Jury Duty on Freevee

on ep 4... it's funny

So no one else has watched this? You're missing out.

I’ve watched the first six episodes and I’m eagerly awaiting the last two.

As R2 says, you’re missing out if you haven’t watched this.

I think it's one of the most original and weirdly funny shows on the air. And James Marsden is perfect at playing an egomaniacal actor (or maybe he's not playing at all).

Yes, this show is genius. Fantastic cast too. It must be tiring having to be in character 24-7.

I’m watching it now. It’s hysterical, but part of me is thinking Ronald has to be in on it.

The “JORF” t-shirt episode was hilarious. The guy playing the eccentric nerd inventor is great!

I could have done without the Marsden turd in the toilet storyline, though.

^that was gross and unnecessary. Marsden is looking great.

I don’t think it’s fake, r6…but they certainly struck gold with selecting Ronald.

They also did well with the unknown cast, though I recognize one of the actors from Parks and Recreation.

I don't think Ronald is in on it, but he does, of course, realize that he is on camera being recorded for the documentary, so that might be making him a little nicer than real life. The natural facial expressions, though, are pure gold.

It's a lot of fun. I love the old lady on the jury who keeps falling asleep and the judge put Ronald in charge of keeping her awake at trial.

The rich bitch plaintiff has a clothing company called "Cinnamon and Sparrows," which is a perfect name.

Besides the OTT craziness, the reason I sort of think he is in on it is because he said that he applied to be on the ‘documentary’ from a Craigslist ad. Who still uses CL, but more importantly, don’t most people know that you get a summons in the mail that you have to appear? Also, I didn’t see a stenographer in the courtroom. The setting just seems fake, but maybe Ronald isn’t swift with these things and never watched Court TV.

I heard the hype about this and can't wait to watch. I don't like cringe comedy, but this sounds great! Whenever Marsden comes across my radar (about once a year), I always wonder why he isn't a bigger star. Clearly has maintained his looks well, good rep in Hollywood. Same with Gary Cole (any many other actors I'm sure).

You'll be relieved to know, this isn't cringe comedy at all. It's just wacky fun and they aren't making fun of the sweet, unsuspecting guy at all. He comes off great.

Episode 5 pays off because lanky Ronald is in shorts for most of it, and he's got fantastic muscled hairy legs.

Ronald is super cute whenever they have a close- up of him smiling at something one of the other jurors has said that’s a bit out there. It’s sweet and never in a roll-my-eyes, smug or condescending way.

He’s a cutie, for sure!

And his corgi Meatball is adorable.

do str8 men have corgis?

I do get a gay vibe from ROnald

Was that Marsden’s real doo doo in the toilet? That thing was huge.

James Marsden is killing it with the humor. Love this show. The cast is so believable and the premise rocks. The Family Guy ‘get out of jury duty’ reference made me legit piss my panties!

The old lady looks recognizable as the old lady in random shows.

James Marsden jumping on the bed 😅

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, OP. I’m on episode two where everybody is sharing their stories and deep connection with Tim (origami cranes!) and Ronald is just there.😂😂 Absurdly funny.

This is essentially the same premise as an old reality show that once aired called, "The Joe Schmo Show." Apparently the guy cast in that show, was also so nice that they had to change the premise of the show half-way through, because they didn't want to embarrass him.

I had no idea that Kristen Wiig was one of the actors on that show.

Loved The Joe Schmo Show. The producers could not have picked a sweeter guy in Matt Kennedy Gould.

I always say "what is going on?" like he does during the reveal.

James Marsden is so funny playing himself as a smug douche.

If I was cast in a “documentary” show, I think I would know it was suspect. They were fortunate to find someone who is not suspicious of such things.

I just started (and finished) watching it last week. What a great premise. And it was really funny watching Ronald's reactions to all the craziness that was going on!

Ronald and some members of the cast are on Cameo.

