The extreme political correctness lost me even though I initially thought it was a great show: The head woman (white) married to a black woman, the lead black actor telling his white girlfriend there is no God, the lead white female time traveler murdering an American soldier in WW 1 with no remorse whatsoever and never another word about it. The God comment finally lost me.
Late coming back to the thread here - but I agree - there were entire episodes and scenes that didn’t advance the plot at all and were nothing more than propaganda. Hence, I won’t be buying this series on DVD. It is probably why the long term ratings were less then spectacular.
That character you discuss goes back in time in the next episode and meets Harriet Tubman has his worldview rattled by how strong a person of faith she is. They were very respectful of faith in that particular episode.