The Following
tv·TV-14·Jan 21, 2013·
"The Following" is pure pre-woke thrills (0-1/10 wokeness): Non-stop horror, suspense, and gore with zero politics, lectures, or DEI—just organic story and white-led action.
"The Following" is a horror-thriller series chronicling FBI agent Ryan Hardy's relentless pursuit of charismatic serial killer Joe Carroll and his Poe-inspired cult, emphasizing suspenseful cat-and-mouse games, graphic violence, psychological horror, twists, and betrayals across its first three seasons.
The show maintains a pure entertainment focus with no progressive ideological intrusions, social justice lectures, identity politics, or DEI-driven casting changes—diversity appears incidental and organic to the narrative, led by white protagonists like Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy. Its ultra-low content ratings (0-1/10) reflect a complete absence of wokeness or forced messaging, earning praise for thrills while facing criticism only for plot repetition and pacing, confirming its status as unburdened, pre-woke television.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Following and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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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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