Is Jury Duty: Company Retreat worth sticking with?

Not as good as season 1. But the ending is really a 10/10 emotional moment.

100%, series is amazing. Loved both 1st and 2nd seasons

I'm on episode 5 and am just laughing like crazy during it.

I’d say yes. Listen, it’s not as good as the first season. I felt like the first season had this perfect balance of absurdity and realism. It certainly played with the concept of the show (being actors surrounding an unsuspecting real person) better. The second season does get better as you get more comfortable with the characters and there are certainly plenty of laugh out loud moments. I do feel like a decent chunk of the cast mellows out, almost too much so at points.

While nothing will beat the first season, I still loved this one and laughed a lot

Its gets alot better in the second half imo. I also wasnt a fan of the first few episodes. Absolutely loved the ending. Worth sticking with it

I feel like, if anything, the characters are less over the top than the first season.

I agree that it's not super *believable* and I'm often questioning whether or not Anthony is starting to become suspicious but is just playing along. The guy in season 1 seemed genuinely gullible and was totally unfamiliar with the judicial process, while Anthony seems like a smart guy and as more and more ridiculous stuff happens I'm having trouble believing that he's just totally oblivious My theory is that he's starting to question stuff but they're just cutting around it. And if everyone around him is reassuring him that it's nothing then he's probably not gonna push it too hard. Maybe he assumes it's all some elaborate team-building exercise or something But either way, as other people have said...this season is funny as f*** and worth watching. Even if it's not as believable as season 1 it's still great imho

dude I had the same thought as you first episode. I also felt like I was watching a bad remake of the office. the characters were too quirky to be believable, or maybe it was that everyone's "personality" was taken to the extreme. but, like most everyone else on here said, it gets better (but nowhere near as good as the first, in my opinion)

I have the same question. First episode was not what I was expecting

I think it's worth watching, but not as good as the first one. I don't think the premise of making him captain fun worked nearly as well as making the other guy jury foreman. A lot of the time it feels like he's just a side character observing the wackiness without really interacting too much.

I actually thought after watching the first episode that it looked like it could be really good. All the characters were very "this is what I am" characters. That is to say, I thought it was good how they introduced all the characters in the first episode in an office like way, so you got to see who they were playing. Too bad I couldn't finish the second episode though, because of how dumb it is.

I had a similar reaction to the first two episodes as you. but on a day off I decided to give it another try, and I'm super glad I did. the ending makes it worthwhile.

I think it gets better once they hit the retreat, but if it isn't clicking for you, then move onto something else. The wife and I binged it over the weekend. I think I preferred the first season, but this was a good watch as well.

You didn’t like it, that’s fine. You’re not obligated to watch it. 🤷‍♂️

If you didn’t enjoy the first you won’t enjoy the rest. It’s more or less the same and even more over the top. Good guy though

Yes

I think it feels like more of the office because it's also work colleagues that have history. With it being a show, they're obviously going to be over the top characters. If you really think about it, are they more over the top than season one? Lol they were crazy and in a legal environment 😆

Can't put my finger on it yet, but what this show is doing is really wrong. It is harmful and a bit cruel, and the "cast" reminds me of self important "thespians" in high school. Just not right. I know we may be at an all time low when comes to empathy as a culture, but as entertainment?

I loved loved loved this season!! Anthony is a doll and the cast was great

Yes. I am in NY. And people look crazy every day. None of this is unbelievable to me, but to each their own. The show ends up being very moving and inspiring in the end. Anthony is a very active, involved person which makes it truly hilarious. Give it a whirl. The characters aren’t that crazy at all.

I really wanted to love it, but it’s nothing compared to Joe Schmo. That was probably the funniest show ever.

I gave up after the first 3 episodes, but came back a couple weeks later and episode 4 is when I really started laughing out loud and to me it was lol funny the rest of the way. I didn't feel Anthony had his mind blown the way Ronald did, so I didn't get catharsis from that reveal, but what this series had that the first one didn't was this cast being so moved by Anthony's moral character and that made it pretty satisfying. Anyhoo, I'll definitely watch season 3 and I hope Hero is a female for a change

The totally ripped off the Office three different times in the first episode, I agree acting was over the top. However if you stick with it, it starts getting funny around episode 3.

I would say stick with it. We loved jury duty and this equally. The end was so sweet. My husband happy cried through the last episode and I've never seen him cry during a show or movie in my life. 

It’s way too fake this time

Cheesy fake S2

I felt that this show was making me stupider by the minute. I made it as far as the hypnosis scene and then I said f this this is preposterous

I feel its worth it. I enjoy it. A little more than season one.

They overdone it, but it’s still pretty fun to watch on a hungover afternoon. They casted a lot of characters/roles that could easily be placed in the Office or Parks & Rec. But just like the first season, the hero is the star of the show. It’s just a good dude, that honestly kind of knows he is being fucked with. Which does makes it a bit less entertaining.

its funny...I had the same initial reaction of thinking the characters were too over the top as compared to the first season. Then I went back and watched the first season and forgot how over the top they were (ie pants chair, I'm a racist, James Marsden's giant shit, etc), and felt it was about the same level of silliness. Overall, the first season was funnier, but I really liked Anthony and as others have mentioned, the payoff on this season was really well done.

Not as good as the first season, and how could it be? The premise there worked way better since they were sequestered and it was more novel. However the gags are pretty good, and the ending is more emotional than the first season.

Same I’m out after 1 episode

I loved the 4 episodes so maybe it’s not for you?

The first series was better but the second improves after the first 2 or 3 episodes. I recommend sticking with it.

As someone who never watched season 1 (until season 2 ended). I prefer 2 over 1 actually.

I could never get into the first one because I couldn't shake the feeling that they were lying to us about the main guy not knowing that everyone was acting. Especially once I saw Kirk Fox on screen as a supposedly random person. He's not a huge celebrity but he's a very recognizable character actor who's been in a lot of stuff. Putting him in would be a big risk if they were trying to keep a random person in the dark.

This was so fun I laughed so hard and the reveal was so awesome and wholesome. Did he know probably, but all reality TV is fake (sorry to burst that bubble) it’s absolutely a fun watch