Pandora prioritizes identity-driven casting and consistently signals diversity as a narrative end unto itself. Story arcs at times take a back seat to clunky messaging, and several characters are defined more by their demographic categories than unique personalities or earned growth. The result is a series where ideology too often overshadows character development and plot coherence.

The show frequently challenges or subverts traditional notions of family, masculinity, and legacy. Religion and tradition are reinterpreted through a modern, secular lens. There’s a recurring theme of the old ways being outdated. It appears traditions are presented as either suspicious, in need of fixing, or simply irrelevant.

Pandora largely avoids sincerely engaging with perspectives outside the mainstream progressive worldview; traditional, dissenting, or non-woke views exist only in the form of villains or strawmen. The overall environment is thoroughly dominated by current-year ideology, with precious little room for internal debate or pluralism.