The first episode actually does a good job of selling the viewer on the idea that this is a reality show, and that everyone is acting except for one person, and that the one person is essentially being pranked. Even after James Marsden comes in on the 2nd episode, there are still some aspects of the show that convincingly continue the sham. But by the 3rd episode you can't help but to wonder why NOBODY recognizes Marsden except for the guy "being pranked", or how they managed to succeed with getting the guy to perfectly participate in unscripted improv "comedy" that always comes together (meaning it never fails) like episodes of the Office. And then by the 4th episode you can't help but to ask yourself "Am I actually watching the Office by mistake?"
The Office... a boring dry comedy show in which every character is an idiot that says and does only absolutely idiotic things.
Because that is what all these people end up doing, except for the one guy being pranked. Yet he participates in all of the dumb activities (why would he do such a thing?), or during the times he is off-camera we are left to watch a scripted improv comedy skit unfold... that which is meant to purposely look and sound exactly like the Office. By the 4th episode the hijinks become so absurd... nobody with a brain could possibly believe that the things they see are not some part of a hidden camera prank. Or.... the one guy, who supposedly doesn't know that everything is fake, is actually so oblivious to things that he could seriously believe that the Office was a reality show.
What I'm saying is.... by the 3rd or 4th episode, you will realize that you are not watching a reality show in which one guy is being pranked.... instead, you are watching a blatantly horrible Office clone. The "everyone is an actor except for one person" bit is BS... and that one actor is poorly acting just as much as the rest of them.
Forget that the show breaks rules of law and courtroom procedures (things that obviously go over everyone's head, including the guy who "doesn't know its fake").... the first episode leaves you scratching your head as to what is going on in totality because there is no background info given.... the show just jumps into the 1st episode with no explanation.
Also, I recognized that some of the cast are actors that I have seen before in other shows and movies. Imagine how quick the show would get pulled if the one guy actually didn't know the truth, and then one day learned that his fellow jurors have all been on multiple shows and movies. Oopsies!
Bottom line is that you will most likely enjoy his show if you like The Office, though it is lacking the charm of the US version of the Office. And I never watched the UK version so I can't comment. But its quite dated as far as the comedy goes, is it not?
And its quite offensive that they are selling the garbage to the public as "real". (i.e. They are LYING).
The Office... a boring dry comedy show in which every character is an idiot that says and does only absolutely idiotic things.
Because that is what all these people end up doing, except for the one guy being pranked. Yet he participates in all of the dumb activities (why would he do such a thing?), or during the times he is off-camera we are left to watch a scripted improv comedy skit unfold... that which is meant to purposely look and sound exactly like the Office. By the 4th episode the hijinks become so absurd... nobody with a brain could possibly believe that the things they see are not some part of a hidden camera prank. Or.... the one guy, who supposedly doesn't know that everything is fake, is actually so oblivious to things that he could seriously believe that the Office was a reality show.
What I'm saying is.... by the 3rd or 4th episode, you will realize that you are not watching a reality show in which one guy is being pranked.... instead, you are watching a blatantly horrible Office clone. The "everyone is an actor except for one person" bit is BS... and that one actor is poorly acting just as much as the rest of them.
Forget that the show breaks rules of law and courtroom procedures (things that obviously go over everyone's head, including the guy who "doesn't know its fake").... the first episode leaves you scratching your head as to what is going on in totality because there is no background info given.... the show just jumps into the 1st episode with no explanation.
Also, I recognized that some of the cast are actors that I have seen before in other shows and movies. Imagine how quick the show would get pulled if the one guy actually didn't know the truth, and then one day learned that his fellow jurors have all been on multiple shows and movies. Oopsies!
Bottom line is that you will most likely enjoy his show if you like The Office, though it is lacking the charm of the US version of the Office. And I never watched the UK version so I can't comment. But its quite dated as far as the comedy goes, is it not?
And its quite offensive that they are selling the garbage to the public as "real". (i.e. They are LYING).