# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4308
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Just finished ‘Jury Duty’, a limited series on FreeVee. It’s a mockumentary about a fake trial where everybody is an actor except for one regular citizen ‘juror’ who thinks it’s all real. The jurors are sequestered, providing a lot of opportunities to interact with the unknowing guy, and a lot of situations are engineered to try to make him (at least mildly) angry or uncomfortable. So it’s basically a huge elaborate prank that could have been a cringe-fest, but it walks a fine line and it’s actually very funny and even kind of sweet. James Marsden, the only recognizable actor on the show, is hilarious as a douchey version of himself, who’s an alternate juror. The unknowing ‘mark’, Ronald Gladden, is a big part of what makes it work-- he handles all the weirdness with a lot of positivity and charm, and actually does a great job when he’s appointed jury foreman by the ‘judge’. Here’s an old thread I found on the show-- I almost posted to that thread, but the last post is a year old, so I thought I’d leave the sleeping zombie in peace: > [@Jury Duty TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-tv-show/982761): > > We just started watching this very clever and funny TV mockumentary. It’s free to stream on FreeVee. [Jury Duty | All-New Series | Coming April 7 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2bnYkvjdD0) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108)._