
TV Show review
Quarry
Woke Score
Lower is better
- Release Date
- September 9, 2016
- Age Rating
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 52 min
Where to Watch
United States · Last checked 5/12/2026
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Factors & Ratings
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Quarry.
Representation / casting choices
Mixed-race supporting characters like the Black Marine friend fit the 1972 Memphis and Vietnam vet story naturally with no visible forced emphasis or signaling.
Political / ideological dialogue
Period-accurate anti-war protests and public shaming of veterans appear as 1970s historical flavor only; no modern activist speeches or lectures.
Identity-driven story themes
Story stays on one man’s personal trauma, moral choices, and crime life with almost no group-identity focus beyond era background.
Institutional / cultural critique
Shows government letting down veterans and local corruption as story problems; kept historical and individual rather than reframed as current systemic or identity issues.
