Rooster (Phillip Garcia) is so stupid that almost anything could have landed him in the slammer, and Gloria (Shakira Barrera) was doing time for bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and a bunch of other stuff like that. Jack (Garret Dillahunt) spent 26 years in jail for getting caught with a backpack full of weed when he was 18. The show’s 10 episodes follow three ex-cons released early because of COVID, who are promptly (and unceremoniously) dropped into society. It’s a fucked up system, and sometimes, it seems like there’s really no legit way out of it.Īll of that is certainly considered in “ Sprung,” the new Amazon Freevee series from “Yes, Dear,” “My Name Is Earl,” and “Raising Hope” creator Greg Garcia. Underpaid essential workers toiled while white collar workers bought dumb shit online and worked at home in sweatpants, and 70 (70! It’s a lot!) congresspeople were caught dumping stocks before the rest of America really learned how bad COVID was about to get. Oxfam reports that 99 percent of the world’s income fell in 2020, while the Earth’s 10 richest men saw their fortunes more than double. America is full of inequalities, and most of them have been amplified since COVID-19 arrived.
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