TV Show review
December 6, 2020 · TV-MA · Ended
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Your Honor.
Woke representation / casting
Natural mix of actors fits the diverse New Orleans crime and court setting; no audience-visible signaling, quotas, or mismatches with story logic.
Woke political dialogue
Dialogue centers on personal lies, revenge, and legal maneuvering; rare passing references to system flaws or privilege appear story-driven rather than activist speeches.
Identity-driven story themes
Minor background racial and class elements appear in supporting crime and court scenes tied to the city setting; main arcs remain universal family protection and moral collapse.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Shows justice system open to corruption, mob influence, and personal compromise; some critics link scenes to racial bias, but the narrative stresses individual choices and consequences over modern activist systemic framing.
Review
Your Honor is a Showtime crime drama starring Bryan Cranston as New Orleans judge Michael Desiato. His son Adam causes a fatal hit-and-run that kills the son of mob boss Jimmy Baxter, forcing the judge to cover it up and triggering a chain of lies, violence, and moral collapse across two seasons. Season 2 shifts focus to Michael confronting the crime family directly. The core story follows personal ethics, family loyalty, revenge, and justice system failures in a tense thriller style. Some supporting characters and New Orleans setting include racial and class dynamics around crime and courts, but these stay secondary to the individual father-son dilemma and do not drive activist messaging.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Negligible prominent complaints; no notable right-leaning outcry about woke or identity politics messaging. Existing discussion focuses on quality and racial depiction critiques mainly from left-leaning sources.
Creator track record context
Core Israeli team and most writers show neutral or low political profiles; mild elevation from Bryan Cranston’s liberal persona and Peter Sollett’s prior gay rights film, plus scattered social drama credits, without recurring DEI or identity-first patterns.
Production
