In the finale, Ronald ends up getting rewarded for his unfailing kindness and drive to really dive into the facts of the case presented to him; though he initially thought he was being paid $4,000 for participating in a documentary, he was overwhelmed when he learned he was actually being paid $100,000 for being the show's hero. Executive producers Lee Eisenberg and David Bernad spoke to The Daily Beast after the series ended, revealing that they got extremely lucky when it came to Gladden, who served as a man on a hero's journey who didn't know he was on one in the first place.
According to the two producers, finding Gladden was like finding lightning in a bottle — the cast and audiences alike immediately warmed to him, and he proved himself to be one of the nicest people they'd ever met. Asked about scenes where Gladden is exceptionally kind to one of the odder jurors, Todd (David Brown), Bernad said, "Ronald is an incredible human. Everything you're seeing is real. It sounds bullshUt-y, but when we pitched the show, another idea was that every day we're on trial and every day we're presented with moral decisions."
Ultimately, Gladden brought the oddball jury together to decree a decision and was then told he was part of a major experiment. So how did he take it, and how did it affect him?
