Of course, on this show, we already know the true explanations go well beyond the rational. He’s hunting a meteor that hit Earth nearly a century ago, and whose ~entirely scientifically explained~ effects include strange weather phenomena and turning people murderously insane.
All Rights Reserved.Īs a character, Tom is outgoing, straightforward, and logical. Related Nancy Drew Season 4 Episode 6 Review: The Web of Yesterdays Pictured (L-R): Leah Lewis as George and Tunji Kasim as Nick - Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW - © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. It can be an uncomfortable topic, but that makes it still more relevant. Nick being one of the few Black people in town is rarely touched on, and Tom gives him the chance to discuss the code switching he engages in daily.Īway from Tom, he also has a conversation with George about why she doesn’t post pictures of them as a couple that winds up discussing biases between different minorities. We get a couple relevant conversations about racism from this that build on the dynamics of the previous episode. (Though it is fun to hear Levar Burton voice his virtually-present father.) Here, Tom’s impressive litany of gadgets– very reminiscent of Iron Man and feeling a bit out of place in the Nancy Drew-verse– aren’t nearly as important as the fact he’s a gay, Black man. Pictured (L-R): Tian Richards as Tom Swift and Kennedy McMann as Nancy - Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW - © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. On occasion, overt racism has been included in those volumes. In each, that character has been a handsome white man written by white men. On Nancy Drew Season 2 Episode 15, “The Celestial Visitor,” he brings high tech to the usual brilliant inventor profile, along with a couple other more significant changes.Ī quick look at the Tom Swift Wikipedia page will show that he’s been the main character of several series of books. Tom Swift is a character who has bounced around literature for more than a century.
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