I LOVE THIS SHOW! Too funny. They are all so good and how they keep from cracking up is amazing. The guy playing the judge is perfection.

James Marsden seems like a nice guy who clearly can poke fun at himself. He makes big bucks on the superhero movies, and it says a lot that he'd take a month to help out on this obviously low-budget labor of love on an obscure streaming network.

[quote] I have a meeting with with this guy. Try and think about, like, a big time director that may be has been somewhat problematic and hasn’t been #MeTooed yet

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R20 OF COURSE, you do. You get a gay vibe from a rock. Aliens from different galaxies can see that this guy's straight.

I love the show. I immediately recognized three of the jurors, the bailiff AND Jacquise aka Jacqueline. It's good they decided to go with a young person because he probably hasn't seen anything they've starred in.

I recognise the racist juror from The Sex Lives of College Girls.

It was very entertaining.

Jacquiline of Cinnamon & Sparrow

That's JACKWEE to you, R39.

I immediately recognized the Prosecuting Attorney.

Listen, I didn't mind being an alternate but now we got defecation. There's a lady named Jacquis. I am in it.

I wonder if they were smart enough to do what the Joe Shcmo show did, which was to film multiple seasons before the first season aired so they could get at least one additional season out of this.

R41 She was in the Grand Theft Auto episode of SVU playing a teen. I saw it last week! But didn’t recognise her.

The old biddie who said jury just just wasn’t her thing was in a bunch of shows too.

I just finished binge watching the whole series. It was great and I want to know if Ronald really got $100,000 or if that was part of the ruse. He is such a sweetheart. And now I love James Marsden (and his giant turd).

He got it for real. Such a good hearted mench.

I enjoyed the scene when James Marsden became hysterical because of losing a role --- especially if it has to Chris Pine! I always thought the two of them were interchangeable. Now I love James Marsden and want to see him succeed in whatever he does. He was great at improv and had no problem making fun or himself. Great guy.

Ronald gladden HAS to be in on it. How did the "actors" rehearse their scenes without? They have rehearse this stuff. Camera angles, retakes....NO WAY he doesn't know. Who would actually BUY IT that he doesn't??? IT's a gimick

Pleaseeeeeeee like they didn't have to do retakes. Have you ever worked on a show? If you have you would know there is no way that the shoot would go that perfect that ronald wouldn't figure it out. You mean to tell all the actors were doing their fake lines in perfect one take? NOPE

i'm on the second episode ,. I love, love, love, the show, but who in their right mind would actually believe Ronald Gladden isn't in on it? That being said he deserves every award. He's playing a guy who is being pranked , but is actually in on the joke and he hits every note.

I really enjoyed this, I actually teared up when the judge summarized all the ways he showed compassion and character. And James Marsden is still hot AF.

Please remember: Ronald applied for -- and thinks he's part of -- a DOCUMENTARY about jury duty. That's why he wouldn't think any type of camera work or editing would be strange. He doesn't know it's a fake but he does know it's a documentary.

James Marsten made a HUGE doo doo. It was stinky.

Ronald is such a cutie, and some of his reactions are priceless!

I wanna see Ronald rub one out.

Ronald has pee colored teeth. Otherwise he’s perfect.

Ronald gets an agent

And retakes and flubbed lines would be part of a documentary now, R52?

It's reality TV....Flubbed lines can easily be re-recorded later or reshot in closeup after Ronald left for the day. Otherwise, it would be like in real life, someone says something, and repeats it. They would just cut the first time it is said.

I am betting we see Ronald present an Emmy at this year's ceremony.

R60 That would be great!

The actor who played “Todd” deserves all the awards

I suspect the whole thing is scripted

bump

The final episode explains how the show was pulled off. Hidden cameras and ad-lib from a talented group of actors. It also shows how they were able to rehearse while Ronald was in his hotel room.

i wish we could skip to the time when Ronald decides to cash in on an onlyfans. I would definitely pay to watch him fuck.

