Crooks maintains a primary focus on crime and thriller elements, but there are visible moments where modern identity politics peek through in casting and character backstories. While it mostly avoids outright sacrificing narrative for ideology, a few instances of forced representation seem more about checklist diversity than organic storytelling.

Traditional family and masculine dynamics are present, but occasionally underplayed or subtly critiqued. The show doesn’t aggressively undermine cultural foundations, but it does take opportunities to reinterpret or question established roles, common for today’s TV landscape, but not excessively so.

Alternative worldviews are portrayed, but the more traditional or dissenting voices often lack depth or are framed unsympathetically. The show leans towards a modern moral consensus, with little genuine debate or pluralism explored among its cast of characters.