Jury Duty on Prime

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Anonymous wrote:In the end I hated the premise. Because here was a decent person who really connected with the other people, went the extra step to be kind and believed in the justice of the case, yet at the end, this was one big Gotcha! You could hear the disappointment as Ronald asked the others about themselves just to find out every thing was a lie. And everyone behind the scenes laughing it up like, ain't this great? Well, no, it wasn't. This wasn't a couple of days or even a week. I read the shoot was 17 days.

It felt like they invested too much of Ronald's time, and frankly everyone else's, just to prank a random person. I would not have found $100,000 worth losing that much of my life being manipulated for public amusement, but I'm really touchy.

That's why they picked him - he's not touchy. He's an easy-going guy who tries to do the right thing in whatever situation he's in. They had mental health people watching, ready to shut it down if they felt anything was going too far. At the end of the show they said he's stayed friends with the other people (actors) he met, and showed pics of them hanging out. Now he's in a cell phone commercial with Ryan Reynolds and being repped by a talent agency. What was his prior occupation? We don't know, but something where he had enough time to VOLUNTEER for jury duty - so possibly unemployed. Not too shabby for Ronald. Not too shabby at all.

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Anonymous wrote:In the end I hated the premise. Because here was a decent person who really connected with the other people, went the extra step to be kind and believed in the justice of the case, yet at the end, this was one big Gotcha! You could hear the disappointment as Ronald asked the others about themselves just to find out every thing was a lie. And everyone behind the scenes laughing it up like, ain't this great? Well, no, it wasn't. This wasn't a couple of days or even a week. I read the shoot was 17 days.

It felt like they invested too much of Ronald's time, and frankly everyone else's, just to prank a random person. I would not have found $100,000 worth losing that much of my life being manipulated for public amusement, but I'm really touchy.

That's why they picked him - he's not touchy. He's an easy-going guy who tries to do the right thing in whatever situation he's in. They had mental health people watching, ready to shut it down if they felt anything was going too far. At the end of the show they said he's stayed friends with the other people (actors) he met, and showed pics of them hanging out. Now he's in a cell phone commercial with Ryan Reynolds and being repped by a talent agency. What was his prior occupation? We don't know, but something where he had enough time to VOLUNTEER for jury duty - so possibly unemployed. Not too shabby for Ronald. Not too shabby at all.

He said he was unemployed at the time he applied.

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Anonymous wrote:Watched this weekend and loved it. Ronald showing that one guy "A Bug's Life" healed my faith in people a little bit.

I loved this moment! Just saw that episode.

I'm not fully buying that he is not in on it being a show, though. He must know, right?

Have they ever shown how they are explaining to the group why there are so many interviews? Like asking jurors how they felt? Not normal. And all the cameras around? A normal court case would not have such a huge film crew around all the time.

So far there are definitely entertaining moments and then there are moments that feel like actual jury duty

I watched some of a post show interview he did. He answered a Craigslist ad looking for somebody to be part of a documentary about jury duty, so he knew there would be some cameras and interviews. And one of the stipulations of participation what that he had never had real jury duty so he didn't know how different of an experience this really is.

I wish they explained that in the beginning, that he knew he would be on a show, but that he thought it was a regular "now we learn about jury duty" show with other regular people. It would have made it less distracting trying to figure out how he didn't know if they explained more clearly what he was led to believe.

In real life would they ever sequester jurors and take their access to media just because of a high profile juror? Or ever on such a low profile case?

I thought they explained in ep1 that he knew he was filming a documentary on jury duty? I swear that was covered.

Ep8 is when the real details come out.

Speaking if for anyone that hasn’t finished and likes to hit the skip intro option - don’t do that for ep8.

I've only watched the first two episodes, and they explained it very slightly, but what, a craigslist ad that says "hey, have you been called for jury duty?" He has to answer the ad AND have been called for jury duty? That's the part I'm not understanding. And everyone in that room also answered a craigslist ad? I don't get it.

PP here, meaning the premise for Ron is that everyone in that room had answered a craiglist ad, not that they actually did.

In California you can volunteer for jury duty.

Ahhh, OK, this makes way more sense now. Thank you.

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I saw that Ron had been a project manager and his job was about to end. Now, he has $100k... He said he paid off college loans and seeks more acting kids. Nice!

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Was James Marsten behind the production of this?

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Anonymous wrote:Watched this weekend and loved it. Ronald showing that one guy "A Bug's Life" healed my faith in people a little bit.

I loved this moment! Just saw that episode.

I'm not fully buying that he is not in on it being a show, though. He must know, right?

Have they ever shown how they are explaining to the group why there are so many interviews? Like asking jurors how they felt? Not normal. And all the cameras around? A normal court case would not have such a huge film crew around all the time.

So far there are definitely entertaining moments and then there are moments that feel like actual jury duty

I watched some of a post show interview he did. He answered a Craigslist ad looking for somebody to be part of a documentary about jury duty, so he knew there would be some cameras and interviews. And one of the stipulations of participation what that he had never had real jury duty so he didn't know how different of an experience this really is.