This was also the conceit of the early aughts Joe Schmoe. A sendoff on reality shows where the entire cast, including a pre-SNL Kristen Wiig, was actors, with exception of the perfectly cast mark.

I enjoyed Joe Schmo, but Jury Duty pulls it off better. The Joe Schmo scenario was more absurd and the regular guy wasn't nearly as charming as Ronald.

Ok so i said before i didn't believe he wasn't in on it. I've changed my mind a bit as he has said that he did question it many times but then they would pull way back. BUT i have a big question. In an interview James Marsden said the cast besides Ronald would arrive at the courthouse an hour before him to rehearse. SO HOW did they explain that to Ronald since they were all staying at the same hotel in the Valley? They couldn't go back. The motel was in the SF Valley and the courthouse was downtown. Anyone have an answers?

The motel was in Studio City, the Courthouse was in Huntington Park, about a 30 minute drive apart.

Not all of the cast was staying at the motel. The majority of the jurors were supposedly at another motel, but in actuality, the actors were just commuting from home. Ronald only had to ride in with 3 other jurors. Rehearsals could have happened without them.

R70 RIGHT? I mean...not sure that's why the logistics are so hard to understand. This was a major production with tons of professionals, not some local college show. Ronald is young, dumb, and full of cum--meaning naive, not unintelligent-- and probably easily distracted. Those actors are so good and EACH had a distinct personality. So either one of them could throw him off if he got suspicious.

Also? Nothing really out of the ordinary happened besides some of the shit the defendant pulled. Y'all are so cynical. JEEZ

R69 they explained on the last show that an actual individual “sequester” was part of the show. So while Ronald thought each juror was being privately sequestered in their hotel room, he was the only one. They is how they were able to keep him separated from everyone else when they needed to.

And anyone else notice that quick clip during one of the shows of Marsden with his legs over his head seemingly trying to explain to another juror how to suck your own dick?

I don’t know why the most laugh out loud moment for me out of the entire show was the defendant attorney’s glitchy video clip. It was just so absurd and perfect.

And I loved how some of the actor’s playing legal parts had actual law backgrounds. It wasn’t exactly clear to me, but was the judge EVEN an actor at all?

The actor playing the judge is the father of Ike and Jon Barinholtz.

Lost my shit over this show. So funny and James Marsden stealing scenes when each scene was amazing in itself. The nude sketching with hairy bush, the fake poop, the way the girl showed her saggy tits and wanted to fuck the guy who has a “cheating” girlfriend, the innocence of Ronald and how he showed compassion, leadership and empathy to the antics of the others. Brilliant show!

R73 The judge is Ike Barinholtz's father!

So if the “Hero” (what the script calls Ronald) turned out to be an asshole, would they just call it off and recast with a new hero?

I think they would have just removed the entire hero speech at the end and everything else would have been pretty much the same.

He would never have been an asshole. They no doubt did extensive interviewing and psychological tests on all the people who applied for that position. They hand selected someone who met the criteria they were obviously looking for.

Including: Adorbs!

He is definitely a cutie. Reminds me of my first boyfriend.

You can tell just by the way he leaned up against that door jamb that he's confident in putting on the right moves.

Just finished it. Loved it so much,

And as a lawyer who works in a courthouse every day, that show was more accurate than 99% of the legal shows on television.

Gem of a show.

Ronald seemed a little douchbro-y but genuinely kind.

Ronald seems gay

I just realized the shirtless guy with the boner is model Tyler Lough, who is Marsden’s personal trainer.

I loved this series!! Especially Officer Nikki Wilder and the Judge.

The judge was amazing.

R85, Ronald didn't seem gay at all. More DL wishful thinking.

Thanks OP. Checking it out!

I didn't pay much attention to the show, just had it on playing in the background while doing other things. so I didn't see it but viewers are claiming there's a scene where Ron shows a visible (and big) bulge. Anyone else catch it?

