About this season
CHAOS IN COURT examines clips of dramatic, unexpected, and cathartic courtroom moments. Each episode brings the backstories of the crimes and legal proceedings to the forefront with insightful analysis from a diverse panel of experts including judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and criminal psychologists. Featured within each episode are interviews with defendants, family members, and others who witnessed the action to help bring dramatic courtroom moments to life, and the emotional realities of what happens when the ultimate stakes are on trial.
Episodes (12)
1. Cruel and Unusual
Aired 27 December 2021
A public defender punched in court loses his job, and a surgeon logs into a Zoom hearing from the operating room. Also, a child pleads with an exasperated judge in a custody battle, and an inmate makes a daring dash for freedom in a courthouse hall.
2. Chances and Circumstances
Aired 3 January 2022 • 30 min
A mother attacks the brother of a world-famous Olympian after a judge acquits him of murder, and a courthouse scuffle leads to a potentially deadly situation. Next, a Zoom hearing takes a scary turn, and four teens escape a juvenile detention facility.
3. Acts of Violence
Aired 10 January 2022
A notorious nanny who viciously murdered two children asks for forgiveness, and a bailiff risks his life to catch a fleeing defendant. Plus, a judge throws a fit and a book at a reluctant jury member, and a woman flashes a judge at a bond hearing.
4. Contempt of Court
Aired 17 January 2022
A Tiger King star facing allegations of animal abuse turns on former volunteers, and a judge restrains an out-of-control defendant. A cop-killer spews evil threats in court, and an unlikely group of jailhouse saviors rescues a guard.
5. Raise Your Right Hand
Aired 24 January 2022
Police arrest and tase a black attorney when he shows up to court in street clothes, and a judge's affair with a key witness comes to light. A public defender fends off an attack in open court, and a heartbreaking childhood leads to a surprise adoption.
6. Rules Don't Apply
Aired 2 February 2022
A murder victim's grieving son lunges at the person who killed his mother.
7. Surprise Witness
Aired 9 February 2022
A courthouse brawl breaks out, and a tragedy turns into a wedding gift.
8. Rush to Judgment
Aired 16 February 2022
A Russian inmate attempts to escape from a glass cage in court.
9. Sudden Impact
Aired 16 February 2022
The Parkland school shooter attacks an unsuspecting security guard.
10. Court of Public Opinion
Aired 21 February 2022
A judge on a hot mic unleashes public outrage when his personal opinions go viral, and a man arrested for murder escapes an interrogation. A judge jails a victim of domestic violence, and an adorable Zoom mishap lights up the internet.
11. Repeat Offender
Aired 23 February 2022
Parents of a teacher and her teen victim square off at a scandalous sex trial, and prisoners flee a flimsy holding cell in Thailand. A judge punishes a belligerent defendant with hard time, and an X-rated screen name ticks off the judge in a Zoom hearing.
12. Collateral Damage
Aired 2 March 2022
Rowdy supporters of a man accused of shooting his own child face contempt of court; a 72-year-old lawyer is tackled at security; an inmate tries to escape her fate through the ceiling; and a plaintiff suffering a stroke has an unlikely savior.