Across the reviewed seasons, the show incorporates progressive elements primarily through recurring LGBTQ subplots involving Kevin Walker's romantic arcs, domestic partnership, surrogacy, and adoption with Scotty, alongside Saul Holden's late coming-out and dating experiences; these receive substantial screen time and normalize same-sex relationships within the family unit but remain secondary to core straight-character storylines like marriages, divorces, and career struggles. The series avoids race- or gender-swapping, systemic-oppression themes, or creator-driven activist framing, instead integrating the elements as character-driven developments without overt lectures. This results in an overall woke score of 5/10, reflecting significant but non-foundational influence on the premise.