When Jury Duty first premiered in 2023, it turned the central concept of Punk’d into something of a social experiment. The show—a low-budget Amazon Freevee production that follows a team of cast and crew as they carry out a completely fabricated jury trial to prank one innocent subject into thinking he is part of a real jury overseeing an actual case—felt like a combination of The Office and The Truman Show. The hoax forced the prankee, a regular guy named Ronald, to respond to increasingly zany situations that tested both his character and his ability to suspend disbelief regarding what goes on in a trial. The show, which became an unexpected hit and was nominated for multiple awards (ultimately taking home a Peabody), was so singular—in its premise and in its results—that making a second season seemed impossible.

Never say never. Enter: Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, the series’ follow-up to the first season, this time with a completely different cast, subject, and setup. The new season, which premieres on Prime Video with three episodes today, is a delightful continuation of Jury Duty—even if it can’t quite capture the same magic that Season 1 produced.

This second season follows a real temp worker, Anthony, who is unaware that his gig assisting on a company retreat for a small condiment business called Rockin’ Grandma’s Hot Sauce is all a ruse. Anthony finds himself in the middle of a corporate crossroads when representatives from a fake private equity firm, Triukas, join the retreat to cement a deal with the Rockin’ Grandma’s CEO to hand over the family business. It’s at this point that the show becomes about one man advocating for small businesses, as Anthony urges the CEO to keep the best interests of his new colleagues in mind.

Fortunately, the show remains hilarious, with tons of comedic gags, like a bonkers talent show and a series of educational seminars that are anything but. And that’s to say nothing of the eccentric characters Anthony must befriend, from a Chet Hanks–esque Jamaican-wannabe failson to an employee who loves niche snacks and is desperately trying to start a YouTube channel for snack reviews. But what makes the season so successful is the same thing that made Season 1 an unexpected delight: finding the right hero. Like Ronald before him, Anthony is a gem. He’s inspiring and supportive, curt and protective when he needs to be, and helpful all the way through.

If Company Retreat falls a little short compared to Jury Duty’s first showing, that isn’t necessarily anyone’s fault as much as it is the nature of the conceit. Pulling off such a detailed and triumphant prank has its limits when it comes to replicability. Jury Duty was elevated, in part, by making a meal out of having James Marsden on the cast, operating at his silliest and toying with Ronald’s understanding of celebrity—something that would be difficult to pull off on another season (though that doesn’t stop Company Retreat from flashing a famous face for a cameo in a later episode). Season 1 was also great because the actors had to improvise as strangers getting to know each other. In this second season, however, these actors have to pretend to be colleagues who have known each other for years, which takes more work on their part, but also lowers the ceiling of how much the actors are able to shock and surprise each other. And then there’s the difference in setting. Seeing actors recite truly absurd lines while on the witness stand or while in jury deliberations feels so much more surreal than things going kinda wacky during a company retreat near the woods, where all manner of shenanigans are possible. That makes it slightly less funny when outlandish things do happen—although, to be fair, less funny by Jury Duty standards is still funnier than most other comedies out there.

Despite these quibbles, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat still does something short of a miracle: It comes close to hitting the same nail on the head twice without sacrificing too much of the premise’s heart. Jury Duty was just as much an amusing look into its titular bureaucratic process as it was an impressive showcase of a deeply involved prank. Company Retreat is just as much a touching rumination on the peril facing small businesses as it is a wild display of the prowess of television production. What will future seasons hold? It remains to be seen, but part of the beauty of a series like this is its novelty. I just hope that Jury Duty will know when to call it quits before the qualities that make it so great get too diluted over time.