If you watch enough episodes of this program you'll be able to pick up on the patterns. If you disagree with what i say, please look closely for yourself. Most of the time "Judge Mathis" has already made up his mind before the case has started. He works to manipulate the statements of the people in his courtroom. He helps the people he has chosen to win by paraphrasing for them or making their argument on their behalf. If he decided you're going to lose then he works to make you say the magic words he needs to make you lose your case. So the pattern i mentioned earlier is that some categories of people will always lose to others.  Young people will lose to older people. When people are of like ages, men will lose to women. When there are two female litigants, the trashier or least civilized acting female will win. If there are two male litigants, they are just as likely to have both their cases laughed out of his "courtroom" as they either is likely to win a judgement. The exceptions to this pattern are people who were in trouble with the law and now seem to have cleaned up their act.  If a litigant can convince him that they fall into that category they can win against any other group. Another wildcard are people he used to categorize as "freaky- deaky"If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself. He used to only joke and smiles with his chosen losers when he wants to trick them into saying something detrimental to their case. If a women says a man abused her she almost never has to prove it her word is enough. What passes for his meeting the "legal burden" in one case doesn't apply when he doesn't want you to win. As I wind up this horribly long narrative, I have been playing the most recent episode of Judge Mathis it aired on Friday Dec 12th.  The very first case has a woman suing a man. I thought the "judge" was going to make a liar out of me because her case started out very badly and it looked like the man was going to win. "Judge Mathis" did not fail to disappoint though, he made her case for her and gave her the benefit of the doubt but not the guy. So we're clear although I hate "Judge Mathis" and think he is absolutely full of crap, i have been watching regularly for well over 5 years .