I mean except for the fact that he had to have known ahead of time that the sequestration order was not real. It would not be legal to give someone orders under the threat of arrest with an armed bailiff for contempt of court and tell them he has to sequester indefinitely. It's not legal to impersonate government officials. So he knew it wasn't a real jury trial from the start. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff he didn't know, but him pretending that he knew the judge was real or that that there was really a binding coercive order to be sequestered.... I mean I hate to be the one to break this to everybody but legally he would have had to agree to be sequestered far in advance. And they would have had to explain to him that these are not binding government orders or they literally would face kidnapping charges and millions of liabilities.
@@michaelcorcoran8768Except the show's creators have said in interviews that they chose from thousands of eventually narrowed down potential jurors before they settled on Ron. They had to pick someone who knew absolutely nothing about jury duty because this person hadn't done it before. At this point occam's razor says he did in fact think it was real, up until this point. Anything else is a stretch at best and a conspiracy theory at worst
Yeah that's why none of this is very believable. You can impersonate government officials and tell someone they have to give up their civil liberties as part of a sequestration under threat of arrest for contempt of court. Not to mention the courthouse they used has been inactive since 2013 and was used as a haunted house. He couldn't have signed anything with government letterhead. You can't legally pretend to be a government official, a judge an armed bailiff etc.... Would be kidnapping. Clearly agreed to a sequestration which means he knew ahead of time that this was fake. He might have not known exactly the details. Maybe he thought this with some kind of private mediation or something like other television court shows. Pretty absolutely had to have known that the courthouse was not real, that the sequestration order was not a binding order from the government.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 He didn't respond to a summons, he responded to a Craigslist add looking for people willing to do voluntary jury duty (allowed in CA) for a documentary. That means he did sign a contract which would have stipulated going along with all of these issues and they handled the legality of it through the guise of his participation in the documentary.
This show was the most fun and the most laughter I’ve had in a long time. And then the last episode was so emotional. Ronald is an amazing young man and deserves whatever goodness comes his way in life. ❤
He developed some paranoai after this. Understandably, "am I still being filmed". From an interview, it seems that James Marsden made sure to take care of him and reassure everything has ended. Hopefully he has adjusted back. I can't imagine what that feeling is like, but they couldn't have chosen a more pure hearted person.
I absolutely loved this show but felt oddly sorry for Ronald in this scene. Money for sure softens the blow, but damn I am way too paranoid with chronic trust issues to recover from this bombshell unscathed. It would totally f with me. He took it like a champ 😅what a gem of a human
It would definitely take time to recover. I worked for years as a private investigator and was hired to do surveillance on people. After a while I became paranoid that people were following ME in my daily life. It was only after I quit that job that I was able to gradually regain my sanity.
imagine you are hired by a consulting company to work on a contract position for a 6 week project. you wake up every morning go into the office, meet your teammates, meet the client, try to get the requirements correct, design the thing, build it... make something that you think will help someone... and then at the end of the project your manager says actually this isn't a real company, the client is not a real client, all of your coworkers are actors, the thing you designed and built will never be used... this was all just an elobrate experiment to see how you behave... would that be your reaction? It wouldn't be mine. I would be confused. I would be angry.
I feel like “but hey here is > a years wage and we’re gonna call you a hero on national tv” balances it out. Also it was jury duty not a job opportunity he did it not expecting much.
@@colesmith7754 i wasnt saying i was better then him. That is just what my reaction would be if this reality tv is real. I hope its not. I hope they clued him in.
@@6c83ff19fd they didn't. Listen to literally any of his podcast appearances. He was blindsided. And that's okay. Yes, this whole show is ethically questionable. It's also a brilliant piece of comedy. And Ron is a genuinely nice normal guy.
@@moviecontextyeah, I know there are many cameras all around, what I meant is that Ronald looks different in that scene. Hola hair and beard are totally different in each take. I can't be the only one who noticed.
@@enekaitzteixeira7010 For instante, at 1:00 his hair and beard are Styled very differently from the previous takes. Also, every other closeup compared to the rest of the shots where we see him from a distance are different. There are times where he seems very serious, almost angry, and then the same second he is almost smiling. I'm not saying the show was totally fake, but maybe they had to reshoot this. Perhaps he didnt take it so well the when it was first revealed to him this was a show
For instante, at 1:00 his hair and beard are Styled very differently from the previous takes. Also, every other closeup compared to the rest of the shots where we see him from a distance are different. There are times where he seems very serious, almost angry, and then the same second he is almost smiling. I'm not saying the show was totally fake, but maybe they had to reshoot this. Perhaps he didnt take it so well the when it was first revealed to him this was a show
@@whatchamacallit69i think it’s just the angle he’s at, cause his hair and beard look exactly the same to me… and I think his expressions kept changing because he didn’t know how he should react to what he was being told - i don’t necessarily think he was angry or anything, he was just processing the information
Sorry, but I would be hopping mad if I were in this situation. Taking all this time out to be part of the asinine reality show? As "entertainment"? We live in a world of A.I., in which no one trusts the news and no one trusts anything anyone says. Shows like this don't help.
