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Many popular court shows are on TV. How can the genre improve? How about using a three-judge panel? That's the concept of "Hot Bench," created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. After hearing each case, the judges discuss it among themselves before rendering a verdict. The show's title comes from a term describing a court action in which a judge frequently interrupts lawyers with questions.
S12, EP153 "Cross My Dead Heart"
A friendly loan turns into radio silence and rage; a woman says she was ghosted after lending her former friend cash, but the borrower fires back, accusing her of harassment and making threats; this is a deal that proves short loans can have long memories.
S11, EP74 "Tenant Compliance or Tenant Defiance"
A substitute schoolteacher sues her former student and his mother, who she says were great landlords for years -- until they started harassing her; the son says he felt the need to pepper spray her in self-defense.
S10, EP51 "Caster of the House Party Disaster"
A self-proclaimed party girl is on the hook for damages to her landlord's rental property; she says he knew the kind of late-night soirees she likes to throw, and it's not her fault he took forever to fix the holes in the walls.
S10, EP46 "Bad TAT-titude"
A woman has second thoughts after making a deposit on a full sleeve tattoo, and after she cancels, the artist says her deposit amount was not enough.
