Tell Me Lies
tv·TV-MA·Sep 7, 2022·
Tell Me Lies sticks to toxic college romances, betrayals, and personal drama with zero identity politics or social justice framing, earning its 1/10 woke score as neutral, story-first entertainment.
Tell Me Lies centers on the toxic, on-again/off-again heterosexual romance between college students Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco at Baird College, chronicling their manipulative entanglements alongside friends' personal scandals, parties, breakups, and emotional fallout across multiple years.
The series draws from classic drama elements like family tensions, exclusivity conflicts, and individual betrayals in a late-2000s setting, with plots emphasizing gaslighting, gossip, and relational volatility rather than broader themes. Across the reviewed seasons, the show maintains a consistent focus on interpersonal dynamics and messy college romance without any references to identity politics, systemic oppression, or social justice framing. This absence of activist messaging underpins the official overall woke score of 1/10, as the narrative stays rooted in personal drama and source-novel adaptation.
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We've run a full content analysis on Tell Me Lies and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Tell Me Lies's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Tell Me Lies is rated TV-MA. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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