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Without hammering away at viewers with the idea, embedded within Elsbeth is the argument that the murderers Elsbeth and Kaya catch each week are bad both because of their social contract-breaking violence and because of what, at their core, these people represent. It varies slightly from week to week, but by catching these particular bad guys, our heroines are ridding New York of a particularly insidious pest: solo practitioners of winning at all costs and of protecting their own wealth, power, and privilege….
