TV Show review
Review basis: 2 seasons, 16 episodes · through June 12, 2025
May 25, 2023 · TV-MA · Canceled
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
FUBAR is an action comedy series where a veteran CIA operative and his daughter discover they have both been secretly working as spies for years. They team up on missions while dealing with family secrets and awkward relationships. The show includes a prominent lesbian CIA operative with explicit gay jokes and some racial diversity in the team.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for FUBAR.
Woke representation / casting
Visible team diversity with Black male in tech role, analyst of apparent South Asian background, and lesbian operative played by openly lesbian comedian Fortune Feimster with explicit gay jokes and press mentions of representation.
Woke political dialogue
One scene has Emma questioning the honeypot seduction tactic as disrespectful to women; rest is crude family and spy comedy.
Identity-driven story themes
Core story is father-daughter teamwork and spy missions with no identity politics driving plot or arcs.
Western institutional / cultural critique
CIA team members are portrayed as competent good guys fighting terrorists; no systemic or activist framing of Western society.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Scattered viewer comments on social media calling the show woke or complaining about the gay character; no major organized or news-driven backlash.
Creator track record context
Most writers and producers have low scores; directors Holly Dale and MJ Bassett have documented LGBTQ+ related work and identities.
Production