It was filmed way earlier. They of course had to do a lot of editing, so at the time of filming, Covid was at it's (current) height. Also they kind of used Covid as an excuse some times, so they would pretend everyone had to stay in their hotel rooms, where Ronald actually stayed, while the others did some rehearsing.
@@nelevenchts Yea but the jury, judge, lawyers, etc. are not wearing them - it’s only the crew. How could they use Covid as an excuse if they’re exempt from them.
@UTuber461 you mean the crew behind the scenes? Could be any number of reasons. Could be workplace requirements from the production company, could be some municipal law.
Ronald is 100% an actor too, if you actually believe the premise of this show, you are incredibly naive. Just think about it, his lines and demeanor don't seem natural at all, let alone how unlikely it would be to risk the whole production on one person not being in on it. Face it, this was a standard mockumentary comedy with a far-fetched gimmick that you have to agree-to-pretend for you to fully enjoy.
I’m not going to get into why this is an absurd notion, but point out one key thing: If this wasn’t a real premise, they would NEVER have written Ronald to be such an incredibly good guy. They’d have written him to get upset, make fun of Todd, tell people off, etc. It would have been a totally different show. Because manufactured entertainment appeals to our negative reactions. Look at every other reality show. It’s about, oh my god, this person can’t cook, or who can screw people over to win a game, and so on. They invented the Todd character to creep him out and it went another way entirely because Ronald is a great human. There are lots of other examples, but my pizza is here.
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Ronald was amazingly kind, engaged, fair, fun, thoughtful, considerate and true to everyone. If that's not a hero I dont know what is.
I mean except for the fact that he had to have known ahead of time that the sequestration order was not real. It would not be legal to give someone orders under the threat of arrest with an armed bailiff for contempt of court and tell them he has to sequester indefinitely. It's not legal to impersonate government officials. So he knew it wasn't a real jury trial from the start. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff he didn't know, but him pretending that he knew the judge was real or that that there was really a binding coercive order to be sequestered.... I mean I hate to be the one to break this to everybody but legally he would have had to agree to be sequestered far in advance. And they would have had to explain to him that these are not binding government orders or they literally would face kidnapping charges and millions of liabilities.
@@michaelcorcoran8768Except the show's creators have said in interviews that they chose from thousands of eventually narrowed down potential jurors before they settled on Ron. They had to pick someone who knew absolutely nothing about jury duty because this person hadn't done it before. At this point occam's razor says he did in fact think it was real, up until this point. Anything else is a stretch at best and a conspiracy theory at worst
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Yeah that's why none of this is very believable. You can impersonate government officials and tell someone they have to give up their civil liberties as part of a sequestration under threat of arrest for contempt of court. Not to mention the courthouse they used has been inactive since 2013 and was used as a haunted house. He couldn't have signed anything with government letterhead. You can't legally pretend to be a government official, a judge an armed bailiff etc.... Would be kidnapping.
Clearly agreed to a sequestration which means he knew ahead of time that this was fake. He might have not known exactly the details. Maybe he thought this with some kind of private mediation or something like other television court shows. Pretty absolutely had to have known that the courthouse was not real, that the sequestration order was not a binding order from the government.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 He didn't respond to a summons, he responded to a Craigslist add looking for people willing to do voluntary jury duty (allowed in CA) for a documentary. That means he did sign a contract which would have stipulated going along with all of these issues and they handled the legality of it through the guise of his participation in the documentary.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 No way he is that good of an actor.
nope it was real, for years after he had trauma thinking the people around him were actors @@michaelcorcoran8768
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How incredibly nervous Todd's actor looks...I think he might have been worried that Ronald felt betrayed by him specificity.
This show was the most fun and the most laughter I’ve had in a long time. And then the last episode was so emotional. Ronald is an amazing young man and deserves whatever goodness comes his way in life. ❤
He developed some paranoai after this. Understandably, "am I still being filmed". From an interview, it seems that James Marsden made sure to take care of him and reassure everything has ended. Hopefully he has adjusted back. I can't imagine what that feeling is like, but they couldn't have chosen a more pure hearted person.
I absolutely loved this show but felt oddly sorry for Ronald in this scene. Money for sure softens the blow, but damn I am way too paranoid with chronic trust issues to recover from this bombshell unscathed. It would totally f with me. He took it like a champ 😅what a gem of a human
It would definitely take time to recover. I worked for years as a private investigator and was hired to do surveillance on people. After a while I became paranoid that people were following ME in my daily life. It was only after I quit that job that I was able to gradually regain my sanity.
not only did he get $100,000, he got a whole career
Incredibly funny show, Ronald is a real one.
I hate to complain because this show is a freaking masterpiece, but the captions at 1:05 completely change the meaning of what's actually said
The Joe Schmo Show in a court room.
