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Jury Duty Returns With Company Retreat on Prime Video to Strong Early Reviews

A new unwitting temp anchors an immersive fake corporate offsite built to test kindness.

Overview

  • Season 2, titled Company Retreat, is now streaming on Prime Video with a hidden-camera setup that drops one real person into a fabricated company offsite.
  • Anthony Norman, a 25-year-old temp, thinks he joined a family hot-sauce business even though every coworker he meets is an actor playing a role.
  • Cast members describe living at the retreat site and staying in character through long days to keep the illusion believable.
  • Early reaction is positive, with outlets highlighting an uplifting tone and citing a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score.
  • IndieWire details a bigger casting effort that used improv self-tapes and a staged focus group with unsuspecting people to find performers who felt authentic.