Despite being promoted as the show's heart and moral conscience, the flaws in Gwen's own morality are explored throughout the series; a press release noted that she is both selfless and selfish.
Too often, our twisted approach to redemption consists of rewarding those who are content to turn a blind eye to their own flaws, undeterred by checks and balances of conscience.
Wiwa finally resolved his differences with his father, accepting his flaws and attributing to him his strong political conscience, and moral compass.
According to Sharon Eberson, the character's popularity can be attributed to his being a "scoundrel whose occasional bouts of conscience allow viewers to go with the flaws because, as played to the larger-than-life hilt by Depp, he owns every scene he is in".
We worry about our flaws, sweat our mistakes, allow the truth to be our tether and let conscience trip us up.
But whatever our flaws, whatever dangers we face, however sharp our debates, we must remain a country with a conscience.
