[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers about Jury Duty.]In all honesty, Jury Duty never should have worked.
The documentary-style comedy series chronicling the inner workings of an American jury trial was actually entirely fake, with only one particular juror, Ronald Gladden, not let in on the joke.
Everyone around him, including the other jurors, the judge, the lawyers, and even James Marsden, there to participate in his civic duties, were acting both inside and outside the courtroom in carefully planned and orchestrated moments.
At any point in time, Gladden could have unraveled it all, but instead, his nice-guy nature led to some magical moments that were truly TV gold, eventually garnering them four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
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