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Wokeometer Rating
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Trying Season 4 scores a low 1/10 on wokeness by focusing on a conventional British family's adoption journey and everyday parenting struggles without any identity politics or systemic messaging. It stays neutral, story-driven entertainment centered on universal family bonds.
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Detailed Analysis
Trying Season 4 centers on a conventional British nuclear family six years after adoption, with Nikki and Jason (played by Esther Smith and Rafe Spall) raising teenage daughter Princess and son Tyler amid everyday parenting challenges.
The core plot follows Princess seeking contact with her birth mother Kat Reid, a standard emotional arc in adoption stories that explores personal longing and family bonds rather than systemic oppression or identity politics. Creator Andy Wolton, himself adopted, draws from personal experience to depict universal parenting trials, support networks, and humorous family mishaps across episodes like the road trip, Mother's Day spa visit, and soccer team formation to help Tyler fit in.
Key Factors
- Traditional nuclear family premise and casting with no race/gender swaps or forced diversity mandates
- Adoption storyline focused on emotional family dynamics and birth parent connection without activist framing or critiques of norms
- Creator intent rooted in personal adoptee experience and universal parenting themes; only incidental minor subplot mentions (e.g., one character's climate guilt) that do not drive narrative
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Is Trying - Season 4 Woke?
We've run a full content analysis on Trying - Season 4 and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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What kind of woke content is in Trying - Season 4?
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 Trying - Season 4's overall score.
Is Trying - Season 4 family-friendly?
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Trying - Season 4 is rated TV-14. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.
How does Wokeometer score tv shows?
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 →
