It's got the basic wokeness covered i.e. minority (good) characters, suspected lesbian (the female FBI agent), confused gender (the daughter), evil white man etc.. Nothing too bothersome apart from maybe the fairly strong feminist angle I'm getting as the show has gone on.
I mean you've got this 70lb super ninja housewife kicking everyone's ass including men twice her size, escaping any situation, being able to outwit anyone who puts her in danger. I know Fargo has always played on the hard to believe activities of characters in this neck of the woods but come on! Her husband is portrayed as weak and stupid and had to be protected by her. Not the first man's life she had saved in the show either.
Then you've also got the female cop who is married to, honestly the most pathetic male character ever written, who really serves very little purpose other than to empower her when she catches him cheating and then leaves him mid-way through the show to go work for the cold-hearted mother-in-law of the runaway wife.
While the cold mother-in-law had been depicted as caring little for her daughter-in-law's welfare, there is a point in episode 9 where she, the police officer, and the runaway wife, interact over the phone and she now looks to have a change of heart for her daughter-in-law and wants to come and rescue her. Maybe she's now not so cold hearted after all as they all join forces to take on the evil white man. Can I say the words 'girl power'? I guess we'll see how it plays out in episode 10 but after the previous episode where Dot dreamt up the Linda feminist club, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a good few female heroics in the finale just to further push that point across.
Generally I've liked the series, I think it's probably the third best after the first two, although I've not seen the fourth based on the negative feedback. I'd however say the woke is still there and at times can be annoyingly obvious, more so for the depiction of women and men.
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