[quote] Please remember: Ronald applied for -- and thinks he's part of -- a DOCUMENTARY about jury duty

He applied for a docmentary, but how did they exdplain how he he get "selected" for jury duty?

Has he opened onlyfans yet?

R92 The documentary was ABOUT jury duty.

R92 The producers of the documentary interviewed many applicants and selected Ronald. He must have had all the qualities they were looking for.

Understood, R94, but how did they explain how they got him on an actual jury (albeit a fake one)? Did they tell him the documentary crew had a special deal with the court to allow him to enter the jury pool? Most people expect to get a summons to report to a jury. Was this addressed on the show at all?

R96 It's a fake documentary. A show. That's all it is. You are over-thinking it.

{r70}I'm still confused as to how he got to the courthouse BY himself. In another recent interview Marsden said they would all get to the courthouse 1 1/2 hours before ronald. So they all drove to the motel (the ones staying there) and NO one went with him in the am?

They were sequestered in their rooms r98. So they would probably drive to the courthouse to rehearse. Then the people “staying at the hotel” with Ronald would go there to be “picked up with him” at the hotel, as if they were staying there.

The sequestering in their rooms - meaning you couldn’t leave at certain times - is how they got around a lot of things that need to be done without Ronald knowing.

I’m confused: can the people in the teevee see me? How did the people in the teevee get in the gosh darn teevee anyhow?

R100 Marry me!

There's an interview of Ronald going around where he talks about the difficult time he had after filming. He was paranoid and wondered if there were still cameras filming him that he wasn't aware of. He said he got through it though because James was such a good guy that he kept in touch with Ronald after, and that he would call Marsden whenever he needed to be talked through it.

I am surety 100K helped too R102. I was so relieved when they gave him that because I was dreading the reveal the entire series. But I mean, who, what a brain fuck. Imagine you are just living your life, really investing in it, and you find out it's been all fake and everyone has been watching JUST you. You don't know what's real anymore.

I want Giant Ross to bend me over, call me Sonya, and have his manly way with me.

Oh, the show is amazing and easily my favorite of the year.

R102 Adding unasked for celebrity to the equation is also something he's going to learn about soon. The $100k sounds like a lot but he was already making an awesome living. Even though it looks like he's pursuing entertainment work, it happened by accident. He didn't ask for people to want to come up to him and give him attention for the rest of his life.

I had missed the info that he was having this stress after filming, thx for mentioning.

[quote] He didn't ask for people to want to come up to him and give him attention for the rest of his life.

R105 For the rest of his life? Your larger point about unrequested celebrity is a good one, but let's see how successful Ronald is at his entertainment work prospects before presuming he'll irrevocably be widely recognized public figure for the rest of his life. For example, there are plenty of people who've been cast in reality shows before and slip right off the public's radar not long after.

I finished the show 2 weeks ago and I would not recognize Ronald walking down the street.

Yes, and you keep introducing yourself to the lady in the mirror, Rose.

R106 Jury Duty is different than the average reality show--he's not a contestant on season 14 of The Bachelor. And he's a tall, tall dude so he stands out anywhere he goes. Maybe not the rest of his life--but 5-10 years of unwanted attention can fuck with someone's head too

I just started watching this and the guy 100% knows it’s all fake and is in on it. You can see it from orbit.

He was supposedly told that he was participating in a documentary and had answered a Craigslist ad? Seriously? How does that put you on a jury?

R110 The ad was to find people who were willing to be in a documentary ABOUT jury duty.

You dont think it adds up. But people who answered the ad, showed up, and went through a few rounds of interviews didn't question it.

Any chances James Marsden will get an Emmy nomination?

He should. Unless he really is a douche and wasn't acting like one.

I loved every bit of it, such a great show. I was confused about them explaining the lunch, they had to eat twice? Why was that?

I was a hard one to wrap my head around too, R115. But I think it had something to do with cast lunch for front-of-camera crew and cast, and actual lunch for the behind the scenes crew? I think that's what I landed on to not obsess and move on.

