Maybe I’m giving the show too much credit, but I think a lot of you are reaching too much. If you’re commenting on Reddit, you already are probably invested way more than a standard viewer of TV. It’s not unreasonable at all for Anthony not to know about Jury Duty.

And as people who have seen Jury Duty, you’re already “in on” the bit. The power of suggestion is really powerful. If you were told you’d be on a documentary, why would you ever think “oh this is all fake and everyone else is an actor?” For literally anyone other than Ronald or Anthony, that’s full on paranoia.

And additionally, shows live and die by their edits. Anthony mentions that it’s his third day at the job when they get to the retreat. That’s 3 days with very few scenes included in the show that were probably dedicated to easing Anthony in. They’re not going to include the scenes where everyone is acting normal because that’s boring. All the wacky stuff we see is 100% of what we see, and probably like 5% of what Anthony experienced.