was a really great episode. I think the Rainbow is my favorite, but they're all great. The part in which she's telling Dre how she saved someone's life and he's too wrapped up in his own drama was another favorite scene. I love her facial expressions and her saying her patient drove himself home and only had a little brain damage. Did they say where Pops was?

My guess is that they both were only carrying liability. If you heard otherwise, please correct me. If he had medical payments (or PIP in some states), that's a no-fault coverage and would have helped with his medical bills,even if he were deemed to have been riding recklessly. So my guess is that he just didn't have the right coverage. It's a shame becuase med pay / PIP are usually the cheapest part of the policy, unless you live In a true no-fault state. I won't even sell a policy without it. As far as her insurance is concerned, if she had collision coverage, they should have paid to repair her car and then subrogated back to his coverage if they thought he was at fault. Since that didn't happen, she either didn't have collision coverage, or she had a really crappy adjuster. And I've never heard of denying a claim via a voice mail. You might get a message that the claim is denied, but it should be followed up in writing via certified mail. That's almost as crazy to me as texting lawyers! Even if they didn't mail her a denial, which I highly doubt, she could have gotten a formal declination from her carrier. I wish insurance education were part of drivers' education. I think if people understood it better, they would make better choices. The people who need the broadest coverage are rarely the ones who buy it. They get minimum limits from a non-standard carrier, and it ends up costing them more in the long run when they have a claim.

That was the only remarkable thing about this case. This show isn't very good. I just have killer insomnia, and it gives me something to watch when I'm up at 3 am, trying to fall back to sleep.

I won't get to see this until late tonight, since my JJ episodes don't come on until 6 pm. I can't wait to see it - sounds like it's right up my alley!

I am ridiculously excited for this episode. I haven't felt this excited about an SNL episode since when Betty White hosted in 2010. Chris Rock has always been one of my favorite comedians, and Prince is just freaking Prince - a phenomenal musician and performer. I think Prince should have permanent Super Bowl performer status, as his was my favorite of all-time. Whew! Can't wait.

I don't know if it was on this board, but someone suggested that's what Hot Bench should have been - a bit of an appellate court for JJ or just one that ties in to her show. I think they missed an opportunity there. There's one thing they do on HB that I wish they did on JJ; the litigants are together for the hallterview. Considering some of the more memorable hallterviews we've had on JJ, I can only imagine the Jerry Springer-esque levels of fisticuffs we could get if the litigants were together for the hallterview. I don't think we've had a fight break out on HB, but it's bound to happen.

I don't disagree with you, in fact I couldn't have said it better myself. But I do appreciate getting updates on cases where things are left in the air.

Regarding yesterday's episode, it amazes me that people just sign contracts willy-nilly. Did the plaintiff really think there weren't going to be any consequences to backing out? And who signs a contract before they know whether or not they can get the loan to pay for the work? That's like buying new rims and stereo for a car before you get approved for the car loan! This woman is a business owner and doesn't know to get your financing BEFORE you sign the freaking contract? She also doesn't believe in restocking fees but not to the point where she'd make the effort to find out of the contractor was being honest about the fees or not. I love, love, love these types of cases. The plaintiff is completely in the wrong and actually ends up screwed because they brought a lawsuit. She should have settled for the $700 or so the contractor offered or, barring that, she should have left well enough alone and just kissed her deposit goodbye. The contractor seemed like a nice guy who was trying to work with the plaintiff. I have no doubt that if she'd just asked to delay the project instead of asking for a refund, he'd have been fine with that.

I just watched it online; I don't think USA is doing a good job promoting it since I'd never heard about it until I read the review here. I really liked it. Oscar from The Office, Ted from Better off Ted, Jane from Happy Endings, DJ chick from Under the Dome, Maria freaking Bamford?! I like the cast; and I liked the pilot. There are, for me, so few good comedies on TV. There are a lot of dramas I like, but the comedies aren't nearly as good. So I'm glad to have found another comedy I can enjoy. This will be replacing Bad Judge on my lineup, which I was trying so hard to like.

