Jury Duty finally dropped the season finale on Friday, and showed fans how Ronald Gladden reacted when he was finally told that he was part of a TV show.
The unwitting reality show star was the only person in a whole mockumentary-style show who was unaware of what was really happening around him - and has earned a legion of fans thanks to his kind and compassionate personality, and his calm reactions to the increasingly bizarre incidents happening around him.
Discussing the finale, fans had a somewhat mixed reaction to the big reveal - though it's fair to say that plenty of viewers had a tear in their eye! One person wrote: "Literally sobbing at the #JuryDuty finale. Ronald is such a tremendous human being," while another added: "The 'judge' telling Ronald what a good person he was made me genuinely teary-eyed."
However, others were concerned about Ronald’s reaction, with one writing: "Ronald look like he was ready to cry when he learned the truth. #JuryDuty," while another added: "I kind of feel sad for Ronald, because he really connected with these people who weren't real."
A third person added: "I feel like they chose to pay Ronald the 100k so he wouldn’t sue the show for emotional trauma and newfound paranoia. Weeks of a fake reality could’ve messed him up! I actually felt kinda bad for him."
Others even believed that Ronald was in on the joke until the finale, with one fan tweeting: "Wow! Just wow! I really thought I was being played. Thought for like a couple episodes that Ronald was also an actor. But that last episode…that was one hell of an entertaining endeavor. I thorough enjoyed it."
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Others were delighted by how things wrapped up. "Honestly Jury Duty has been one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time," one fan wrote. "The final episode kinda got me …congrats to Ronald for being YOU and for being $100,000 richer." Another posted: "The finale of #JuryDuty is so goddamn heartwarming I can’t stand it. What a perfect season of television."
The Amazon FreeVee series confirmed that Ronald remained in touch with his fellow jurors since the show finished, and shared snaps of the new star enjoying a beer with James Marsden and spending time with other cast mates.
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