Mini-Review: Jury Duty

It has been a very long week, and while I want to review "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse," I want to give it the proper attention so a full review will come later. I finished "Jury Duty" on Amazon Freevee (their ad-supported streaming service) this week.

The basic premise is that a man named Ronald is selected to serve on a jury. The case is not real, and everyone involved is an actor except Ronald.

The jury is populated with oddball characters. To begin to describe, some of them would get wordy and spoil some of the hilarious moments in the show. Actor James Marsden is there too, playing an exaggerated version of himself.

The real star of the show is Ronald. The producers set up so many crazy scenarios and have the other jury members do and say some completely absurd things, but all through it, Ronald takes it in stride. He helps Marsden run lines for a (fake) movie he is auditioning for; he helps a fellow juror out with a crush. He takes his job as a foreman seriously, even though he doesn't want the job.

Sometimes shows like this can be mean-spirited, but the final episode of this show can restore your faith in humanity. A lot of the things I watch are not for everybody. My media diet consists primarily of sci-fi, comic book, or horror. "Jury Duty" doesn't fall into those categories and if you can get past the odder elements, it is an easy show to enjoy.

"Jury Duty" is currently on Amazon Freevee