The Rookie: Hit and Run (2021)
Season 4, Episode 8
10/10
A Disturbing and Accurate Portrayal of a Real-World Cult
23 April 2024
The presentation of this episode is not a very good one -- it tries to play out like a real-life event. However, the way it depicts the Sovereign Citizen domestic terrorist group is almost horrifyingly accurate. They're depicted as paranoid, hyper-aggressive, conspiratorial, gaslighting and self-righteous, and this is all completely true. They have a warped view on how reality works, and they've actually shot people who disagree. It was also a nice touch to accurately use their talking points, like the obsession with the notion that Governments don't exist, and that they're just Corporations (yet still demand the protections offered by the very Governments that they swear to destroy), and I like how the Sovereign Citizen went to screaming at the top of his lungs at the Police (for just investigating) in less than 2 sentences! These people are dangerous, diluted and have already performed deadly acts of violence, so it's good for a show to accurately, and unflinchingly, depict them as the monstrous and completely unreasonable thugs that they are.
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