What to Watch on Monday: Judge Judy holds court once again on new show Judy Justice
Her Honor is back on IMDb TV.
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EW StaffNovember 01, 2021 at 08:22 AM EDT
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What to Watch on Monday: Judge Judy holds court once again in her new IMDb TV show, 'Judy Justice.'
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Judy Sheindlin may have a new set, a new (burgundy!) robe, and three new sidekicks — but she's still serving up plenty of original-recipe sass on
Judy Justice. "You want this face to believe that?" she bellows at one defendant. "If you're going to be a liar, be a
consistent liar," she scolds another. The cases are on par with the peculiar pettiness fans are used to watching Judge Judy adjudicate (road rage at the car wash! a melee over a borrowed microphone!) and Her Honor still has precisely zero patience for any "editorializing" by the plaintiff or defendant. (Expect a
lot of shushing.) Law clerk and "legal analyst" Sara Rose — who is also Sheindlin's granddaughter — essentially gets paid to sit quietly for the majority of the episode, though she does join the judge in chambers after each case for a quick debrief. (Grandma does most of the talking, to be honest.) Official court stenographer Wendy Kumar is also a mostly-silent presence, but she is called upon occasionally to read back transcripts of the testimony
. Judge Judy fans were distressed to see that Sheindlin's longtime bailiff, Officer Byrd, did
not make the leap to Judy Justice, but his replacement, Kevin Rasco, seems like a perfectly nice gentleman. Will he ultimately become a fan favorite, too? To quote Judge Sheindlin herself, "I don't answer questions!" —
Kristen Baldwin