In short, this episode is horrible. In long, this episode is so ridiculous that, in fact, it looks like the writers are intentionally mocking the BLM movement they're pretending to support. Let me try to explain.
So, Nicky and Henry go to a bar. While they walk on the street, a young black man on a skateboard runs into them, then he apologizes and continues riding his skateboard. While walking back from the bar some time later, Nicky and Henry pass by Wong's jewelry store, only to see paramedics loading the same young black man into an ambulance, after he's been shot by a policeman mistaking him for a thief. This is when the actual story of this episode starts.
It's not about Kung-Fu. It's not about ancient weapons. It's about some warped TV version of the BLM movement, where all protesters are peaceful and calm, all policemen are the enemy of the people, small business owners happily welcome people they don't know in their establishments during a violent protest on the street, and somehow the protest in support of black people against police brutality turns out to be all about the white writers' blatant self-insert - Nicky. She is the central figure here. Joe, the black activist who is also the boyfriend of Nicky's brother, barely has 5 minutes of screen time, if even that. Nicky - who is basically a white savior played by a non-white actress - takes most of the credit and the rest of that goes to her white ex. Ugh. Just... Ugh.
And there are other problems. Like, in one scene Henry speaks against false narratives in the media (which is commendable, don't get me wrong), but this whole episode tries - and fails - to push a false narrative. Namely, that looting and arsons don't happen during the BLM protests. "Fiery but mostly peaceful," remember? Double ugh. Also, with all due respect, the biggest thing this episode manages to do is to undervalue what happened with George Floyd - you know, the black man whose death likely inspired this episode. Unlike the fictional Andre Durant, George Floyd was not exactly an upstanding citizen - and this is actually important - because even a person like him deserved support and justice for the way he was treated. By making Andre a paragon of virtue, the writers of this episode undercut the actual event that led to the BLM protest last year. Good for them, I guess. Triple ugh.
And then there is the Spartacus reference at the end. You will recognize it. Quadruple ugh.
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