Them Season 2 earns a 7/10 woke score by burying its horror under heavy institutional racism and systemic oppression narratives that drive the scares more than any supernatural threat. Skip it if you want straightforward thrills instead of overt social messaging.
Them: The Scare centers its 1991 LAPD murder investigation on Black detective Dawn Reeve (Deborah Ayorinde) and her family, with the horror explicitly intertwined with institutional racism, police brutality, and Black trauma in a city on the edge of chaos.
Episode plots feature Dawn uncovering family secrets and facing the killer while navigating a malevolent force, and reviews confirm the scares derive as much from systemic oppression narratives as from the supernatural entity. Creator Little Marvin has stated his intent to probe the 'subterranean level' of violence against Black Americans and segregation 'by design,' extending season 1's approach into season 2's focus on police and mental health through horror.
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