I wish they explained that in the beginning, that he knew he would be on a show, but that he thought it was a regular "now we learn about jury duty" show with other regular people. It would have made it less distracting trying to figure out how he didn't know if they explained more clearly what he was led to believe.

In real life would they ever sequester jurors and take their access to media just because of a high profile juror? Or ever on such a low profile case?

I thought they explained in ep1 that he knew he was filming a documentary on jury duty? I swear that was covered.

Ep8 is when the real details come out.

Speaking if for anyone that hasn’t finished and likes to hit the skip intro option - don’t do that for ep8.

I've only watched the first two episodes, and they explained it very slightly, but what, a craigslist ad that says "hey, have you been called for jury duty?" He has to answer the ad AND have been called for jury duty? That's the part I'm not understanding. And everyone in that room also answered a craigslist ad? I don't get it.

PP here, meaning the premise for Ron is that everyone in that room had answered a craiglist ad, not that they actually did.

Yes I think that's right. It would have been better if they made it explicitly clear what he thought he signed up for and explained that you could volunteer for jury duty rather than him answering an ad and then also getting summoned, which is what confused me.

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Love this show. Love Ronald!

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Anonymous wrote:In the end I hated the premise. Because here was a decent person who really connected with the other people, went the extra step to be kind and believed in the justice of the case, yet at the end, this was one big Gotcha! You could hear the disappointment as Ronald asked the others about themselves just to find out every thing was a lie. And everyone behind the scenes laughing it up like, ain't this great? Well, no, it wasn't. This wasn't a couple of days or even a week. I read the shoot was 17 days.

It felt like they invested too much of Ronald's time, and frankly everyone else's, just to prank a random person. I would not have found $100,000 worth losing that much of my life being manipulated for public amusement, but I'm really touchy.

That's why they picked him - he's not touchy. He's an easy-going guy who tries to do the right thing in whatever situation he's in. They had mental health people watching, ready to shut it down if they felt anything was going too far. At the end of the show they said he's stayed friends with the other people (actors) he met, and showed pics of them hanging out. Now he's in a cell phone commercial with Ryan Reynolds and being repped by a talent agency. What was his prior occupation? We don't know, but something where he had enough time to VOLUNTEER for jury duty - so possibly unemployed. Not too shabby for Ronald. Not too shabby at all.

There were so many funny characters but I just loved James Marsden as the over the top actor. I still LOL when I think about his line in the hallway on the phone to his agent: WHICH CHRIS?!

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Anonymous wrote:Love this show. Love Ronald!

LOVED IT.

I got teary at the end. In many ways, this is my worst fear. I walk through life at times thinking everyone is on some joke and I'm the butt of it. For them to do this the way they did, they truly made him the hero and NOT the butt of the joke. They were clearly all rooting for him and I loved what the judge said - he was truly the straight man all the way, the level head, handled all the curveballs, and treated everyone with compassion.

Did anyone see the Ryan Reynolds Mint Mobile commercial with Ryan and Ronald? hilarious!!!

This show was truly heartwarming.

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Anonymous wrote:Watched this weekend and loved it. Ronald showing that one guy "A Bug's Life" healed my faith in people a little bit.

I loved this moment! Just saw that episode.

I'm not fully buying that he is not in on it being a show, though. He must know, right?

Have they ever shown how they are explaining to the group why there are so many interviews? Like asking jurors how they felt? Not normal. And all the cameras around? A normal court case would not have such a huge film crew around all the time.

So far there are definitely entertaining moments and then there are moments that feel like actual jury duty

I watched some of a post show interview he did. He answered a Craigslist ad looking for somebody to be part of a documentary about jury duty, so he knew there would be some cameras and interviews. And one of the stipulations of participation what that he had never had real jury duty so he didn't know how different of an experience this really is.

I wonder how they knew he didn’t lie about having never been on a jury duty. I do a lot of focus groups and there’s no way for them to check I think

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Anonymous wrote:In the end I hated the premise. Because here was a decent person who really connected with the other people, went the extra step to be kind and believed in the justice of the case, yet at the end, this was one big Gotcha! You could hear the disappointment as Ronald asked the others about themselves just to find out every thing was a lie. And everyone behind the scenes laughing it up like, ain't this great? Well, no, it wasn't. This wasn't a couple of days or even a week. I read the shoot was 17 days.

It felt like they invested too much of Ronald's time, and frankly everyone else's, just to prank a random person. I would not have found $100,000 worth losing that much of my life being manipulated for public amusement, but I'm really touchy.

Granted I am poor but I would totally do it for $100k!

[Anonymous]

I really wanted to like this show but couldn’t get into it.

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I loved this show! I just finished it. I really loved Ronald and I am glad he walked away with a good experience.

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I haven’t laughed so hard at a show in a long time. The chair pants!! It was so ridiculous. James Marsden was terrific.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t laughed so hard at a show in a long time. The chair pants!! It was so ridiculous. James Marsden was terrific.

+1 I loved all the performances. I keep wishing I could watch the show again for the first time.