The core cast—Ashton Kutcher as billionaire Walden Schmidt, Jon Cryer as hapless Alan Harper, and supporting players like Conchata Ferrell as Berta—remains overwhelmingly white and straight, with no forced diversity quotas, race-swapping, or identity-driven casting. Plotlines revolve around Walden's string of failed relationships (with Zoey, Rose, and Kate), Alan's on-again-off-again romance with Lyndsey, and Jake's military life and age-gap flings (e.g., with tattoo artist Tammy), all played for crude laughs about sex, commitment phobia, and father-son bonding trips.

A single incidental mention of a lesbian fake girlfriend (Whitney) appears briefly for comedy without any advocacy or focal point. There are no lectures on systemic issues, patriarchy critiques, or social justice themes; instead, the show revels in traditional gender stereotypes and bro-comedy that prioritize laughs over messaging.

Reception controversies stemmed from Angus T. Jones calling the series 'filth' on religious grounds, not from any 'woke' backlash, underscoring its apolitical, unapologetically fun nature that resisted cultural shifts toward activism.