The premise, episodes, and plot focus on heists, chases, betrayals, and a father-daughter redemption arc with no identity politics, systemic critiques, or lectures as drivers. However, the adaptation and production deliberately foreground three women in traditionally male crime-genre roles—female criminal protagonist, female mob boss, and female FBI agent—with showrunner Cassie Pappas explicitly noting how this 'changes' the genre when 'women are at the helm.' Anya Taylor-Joy described her feminist frustration with seeing 'morally ambiguous men and not that many morally ambiguous women,' and one review frames the story as a 'mob story with a feminist twist' highlighting Lucky being 'conned, screwed over and used by every man in her life.' Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor's Agent Rand was reimagined from a white male book character to a Black woman, which the actress said 'changes everything.' These elements make progressive gender-framing noticeable and intentional in casting/characterization but secondary to the thriller narrative.