Slight spoilers: The judge reaches a verdict in episode 8 that brought me to tears in more ways than one. The pressure of the judicial system is enough to keep the unknowing target focused on serving his civil duty, much to our delight. Eisenberg, Stupnitsky, Szymanski, and their team of on-the-fly writers constantly bring Jury Duty to that edge of zaniness without tipping off Ronald and blowing their cover. As foreperson, it’s up to Ronald to make sure his fellow juror’s “chair pants,” a homemade invention that attaches chair legs to pants, don’t disrupt the trial, and figure out a way for his group’s religious member to have sexual intercourse without breaking his premarital vows (it involves a loophole called “soaking,” which we will not attempt to describe).
BURN NOTICE CAST SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 TRIAL
Across the eight episodes, Ronald winds up sitting on a ludicrous civil trial involving a disgruntled worker at a Goop-like company, sequestering at a hotel with his fellow jury members (all of whom are secretly comedians), and spending an inordinate amount of time with James Marsden, who plays a fame-crazed version of himself. And by god, the genial gig worker is exactly that. At the center of the series is Ronald Gladden, a non-actor who doesn’t realize he is in a sitcom and just wants to be the best damn juror he can possibly be. The idea of a jury-duty-themed mockumentary might have worked on its own, but the writing duo’s show goes the extra mile to create spontaneity. Who expected the best new sitcom of 2023 to air on Freevee, the free-with-ads streaming service formerly known as IMDbTV that now lives within Amazon Prime Video? Neither did we, but Jury Duty, created by The Office vets Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Jake Szymanski ( 7 Days in Hell), is the real deal: hilarious, sweet, and enough of a concept to bring the unexpected with each half-hour episode. Cast: Ronald Gladden, James Marsden, Alan Barinholtz
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