Brilliant Minds puts heavy emphasis on diverse casting and identity-based storytelling. Character traits such as race, gender, or sexuality often take precedence over organic development or professional competence. The result can feel more like a showcase of modern checkboxes than genuine narrative necessity, which may sap tension and realism from character arcs.

Traditional institutions and values, especially family and faith, are often downplayed, while masculinity gets reinterpreted or even mocked. The series tends to elevate female and minority characters as the standard for morality and competence, sometimes at the expense of balanced nuance or historical fidelity.

Alternative views rarely get a fair shake. Dissenting voices are depicted as caricatures or outright villains, while nearly every protagonist seems to speak with one voice about identity, social justice, and modern morality. Genuine ideological diversity is hard to find.