Jury Duty
Ineffective Assistance
TV Flash files “Ineffective Assistance” as hour 5 of 8 in the TV Flash guide — Jury Duty (2023) on Amazon Freevee, season 1, episode 5, aired 2023-04-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 8 in the Jury Duty guide, hour 5 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2023-04-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Field Trip” (S01E04). Next is “Closing Arguments” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Things go from bad to worse for the defendant.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ineffective Assistance sit in the Jury Duty guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 8 — hour 5 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Jury Duty S01E05 air?
Ineffective Assistance aired 2023-04-14 and is listed at 30 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…