Peacock’s Newest Season of ‘Rutherford Falls’: White People ‘Only…Act in Their Own Self-Interest’

Season two of Peacock’s comedy Rutherford Falls released on June 16 and there was still plenty of hatred towards white people, unfortunately, albeit not quite as bad as season one. They attempted to excuse it this time with the “white fragility” argument, which is all too typical from the left.

Rutherford FallsIt centers on childhood buddies Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells (Ed Helms). In season 1, Nathan was an inarticulate, tone-deaf portrayal of a white male. In season two, Nathan has realized his evil, white ways/sarcasm, and has been hiding in shame in the attic of his former history museum, which is now Reagan’s Minishonka Nation cultural center.

Nathan’s former non-binary assistant Bobbie, played by non-binary actor Jesse Leigh, accidentally discovers Nathan in the attic of the cultural center in episode 1, “White Man in the Cupboard” (Get it?There is a discussion about white fragility.

BobbieWebMD suggests that you apply the above for at least 15 minutes, and then tell me why.

Nathan: Okay, but it’s gonna take a while to really parse through all the nuances of my situation.

Reagan: He came back two months ago and was super embarrassed about how he acted, and about Josh’s podcast about how he acted, so he hid in the attic.

Nathan: That’s pretty much all the nuances.

Bobbie: So, what are you doing here?

Nathan: I’ve been working on myself. It’s about examining your blind spots. I read the book “White Fragility,” and then I read another book about how “White Fragility” is bad. And then I read a third book called “White White Fragility Fragility” about how white people are super fragile about the book “White Fragility.”

Reagan: It’s been a real journey for himFor me by text,

Nathan: I’m almost ready to rejoin society. Only now is the time to get my reentry in order. People think I’m a selfish jerk, they’re not wrong. I have to apologize to everyone and make sure they know I’ve grown and changed as a person.

In episode three, “Aunt Sue,” Nathan offers Reagan’s family advice on an inheritance issue. But his newly woke conscience kicks in and he sheepishly backtracks, telling them he has no business offering his opinion because he’s white, even though the issue affects all races.  

The most racist scene happened in episode 5, “Adirondack S3,” as Reagan and quasi-villain Terry  (Michael Greyeyes) are asked to serve as indigenous consultants on a hit TV show called Adirondack. The show is meant to “skewer” real-life dramas like Yellowstone and Big SkyAccording to ET.  

Schmieding also works as a writer Rutherford Falls (the show has the largest staff of indigenous writers in television), told ET her goal with this episode was “making sure that it’s building awareness while being funny.” Greyeyes added that “it was the perfect revenge.”

These are the three white men who produced the aforementioned products AdirondackCox Whitley (Rye Whitman) and Alden Whitmer (Jon Barinholtz) are all played by one actor, as white men always look identical. Really?

Cox jokingly calls Reagan “The Gipper” and mentions his dad was Reagan’s ambassador to Austria, but Reagan disdainfully tells him her name is pronounced “REE-gan.” Terry realizes the producers are ignoring their advice, which leads him to bitterly utter a racist remark to Nathan and Bobbie:

TerryRye: Please excuse me

Aiden: Nope. Popular mistake. We actually haven’t met. Alden Whitmer is a producer co-AP. You can count on me to help, friend.

TerryAlden: Alden and I raised concerns with the script, but they were ignored.

Alden: Ok, now lay it on me, fam.

Terry: Well, there’s still a ceremony scene and there shouldn’t be.

Alden: Right. I totally hear what you’re saying on that. That’s why we changed it to a sacred smoke ritual. This makes it more specific for the Minishonka.

Terry: Right, but you didn’t change any of the elements, and now you’ve also invented a fake indigenous custom.

Alden: Ooh, custom. What is the solution to calling this a custom? These are some great pitches T.

Terry: Please cut the whole thing.

Alden: Mm, okay, the thing is that this ceremony or custom or whatever you wanna call it, it makes our lead Remington realize what’s missing in his life. It’s like a major shift in his POV, yeah? And it’s gonna help later in the season justify the fact that Chief Nightpipe adopts him and makes him part of the tribe.

Terry: What?!

AldenIt’s TV. It’s TV. Sometimes you’ve gotta fudge things to make it work. I’m sure you get that, okay? But it sounds like after these tweaks, we’ve got a green light, alright?

Nathan: I mean, I couldn’t believe it. The just for old times’ sake argument didn’t work at all.

Bobbie: It’s almost like we can’t trust mass corporations to do the right thing.

Nathan: Caitlin would be there. She would’ve rolled her eyes and said, “Ugh, what do you want now, Nathan?” But then after I bugged her long enough, she would’ve done what we wanted just to make me go away. It’s a great loss.

Terry: The answer is yes. White people can only act in their self-interest.