Sue for emotional damages. Its just hard to trust anyone ir thing anymore.
imagine you are hired by a consulting company to work on a contract position for a 6 week project. you wake up every morning go into the office, meet your teammates, meet the client, try to get the requirements correct, design the thing, build it... make something that you think will help someone... and then at the end of the project your manager says actually this isn't a real company, the client is not a real client, all of your coworkers are actors, the thing you designed and built will never be used... this was all just an elobrate experiment to see how you behave...
would that be your reaction?
It wouldn't be mine. I would be confused. I would be angry.
I feel like “but hey here is > a years wage and we’re gonna call you a hero on national tv” balances it out. Also it was jury duty not a job opportunity he did it not expecting much.
That's why Ronald is a better person than you.
@@colesmith7754 i wasnt saying i was better then him. That is just what my reaction would be if this reality tv is real. I hope its not. I hope they clued him in.
@@6c83ff19fd they didn't. Listen to literally any of his podcast appearances. He was blindsided. And that's okay. Yes, this whole show is ethically questionable. It's also a brilliant piece of comedy. And Ron is a genuinely nice normal guy.
So would I. I would be angry.
Was the finale filmed twice? Sems like 2 different takes. He looks different in a few takes. Just saying.
They are different angles of the same moment. At the beginning of that episode, they show you all the cameras in that space
@@moviecontextyeah, I know there are many cameras all around, what I meant is that Ronald looks different in that scene. Hola hair and beard are totally different in each take. I can't be the only one who noticed.
@@whatchamacallit69 Can you point at what times he seems to have a different look?
@@enekaitzteixeira7010 For instante, at 1:00 his hair and beard are Styled very differently from the previous takes. Also, every other closeup compared to the rest of the shots where we see him from a distance are different. There are times where he seems very serious, almost angry, and then the same second he is almost smiling. I'm not saying the show was totally fake, but maybe they had to reshoot this. Perhaps he didnt take it so well the when it was first revealed to him this was a show
@@whatchamacallit69 i don't see this big difference you keep talking about.
For instante, at 1:00 his hair and beard are Styled very differently from the previous takes. Also, every other closeup compared to the rest of the shots where we see him from a distance are different. There are times where he seems very serious, almost angry, and then the same second he is almost smiling. I'm not saying the show was totally fake, but maybe they had to reshoot this. Perhaps he didnt take it so well the when it was first revealed to him this was a show
What? His beard and hair are exactly the same.
@@MrDwightSchrute no theyre not. Take a closer look
@@whatchamacallit69 I did. They’re the same
@@whatchamacallit69i think it’s just the angle he’s at, cause his hair and beard look exactly the same to me… and I think his expressions kept changing because he didn’t know how he should react to what he was being told - i don’t necessarily think he was angry or anything, he was just processing the information
Sorry, but I would be hopping mad if I were in this situation. Taking all this time out to be part of the asinine reality show? As "entertainment"? We live in a world of A.I., in which no one trusts the news and no one trusts anything anyone says. Shows like this don't help.
I think the 100 grand reward would soften you up lol
Why the masks though?
Covid.
It was filmed way earlier. They of course had to do a lot of editing, so at the time of filming, Covid was at it's (current) height.
Also they kind of used Covid as an excuse some times, so they would pretend everyone had to stay in their hotel rooms, where Ronald actually stayed, while the others did some rehearsing.
@@nelevenchts Yea but the jury, judge, lawyers, etc. are not wearing them - it’s only the crew. How could they use Covid as an excuse if they’re exempt from them.
@UTuber461 you mean the crew behind the scenes?
Could be any number of reasons. Could be workplace requirements from the production company, could be some municipal law.
why are you so bothered by this. It's kinda weird.
Ronald is 100% an actor too, if you actually believe the premise of this show, you are incredibly naive. Just think about it, his lines and demeanor don't seem natural at all, let alone how unlikely it would be to risk the whole production on one person not being in on it.
Face it, this was a standard mockumentary comedy with a far-fetched gimmick that you have to agree-to-pretend for you to fully enjoy.
Yeah they must’ve planted him doing solar since 2019 all throughout his Instagram then.
I think its real and they just showed us the good parts thats all
His lines and demeanor are unnatural because he's not trying to act, because he isn't acting
I’m not going to get into why this is an absurd notion, but point out one key thing: If this wasn’t a real premise, they would NEVER have written Ronald to be such an incredibly good guy. They’d have written him to get upset, make fun of Todd, tell people off, etc. It would have been a totally different show. Because manufactured entertainment appeals to our negative reactions. Look at every other reality show. It’s about, oh my god, this person can’t cook, or who can screw people over to win a game, and so on.
They invented the Todd character to creep him out and it went another way entirely because Ronald is a great human.
There are lots of other examples, but my pizza is here.
@@83gemm not convincing. Learn about show business and just think a little critically.