# Jury Duty (2023)

> An unwitting man serves on a jury that turns out to be an elaborate fake, with every other juror and the courtroom staff acting out a carefully planned case around him.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/141309

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 29 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
- Network: Amazon Freevee
- Cast: Ronald Gladden, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Mekki Leeper, Kirk Fox, David Brown, Pramod Kumar, Susan James Berger
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22074164/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: deadpan, awkward, earnest, absurd, warm

## What critics say

Audience reception is acclaimed, with viewers praising the clever hidden-camera premise and the committed performances of the cast playing jurors.

## Synopsis

Jury Duty (2023) is a American mockumentary comedy series created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky for Amazon Freevee. Ronald Gladden plays himself as an earnest juror who is selected for a civil trial and takes his civic responsibility very seriously, unaware that every other juror, the lawyers, the judge and the courtroom staff are actors following a carefully planned script. James Marsden appears as a fellow juror, and Edy Modica, Mekki Leeper and Pramod Kumar round out the ensemble of performers who shape the case around him. The engine of the show is watching Gladden form opinions, navigate deliberation rooms, and react to escalating staged developments both inside the courthouse and outside it. Each of the eight half-hour episodes builds in comic momentum as the fabricated trial grows stranger, giving the format the feel of a single continuing hidden camera experiment. The tone is deadpan and warm, with awkward silences and sincere earnestness carrying most of the laughs. Fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office and Impractical Jokers will find resonance in its blend of cringe humor, improvised social friction and the mockumentary eye that makes ordinary civic life feel like theater.

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