Jury Duty
Opening Arguments
TV Flash files “Opening Arguments” as a desk essential hour — Jury Duty (2023) on Amazon Freevee, season 1, episode 2, aired 2023-04-07, 29 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 8 in the Jury Duty guide, hour 2 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2023-04-07 (29 min). The listed hour before it is “Voir Dire” (S01E01). Next is “Foreperson” (S01E03).
Essential hour: “Opening Arguments”. Opening Arguments as the second-hour sell: reality-comedy still refusing mean-spirited prank grammar, the fake trial already a workplace sitcom.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ronald and other jurors move into their hotel and adjust to sequestered life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Opening Arguments sit in the Jury Duty guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 8 — hour 2 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Jury Duty S01E02 air?
Opening Arguments aired 2023-04-07 and is listed at 29 minutes.
Is Ronald Gladden an actor?
No. He is a real person who did not know the trial was staged. The long-form fake environment is built around one genuine participant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch a reality-comedy hybrid that is genuinely sweet without going soft-brained: Ronald Gladden, a real juror, inside a fake trial. James Marsden plays a heightened version of himself. Kindness as hidden-camera art — Gladden is a star by being himself; Marsden is a riot by being "himself."
The silhouette is a real face in a fake room. Ronald Gladden, unsuspecting, serves on a jury that is secretly an elaborate production — everyone else an actor, including a meta James Marsden playing a heightened version of himself. Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, and Cody Heller's Amazon Freevee series premiered April 2023 and made Gladden's decency the twist. A full fake trial and jury experience built around one unknowing participant. Kindness as hidden-camera art without pure cruelty as the joke. The verdict…
Filed against
- Ronald Gladden as Ronald Gladden
Ronald Gladden starred as Ronald Gladden on Jury Duty — a real juror inside a fake trial, reality-comedy hybrid that stays sweet without going soft-brained, James Marsden as a heightened version of himself. Kindness as hidden-camera art.…
- James Marsden as James Marsden
James Marsden’s Teddy Flood made Westworld a host with a cowboy’s smile and a rewrite underneath — 2010s catalog android park, timelines as blood sport, then Jury Duty stretching the movie-star face into a sweet reality-comedy hybrid. TV…