And by god, the genial gig worker is exactly that. At the center of the series is Ronald Gladden, a non-actor who doesn’t realize he is in a sitcom and just wants to be the best damn juror he can possibly be. The idea of a jury-duty-themed mockumentary might have worked on its own, but the writing duo’s show goes the extra mile to create spontaneity. Who expected the best new sitcom of 2023 to air on Freevee, the free-with-ads streaming service formerly known as IMDbTV that now lives within Amazon Prime Video? Neither did we, but Jury Duty, created by The Office vets Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Jake Szymanski ( 7 Days in Hell), is the real deal: hilarious, sweet, and enough of a concept to bring the unexpected with each half-hour episode. It’s an awards-worthy performance, this, no doubt about it.Cast: Ronald Gladden, James Marsden, Alan Barinholtz Since many of the plot revelations are crammed into the final few scenes, Mare is left to carry all this weight alone for long stretches of time, and she does so capably. Breaking down in Helen’s arms after being slapped around by Colin’s mother is a powerful scene, and her explaining to her psychiatrist how Siobhan found Kevin’s body after his suicide is absolutely top-notch drama. Kate Winslet is phenomenal here, truly, and in several scenes rather than just one big blowout moment. And most of it, fittingly, centres on Mare, who finally breaks down following Colin’s death but also breaks through several longstanding psychological walls and defence mechanisms that she has put up to protect her from her own trauma. This is much more plotty than Mare of Easttown usually is, obviously, but it has plenty of effective character drama too – perhaps even more than usual, all things considered. Nobody is in the clear yet, despite evidence and confessions suggesting everything is more or less sewn up. Dylan, Sean, and Jess obviously still have a part to play, and while Deacon Mark continues to stick to his story in “Sore Must Be the Storm”, there’s still a general weirdness surrounding his involvement and the timeframe of Erin’s ill-fated final evening. Mare of Easttown episode 6 is the penultimate chapter, remember, and it’s rare for any show, much less a very serious prestige small-town mystery, to not save some big revelations for its finale.Īnd plus, just because someone says they did something doesn’t mean that they actually did, or that others weren’t doing things at the same time. There’s every chance that one is covering up for the other, or is deliberately implicating the other to cover up for themselves, or one of several other possible permutations which all amount to shared complicity. In other words, a jewellery order made by a Ross wasn’t necessarily made by Billy, and you know how brothers are. That’s in Erin’s murder, anyway, but a lot of other stuff remains a bit unclear, and the Ross family name, in general, is often used as a clue without the Christian qualifier. Does this make him the likeliest culprit? Probably, yeah. Billy’s own admission that he killed Erin is supported by his drinking, increasingly erratic behaviour, and testimony of his father, Pat, that he came home covered in blood on the night of the murder and hasn’t talked about the evening since. ![]() In the meanwhile, it’s the Ross family who’re promoted to the top of the suspect list, at least regarding Erin, and there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that one, several, or perhaps all of them are guilty of at least something. ![]() If you thought the show was bleak before, you’ll be pleased to discover that it only seems to be getting bleaker, and while only Erin’s fate remains to be unpacked, the implications of that (not to mention DJ’s parentage) could supply plenty more misery in the finale. But, yes, Colin is dead, Katie and Missy have been returned home to their families, and Mare is, for once, in the good graces of the townsfolk, though for how long and at what cost remains to be seen. That seems like an obvious thing, but it’s not, really, since so few shows are willing to kill off a main character and solve one of the season’s overarching mysteries two episodes out from the finale. ![]() One of the first things that “Sore Must Be the Storm” does is confirm what we saw in last week’s episode to be true.
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