#Jury Duty

[ryfkah]

now that my jury duty is over and i can legally talk about my jury duty, a short list of things that i have learned about jury duty:

when the judge wants to sidebar with the lawyers they turn on a static noise machine for the jury. this is very like the experience of being trapped inside a television

sometimes they load the entire court -- judge, lawyers, court reporters, jury, etc. -- onto a bus and take you all on a little field trip to see a crime scene. this is very like the experience of being in elementary school

when you are on a jury field trip you May Not share a seat, you May Not speak, and you May Not look at anything you have not been officially told you can look at. this is very like the experience of being trapped inside a point-and-click adventure except that instead of being limited in your investigation by the constraints of the game mechanics, you are instead limited in your investigation by the court officers herding you around like ducks with their long wooden Official Court Staffs

no matter how much an FBI agent may encourage the court to call him kevin, the court will not call him kevin

[kensatou]

"yeah, i'd say being an alternate, i feel... marginalised"

james marsden as "james marsden"; ishmel sahid as lonnie colman | JURY DUTY (2023)

[kaxen]

I have a sudden burst of curiosity because the US Government is bullying me.

[animusrox]

JURY DUTY (2023-) 1x05 “Ineffective Assistance”

[mythicalthing]

Inspired by my friend and I discussing how she's been summoned 4 times and I never have.

*NOTE* OP is American. In the US, jury duty is legally required if you are selected, but there are exemptions and ways to be excused from it.

[savagegood]

“We put you in an adjoining hotel room with Todd, whose odd demeanor and obsession with body parts were specifically intended to frighten you. But you didn’t shut him out. You welcomed him into your room, and into your non-optimally designed heart.”

jury duty, the show where everyone except one person - noted sweetheart ronald gladden - is really an actor (full clip of the chair pants/chants episode here)

[milfchellepfeiffer]

[assiraphales]

jury duty is such an insane concept for a show bc the creators really said “it’s a week (plus) long improvisation project filmed like a documentary based around a fake court room. james marsden is there & his role is to be as douchey as possible. the twist????? one single man is completely unaware that it’s a fake trial. truman show with a sprinkle of psychological warfare”

[mouseshouses]

The jury

[fcntasmas]

if you were going to tell me i would be in tears at the end of an eight-episode mockumentary on fucking freevee because not only did they manage to find one of the most genuine men on the planet earth to be part of their entirely-staged story, but because every single actor who got to know him longer than we did at the end said full-stop they’d fallen in love with him and were so happy to be his friend and had so much fun with him and because everyone acknowledged that he just went above and beyond time and time again every time he was faced with a moral or ethical dilemma and proved people ARE inherently good actually!!!

i wouldn’t believe you and yet. here we are

[demon4dilfs]

[kensatou]

“these are chair pants, or chants…” WHOLESOME ;______; (everyone in this show is an actor except for ronald, the guy in blue, who thinks he’s in a documentary about jury duty)

also this interview with the director:

[i-just-want-to-destroy]

james marsden is so good in this and the guy who got truman-ed got me crying

[animusrox]

MY TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF 2023

The Bear

Reservation Dogs

Barry

Beef

Jury Duty

The Last of Us

Telemarketers

Black Mirror

The Curse

Gen V

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Things you need for Jury Duty they don't tell you that you need

Your Jury Badge

Transportation

Paper- lined paper is better.

Pen

Food- including snacks and Lunch so you don't pay for food when you're there. (Don't forget utensils)

Soap/hand sanitizer- 'cause the bathroom sometimes runs out.

Entertainment of some sort- It's going to take a while.

Charger/wires for your phone- The first time I went, my phone almost died, making me freak out that I couldn't navigate back home. Back up battery charger too is great since sometimes the provided plugs don't work.

Prepared exemption- But by the time you're called to trial, it'll be difficult. If you have a legit excuse, including medical, it's better to attempt to strike yourself off the roles early rather than later and talk to the expert involved that it is extremely hard to get out of jury duty. Ideally, you should have this printed and stapled to your own letter.

I am not advocating for any way striking yourself off of jury duty and I know it's difficult, but if you have no legit reason to strike yourself off, it's better to put up with the boredom.