R115 there are Union Rules for when actors and crew have to be fed. They are very specific to the number of hours worked that day. If the crew has worked for four hours, union rules dictate that they must have lunch at a specific time. So the actors would be rehearsing a scene where they were going to be eating lunch but during that time they would run into the Union rule that required them to stop for an actual lunch. So they would eat lunch at the Union Time, and then bring Ronald onto set where they would have to pretend to eat lunch again.

R13, I recently bought a complete drum kit from Craigslist.

I really enjoyed this show.

They should do a version set in a jail.

Tre is apparently losing her shit because fans ere saying that Melissa ate her up in Pt 1 of the Reunion.

The clips for next week's reunion show Tre saying that she believes Melissa was involved with her IRS trouble and that she has proof because Jaqueline Laurita told her so. Melissa laughs and says that she finds it funny that all of a sudden Tre trusts Laurita consering Laurita was texting Jackie a month before Tre made nice with her. Melissa whips out a copy of the texts and Laurita reads Tre to filfth calling her stupid, a plastic surgery freak, and trashy.

All the ladies act shocked and Dolores says something like, "You're done, Melissa... Jaqueline is going to destroy you for that."

Why are they so scared of Laurita?

Wrong thread! Sorry!

R120 😂😂😂

r120 I was wondering! I thought you'd gone off your meds.

Did they send him a fake jury notice? Did the rent an empty courthouse? Did they hire fake bailiffs? Was there a fake jury pool?

What’s was the set-up that wouldn’t otherwise be obvious to anyone?

R124, it seems simple enough.

They probably placed an AD in Craigslist asking for people to apply to be on a Jury. Whoever applied, if selected to go in for an interview was probably told that because this was a special circumstance they were being given permission to circumvent the normal process, or because they applied to be on a jury, they didn't need to receive a summons, because they has already essentially volunteered.

I don't know if they ever explained on the show what excuse was given for the cameras, but I would guess they were told because it was the Judge's last case, he was prominent Judge and they were filming a documentary on it.

They held the trial, and probably the auditions, at a real Courthouse, so a lot of people would probably never question any of the process.

So the found one of the stupidest men alive .

Understood. Thanks

You're welcome.

r126 I wonder how old you are.

Why?

Do you think age is relevant to having even the most basic information or understanding about the court system in this country, much less the jury selection process? Even Britany Spears off her meds would not fall that half-ass scenario.

Did you watch the show, R130?

Clearly not. That’s why I asked about the setup. If it is satire, fine—tell me that. If it wasn’t, then some incredibly stupid people were use. That is all.

No one in that guy's position would've been able to figure out that the documentary, the case, and everyone involved was an actor, especially since they were in such a controlled environment like jury sequestration. I was dubious at the start and only watched it for James Marsden, but I was surprised at how well it all worked and how meticulous everything was behind the scenes to keep the charade going. Imagine a really big con-job.

"Do you think age is relevant to having even the most basic information or understanding about the court system in this country"

YES. Any older person has a basic idea how jury duty works because they have dealt with it themselves, had family, friends and co-workers who dealt with it. Meanwhile your average American can't name a single member of the supreme court or all three branches of government (and when its a white guy who is VP, about 1/3 can't name him either, I'll guess Kamala is better known because of her novelty as 1st woman).

Over 3k people applied via craigslist and possibly some other sites. I'm sure there were some questions early on that asked if the subject had family members or close friends who were attorneys or involved in the court system. Those candidates would have been disqualified.

Your second para made a great argument in support of my earlier post about the stupidity of those ‘selected.’ Many thanks. I’ll give you a WW for your approval of my prior thoughts on this topic.

Your first para, as well, for that matter.

R134 thinks no one under 50 ever watch a crime drama or legal show on tv, or ever saw a courtroom drama on screen, or ever saw a jury notice in their mailbox.