Whatever contributed to the shallowness with which Wi’s character and others were written before is somewhat ameliorated in the second season.

Yet it may be more accurate to view these developments not as Harris overcoming polarization, but as her exposing the shallowness of the polarization impression.

It’s also an example of the plot’s relative shallowness and scripts more concerned with verbal blood sport than teasing out its characters’ interiority.

They criticize the shallowness of material pursuits and emphasize the need for genuine purpose instead of dismissive mainstream platitudes.

“Some people suggested we did drugs together because he has tattoos and I am plain,” Mulaney says, a gentle poke at the shallowness of the media and public.