Toaster Strudel

Don't worry, the poem only applies to her courtroom!

Dehydrated Litigants - My goodness, you would think that these litigants must have walked into the courtroom after a week in the desert sucking on cactus juices and eating sand, but no! They lived near a body of water, judging by their irresponsible purchase of a boat. It's possible that they drank the lake dry. A more prosaic explanation is meth/heroin dry mouth. Of all things to buy, how did this unmarried couple end up sharing the buying of a boat? They lost their jobs and couldn't get it out of the shop. Some dialog from the defendant: "I have the boat in the shop, and it needs repairs, we need money," the loser asked his sister who looked somewhat possessed. "Can you afford anything to pay on the boat?" Neither JJ nor I believed this, but it turns out, dopey sister did in fact pay $800 on stupid boat! This one is really 3 gavels, but I'll give it 4 gavels because I am so happy JJ is back! Mumbling in the Dog House - Literally. In an actual dog house. I am pretty sure that these litigants were slurring their words on account of being drunk... another thirsty bunch, but the kind that's more interested in cheap vodka than water. This case is pretty much about the plaintiff trying to cash in on a broken purse strap with a free trip to LA and a free meal. I didn't know people could get disability for daily hangovers and call it migraines! 2 gavels. We have a poem from Jude Judy: People who lie, Their mouths get dry! Now we know why the water shall not be drunk.

I see something connected to bullshit, or the smell thereof on the stage... is anyone on the stage connected to bullshit? Your names? OK Mr Edwards and Dr Phil, does this bullshit come from under your hats, or does it come from inside your pants? I sense a very strong bullshit connection, or is it horse manure? Hogwash? I am definite on farm animal excrements. OK, so it's from under your hats. Just answer "yes" if you have shit for brains.

Come on, Dr Phil, the word "reconciliation" should have never been uttered in the case of the laughing, sadistic, bat shit crazy mother. If there was ever a parent one should walk away from, without ever looking back, it was her. There is no closure to be found. There is no end to the abuse. The older sister, who was also abused, was too closely aligned with the diabolical mother to be anything but toxic. Beth has only one option: run.

To be a candidate for liver transplant, you must have stopped drinking for 6 months.

I am confused. Was Brad new or repeat? Did they show two new episodes? Should I re-program my DVD-R?

I felt that Whitney did NOT consider herself an addict. She considered herself the perfect concerned mother who just happened to do tons of coke and heroin to "keep the family together" and have a "hobby" with her thieving husband. She was selflessly sacrificing herself getting high for the common good.

I thought today's sado-masochistic couple was a match made in heaven. They both love that crap. She's enjoying the drah-mah and he loves to dish out the disappearing acts soliciting random sex partners while staying at a long term motel.

I do want to see a happy ending for Jimmysaul beyond the Cinnabon. I would be crushed if selling pastries at the mall would be his ultimate fate.

I hope the positive interactions between the characters remain, that is a central tenet of the show for me; how much people love Jimmy, and how good he is to those that love him. Honeycrisps are the only apples worth eating. They are like Fujis, only better. Someone should tell Chuck.

I had to laugh at the guy with the barmaid concept, running into the lab and rushing to get going on huge clay knockers before the rest of the contestants even sit down. Once he got that out of his system he could relax and work on the rest. Besides, as it turned out, he didn't really need them for the costume.

The gavels are being polished in anticipation of new episodes... I hope next week!

I checked judgejudy.com and I think next week's cases are all repeats again. I hope she's OK!

I think it's pretty cool how the world is coming to terms with fluid gender identity, and I found the show was very respectful of that.

I was touched by the love his family had for him. They really cared. He must be a wonderful person.

I was surprised that Lauren and Chad did well, but since their relationship was largely based on finding dope and getting high, they might find that having a relationship while sober more work and less partying. I would expect these two to relapse. Mike's wife made threats of leaving him which were empty. She must enjoy having a heroin addict role model for her kids.

I hope Michael Che doesn't come back. His enunciation is too sloppy for the news desk. He keeps stumbling and he's not funny. SNL please hire me, I could do as bad a job for half the salary! One word: Riblet!

I received it as, "Can you imagine discussing a touchy subject with the people you hired to change your muffler?" especially when they were obviously well-meaning, but didn't appear to have thought about gender issues for more than 2 minutes - because they don't need to in their profession. Like the baristas.

Probably a smart move. The monologue has 4 jokes in it that take forever to tell.

The skin surgery was off her legs, no? I thought the wings were left intact.

The more you eat, the more stuff comes out the other end... she ate constantly... it must have been a near-steady stream of shit bags to throw out.

What I love about this show is the rich tapestry of positive human interactions between the characters. I bask in the love, the loyalty, the worries, the help, the common goals.

The father held some religious-flavored 'hope' but everyone had given up... rightly so. The sister that went in with gloves? The gloves were for nothing. They were a merely symbol of how she doesn't not want to come into contact with the addict's world. Yes, Katie will die. She will soon lose the little weight she gained, her heart will stop, she will get infections, etc. She doesn't want to let go of the high, the drive will follow her to her grave.

I found her family members to be kind, well-meaning and very intelligent.

The only point this episode drove home for me is how few black people appear on the show.