They still do it, and it's hilarious. You guys were the ones who told me I needed to pay attention to the captions. I used to be silly enough to attempt to do other things while watching, like cooking or surfing the net. Now I watch for the wonderful snark in the captions. My problem was that, for a long time, the descriptions I got didn't match the cases at all. So I never knew what the heck I was going to get until I watched the episode. They seem to have fixed this starting with the new season. Regarding the "Sploding Gas Rental" I would like a follow-up on that one. Wouldn't it be great if JJ heard the case that occurs when the landlords sue the scammer legal advice people? We need more follow-up in general on JJ. Sometimes she'll pend a verdict while awaiting more info from a litigant, but then we never find out the resolution of it. For as much as I despise Harvey Levin on TPC, at least he gives us updates after a case has been aired. There was a transexual woman on Hot Bench yesterday (I know, I'm the only one still watching that train wreck!), and the judges handled it well. They didn't comment or ask her if she was a man or do anything else I was worried they might do. I'd like to think JJ would do the same.

I want to commend the judges for treating the transexual litigant with the utmost respect. I was cringing to myself, worrying that they were going to ask her something inappropriate, but they treated her like any other litigant.

My neighbor's husky gets loose all the time and has come into my house three different times through my doggy door. One time, I awoke to it just staring at me in my bedroom. I'm always able to chase it out, but if it tried to hurt me or my dog, I'd shoot it in a heartbeat. It's gorgeous dog, but it has really shitty owners. I found out yesterday whose dog it is and called animal control. It has been, apparently, running wild throughout the neighborhood for weeks. With no collar on it, nobody knew whose dog it was.

Fun fact (at least for an insurance nerd like me): The General is owned by American Family Insurance. A lot of the non-standard carriers are owned by perfectly respectable, standard carriers. Titan is owned by Nationwide. Farmers owns 21st Century, and the list goes on.Insurance companies wanted a piece of that sweet, lucrative non-standard insurance business but weren't going to sully their good names to get in on it. So they write drivers with bad credit, DUIs, and bad driving records under these alternative names. Since, as JJ has shown us, often these drivers go into cancellation before they have an accident, it's a win-win for them!

That so-called baron was such a freaking blowhard. I can't imagine anyone wanting to spend any length of time with him. There's a jackass like him at my favorite watering hole. We call him the one-up man. Anything you've done, he's done previously and better. And none of the regulars like him, but he has his head too far up his own ass to notice. Mr. Baron doesn't want to do any of the work required to become impressive; he'll just pay someone to put in a book that he's impressive. Esquire my ass. I feel for his kids, who are probably pressured to achieve great things so good old dad can brag about them to anyone who'll listen. ETA: One thing I learned today that I didn't know before is that people dry clean sneakers. MM didn't know it, either. I know some people collect sneakers, but I had no idea that dry cleaning them was a thing. I will say that i liked the way the plaintiff was dressed. I've never had the energy to put that much effort into my clothes!

I know it's early in the season, but I'm already tired of her "winning" all the time. It'd be nice to see how she handles a failure. And I agree that her emotional knee-jerk actions should have way more consequence than they seem to. But I love Tea Leoni and Bebe, so I'm sticking around for now.

They were asking about the insurance designation, CPCU. It was terribly worded, but I got really excited because I have those letters after my name. It's the first time I've ever seen it asked about on Jeopardy. I guess they thought the "U" and "insurance" in the clue would lead people to the answer of "underwriter" but I'm not surprised it stumped everyone. I got all of them right in the category, but it was definitely bizarre. I got Babs right away and was quite proud of myself. I love the theater, but living in flyover country, I only get to see the traveling versions of most shows.

Wait. She was a fortune-teller? How the heck did I miss that?!

Those are the cases in which JJ really shines. These disability scammers take available money away from those who are legitimately disabled. The defendant's husband is collecting disability but is able to move furniture for his wife. Then he may or may not have raped the plaintiff, but the wife (in typical fashion) is pissed off at the plaintiff for having had sex with her husband while her POS husband remains by her side. I didn't notice the mumbling, but that may have been because I was mesmerized by all that glitter. I was kinda surprised JJ didn't mention it, as it seems inappropriate to come to court looking like you're en route to a rave.

