The Passage

Carter’s wrongful conviction becomes part of his continuing viral story, and the show ties his treatment to race and poverty. Babcock’s past includes abuse from men, but her story focuses on trauma, murder, and revenge rather than a broad feminist message. Amy’s race does not drive her choices or conflict. Identity themes support two smaller stories and do not control the main vampire plot.

The U.S. military and health agencies run secret tests on prisoners and try to use a child. Project NOAH hides its mistakes, causes a reporter’s death, and treats weak people as tools. The show links this abuse to the Tuskegee study and to Carter’s race and poverty in a few scenes. The full season distrusts government power, but most of the plot is a standard warning about science without moral limits.

The series changes Amy from the white child described in the novels to a black child. The series also changes Babcock from a male prisoner and viral into a woman with a long abuse story. Amy remains the chosen child, and Babcock remains a major viral, so both identity changes are easy for book readers to see. The author approved the new version.

Some book fans said that changing Amy from white to Black showed a liberal social plan. Reddit and MovieChat users also accused the show of forced diversity, PC choices, and checking diversity boxes. A newspaper covered early fan surprise about Amy’s casting, but the debate stayed small. Most reviews attacked the pacing and other book changes instead of woke politics.

Cached profiles place creator Liz Heldens at 26, with no strong activist record. Most writers and producers score from 0 to 28 and focus on regular drama work. Writer C.A. Johnson and director Eduardo Sanchez-Ubanell have queer work, while Dennis Saldua supports Filipino representation. These higher scores are found in a mostly low-scoring team.