The Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Rule — This rule is similar to The Slipping into Darkness Rule. If you hear any version of the song Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood in a movie, television show, or documentary, it is pointing to an individual in deep thought and torn between two worlds.
Examples of this song being used include:
The Gifted season
1 episode
1
Nobody
Oz season
1 episode 8
Luther season
1 episode 6
Aquarius season
1 episode 13
Snowfall season
1 episode
1
Training Day season
1 episode 12 Part
1
What Happened to Miss Simone
Titans season 3 episode 7
The
Don’
t Let Me Be Misunderstood Rule applies to the use of a version of the song — either The Animals version or the Nina Simone version — used in a
television show, documentary, or a movie to portray the protagonist as struggling and being caught between two worlds.