Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its showrunner stated on the record that "have a genuine curiosity about what would it mean to have an Indian-American in this part, in this character, that's going to change how you write the characte…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "there are obviously people on all different points on the spectrum of gender and sexuality that make up this world, and I just try and portray that reality, as…" 2. Its showrunner stated on the record that "the head of the dangerous hacker group the Dark Army was always going to be a woman, We want to subvert those expectations, One of the things, especially in te…" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 17 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Middle Eastern and below it for Hispanic 5.
- 1Creator statementshowrunner: "Have a genuine curiosity about what would it mean to have an Indian-American in this part, in this character, that's going to change how you write the character. And if you have that genuine curiosit…"BuzzFeed, 2015 source ↗
- 2Creator statementshowrunner: "There are obviously people on all different points on the spectrum of gender and sexuality that make up this world, and I just try and portray that reality, as sort of — I don't want to say the word…"Slate, June 2015 source ↗
- 3Creator statementshowrunner: "The head of the dangerous hacker group the Dark Army was always going to be a woman. We want to subvert those expectations. One of the things, especially in technology, that we play with is that it t…"BuzzFeed, 2015 source ↗
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 17 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Middle Eastern 81, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
Age: 86 — strongly mature-audience
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Advocacy Over Time in Crime
The average advocacy score of Crime titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 1 | 3 |
| 1931 | 0 | 2 |
| 1932 | 0 | 4 |
| 1937 | 0 | 2 |
| 1941 | 1 | 3 |
| 1944 | 1 | 3 |
| 1946 | 0 | 2 |
| 1948 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950 | 2 | 3 |
| 1951 | 0 | 2 |
| 1954 | 0 | 3 |
| 1955 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | 0 | 2 |
| 1958 | 0 | 3 |
| 1959 | 0 | 4 |
| 1960 | 0 | 3 |
| 1961 | 0 | 2 |
| 1962 | 2 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 3 |
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 | 4 |
| 1967 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 0 | 2 |
| 1969 | 0 | 5 |
| 1971 | 1 | 8 |
| 1972 | 1 | 4 |
| 1973 | 0 | 7 |
| 1974 | 1 | 5 |
| 1975 | 1 | 5 |
| 1976 | 0 | 4 |
| 1978 | 4 | 2 |
| 1980 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | 1 | 4 |
| 1984 | 1 | 5 |
| 1986 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990 | 1 | 5 |
| 1991 | 3 | 4 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 7 |
| 1994 | 2 | 10 |
| 1995 | 1 | 10 |
| 1996 | 2 | 8 |
| 1997 | 2 | 9 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 |
| 1999 | 3 | 12 |
| 2000 | 1 | 13 |
| 2001 | 0 | 10 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 1 | 13 |
| 2004 | 2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 1 | 20 |
| 2006 | 0 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 15 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
| This title (2015) | 17 | 1 |
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