You're right, and I apologize. That was a swipe at you and it wasn't nice or fair. You touched a nerve, and I should Have taken a deep breath before responding. It's easy to blame the poor for their problems because the alternative is a conversation a lot of people don't want to have. If in your experience poor people are poor because they make bad decisions, then you're entitled to your opinion. In my experience, poor people are poor because it's hard as hell to break the cycle of poverty. When you grow up that way and that's all you see, that's all you know. Every day Is just about surviving to the next one. I was fortunate because even though we were poor, my parents had some common sense and emphasized education as a way out. Our high school chose to emphasize abstinence over pregnancy prevention. So every third girl in my class was knocked up. We had so many kids who had kids that they finally opened a day care in my high school. Most of my friends growing up weren't taught the same values, and most of them are still living in my hometown, which is number 1 on the poverty list, by the way. Unemployment there is over 30%. It's not because the people don't want to work; this used to be a thriving, blue-collar city. It's because there are no jobs there. And the places that do hire pay shit and treat employees like shit because they can. JJ would scream at these people to just "a-move" as if moving is easy for someone without two dimes to rub together. Not to mention, that's asking people to leave the only place they've ever been. These are not well-traveled folks we are talking about. For them, moving takes them away from what little saftey net (family) they have. So they move and they lose the parent who babysits their kids or the friend who drives them to work when the bus isn't running. Anyway, my point is that while it's easy to blame the poor, which JJ does so expertly, the problem is much bigger than them just making bad decisions and not being willing to sacrifice. I have no problem with her calling out litigants who make messes of their lives and then run to court for help. But her disdain for the poor is becoming too much. I watch TPC regularly, and Judge Milian manages to hear most of her cases without grilling litigants about where they work and how much they earn or why they're disabled.

Oh, you write a blog? Why didn't you say that before? Now I will bow to your expertise on the poor. Silly me, thinking having been poor for a quarter of my life would inform me about poor people. I don't write a blog, so what the hell do I know? I'm not comfortable assuming that just because someone is poor they've made bad decisions and just haven't sacrificed enough. Maybe it's more systemic than anything else. If the minimum wage rose with inflation it'd be $15 an hour. But we expect people to live on $7.50 or whatever it is now and then shame them when they need assistance. Regardless of why this young man has roommates, there's no reason for JJ to be so smug toward him. Not all of us had a dentist father to put us through law school. I've grown tired of JJ and her "My America" schtick. I only continue watching because I enjoy this board (most of the time), but maybe it's time for me to stop rewarding her bullshit by adding to her viewership. She really belongs on another network. There's one out there that's perfect for her head-in-the-sand obtuseness.

Not everyone who is poor has a fancy phone, expensive clothes, a big TV, or even a car. I know there's a faction out there that wants you to believe that everyone who is poor is sitting around with their hand out, waiting for more entitlements. They want us mad at poor people who get welfare so we don't see all the welfare corporations are given.When I was poor, I had nothing, working for minimum wage in a place that wouldn't give me more than 30 hours because they didn't want to pay benefits. But I also didn't have a regular schedule, so getting a second job was out of the question. I lived in shared space because it's the only kind of space I could have afforded. Hell, I didn't even have a car. What should I have sacrificed in order to live alone? JJ seems to think everyone who is poor is poor because of bad decisions. The last time I suggested where that mindset comes from, I got my hand slapped. So I'll just say I disagree vehemently. And until I hear her bitching about corporate welfare, I don't want to hear her bitching about poor folks on welfare. There's a wonderful book out right now called "Hand to Mouth." It's written by someone who was poor and is trying to dispel many of the untruths told about poor people. Unfortunately, when the book came out the author was attacked in an effort to discredit her. I read the book, and what she said rings true to me and tracks with my experience. Sadly, someone like JJ would never read the book. She already knows everything about the poor.

I saw a case recently that involved former roommates. One of the litigants was explaining that he moved into this particular apartment because he wasn't getting along with his roommates at his last place. So JJ, in a tone even more snide than usual, demanded to know why he didn't just live alone. The litigant explained that he can't afford to live alone. She let it go, but I thought that was one her more obtuse moments. Does she think all these people living in shared space are just doing it because they like the company? Or maybe she thinks the idea of living alone never crossed their minds?

He reminded me of the character Will Ferrell played on SNL named Jacob Silj. Here's a clip: https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-jacob-silj-000000612.html

This episode was supposed to air second, but they held it back after the AP story broke. So it was written before that occurred. I don't know where I read that, but I'm sure you could find it out there on the interwebs somewhere. ETA I see this was already covered above.

I got beatings, and I got lectures. I preferred the beatings. Like Pops said, the lectures crush your spirit. This show handled this issue very well. I was nervous to watch it, but it shows I need to have a little more faith in the production team. It's so nice to have a sitcom I look forward to watching every week. I watch others, but this one has become the only sitcom I watch as soon as it airs... well, 15 minutes later so I can skip commercials.