A couple finds a dead body in their bathroom. There is quite a bit of blood on the corpse. "Face looks like it's been sledgehammered" according to the police.

A man intimidates a woman, getting in her face, slamming the wall near her head, pointing his finger. He eventually grabs her around the throat.

A prostitute pinches shut the nose of a man who is gagged, cutting off his breathing.

A detective speaks to a man about a pistol-whipping charge.

Two women fight. One ends up with bloody scratches on her cheek.

A character on a TV program accidentally strangles a woman.

"Fuck" or one of its variants is used 10 times.

"Asshole" is used once and "ass" three times.

"Bullshit" is used once.

"Pissed" is used once.

"Tits" and "balls" are used once each.

One use of "bitch".

"Oh my God" is used once.

Detective Lulling smokes a pipe. He is ribbed about it, including about the health implications. He later says that people only ever talk about the negative aspects of pipe smoking. Some other adult characters smoke cigarettes.

Before calling the police Jerry says they have to get rid of "any pot or coke or anything like that." We see his girlfriend preparing a line, but not using it. Jerry later prepares some lines but Barbara washes it down the sink.

Barbara has several bottles of prescription pills, and a substance wrapped in foil, in her cupboard.

Barbara pops a pill before starting work. Later she takes a pill and washes it down with red wine.

In a bar, and at a party, many people drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and take drugs.

Police speak of a man who was busted trying to buy two kilos of coke from a federal agent.

Barbara and Jerry share a joint.