The Jury: Season 1

The dramatic stories of several quite ordinary and completely different people chosen to serve on a jury in a very high-profile and extremely complex criminal trial. Extremely confusing circumstances, lack of sufficient evidence, ambiguous evidence and evidence, high cost of error and all kinds of personal problems.

Some of the fresh originality of this series, which distinguishes it from the usual court dramas, has become a priority on the personalities of the jurors and on the micro-stories from their lives. What an impact the trial itself has on them and the inexorable weight of the burden placed on them. What impact do their personal experiences and circumstances have on the verdict? The cases themselves are also very remarkable and revealing. At the same time, they casually reminded me about such unpleasant things as everyday racism or school bullying.

It was staged and filmed simply, without any ideas or innovations, in the style of television of the 90s. The installation is a little jumpy, but not ragged and not at all hasty. The action is not developing rapidly. However, there are few overtly drawn-out scenes. Great cast, good game, realistic characters, good dialogues.

It turned out to be a pretty good series with an interesting concept, a diverse plot and good acting. The rather serious intrigue of the trial and its outcome does not obscure at all, but rather highlights the central theme of the difficulty of making the right decision about guilt or innocence when this choice is completely not obvious, but it is the responsibility of these randomly selected people, each with their own circumstances and background.

Language. They speak in a variety of ways, but not too difficult, not very fast, and more or less intelligible. There are different, but not terrible accents. The vocabulary is also not prohibitively difficult. With subtitles, almost everything is clear.