A girl sees a fully erect circumcised penis on her phone, and it is displayed next to a bottle for size comparison. Explicit male genitalia of a sexual nature, but no sight of female genitalia.

There is a surrealist locker room with 20 highschool minors naked with full frontal nudity shown quickly and the 20 naked highschool boys appear simultaneously.

Girls' breasts and buttocks are shown repeatedly throughout.

Male nudity of a sexual nature where a man with his fully erect penis hanging out is shown.

A brief slideshow of "dick pics".

Sex and nudity is less frequent in Season 2

A young boy watches a gay porn video and the videos slightly flash on the screen for a brief second. The dialogue is explicit, but not much can be seen.

PornHub is mentioned in some episodes.

In a lot of episodes, Jules' breasts can be seen not covered by anything. However, this is Mild.

Some sexual dialogue throughout.

The series includes realistically simulated sex including vigorous thrusting and nudity in a sexual context, fellatio and cunnilingus. There are images of very strong sexual activity within a pornographic context and depictions of masturbation. There are frequent strong verbal references to sexual activity.

The series contains very strong scenes of full frontal, explicit sexualised nudity.

A teen girl is kidnapped in a parking lot a rag (possibly containing chloroform) is placed over her mouth her wrists and ankles are zip tied and she is shoved in a concealed compartment of a truck bed.

After overdosing, Rue has vomit smeared on her face as paramedics arrive. This may gross out some viewers.

A couple of scenes are pretty graphic.

There are some graphic references to rape and abuse.

Constant, pervasive uses of "fuck", "shit", "bitch", "pussy", and "dick"

There is sexual discussion. Including nudes, porn, and sexual organs. This occurs at random times throughout the series but it's typically moderate.

The word "cunt" is used on a few occasions.

Weaker language like "asshole", "bastard", "hoe", "damn", "hell", and "ass" are said.

Each episode has at least 70+ f-bombs

Profanity is very frequent. Virtually every single character on the show regularly uses harsh language in one form or another.

'Fuck' is said a total of 570+ times each season. Regularly used as a part of normal conversations and more than half come from Zendaya's character.

"Fuck," "shit," "dick," "cock," "twat," "whore," "slut," "bitch," and other profanities are used throughout the show.

Curses range from "fuck" and "shit" to crude language like "cunt."

The series contains very strong coarse language that at times is aggressive, sexualised and episodically frequent, including use of the words 'c**t' and 'f**k', as well as lower-level coarse language.

Incredibly frequent teen drinking, vaping & drug use (resulting depravity), such as marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy & other pills and heroin & other opiates. A girl is also seen injecting hormones early on in the series.

The main character, Rue, is a recovering drug addict.

Teenage drinking is very frequent. Parties are shown with characters doing shots. A main character gets pretty drunk off vodka

A woman is seen injecting heroin into her groin.

Some marijuana smoking at parties.

Some prescription pill use like oxycontin and Xanax

A main character is a drug dealer. He is often shown smoking it's not said if it's tobacco or weed

At a party characters cut up and snort meth. It's brief

A character snorts what's implied to be ketamine at a party.

Teens vape and juul throughout the show, with little consequences

A trans girl injects herself with hormones.

There is a ton of cigarette smoking in one episode.

Two teenage girls buy molly and get high.

The main character buys pills frequently from a drug dealer. She is seen using a hallucinogenic pill with her friend

A character is force fed fentanyl. This scene is incredibly disturbing but not graphic

Many scenes depict teens drinking, smoking marijuana, taking pills by mouth or crushing and snorting them. A character overdoses; she is discovered by her family and sent to the hospital, and then rehab. A very young boy sells drugs along with his older brother. An extended scene explains how a character beats an over-the-counter drug test despite still using. A parent guzzles wine. An addicted character works hard to get, and remain, sober.

Smoking and drug use is shown in every episode. Sometimes people are shown to be addicted, which tends to lead into violent activities.

Alcohol and hardcore drugs play prominent parts in most episodes.

Constant smoking and drinking throughout.

The series includes frequent visual depictions of drug use including snorting cocaine, marijuana smoking, preparation and injection, misuse of prescription drugs as well as associated drug effects. The series also includes infrequent depictions of intravenous heroin use.

A main character abuses drugs and alcohol often.

Cigarette, cigar smoking, and social drinking are present in nearly every episode.

The shows look at teenage life and high school life. This is extremely hardcore, and kind of stomach wrenching.

This show deals with heavy topics that could be upsetting and triggering to some viewers.

A character is forced to do fentanyl by a drug dealer. This results in her almost overdosing, and this is an extremely suspenseful and disturbing scene.

In the first episode, there are brief clips of Vincent Van Gough and Sylvia Plath committing suicide by a self inflicted gun shot wound and Plath sticking her head in a gas oven. These clips may be upsetting or triggering to viewers who have struggled with suicidal thoughts.

Nate almost beats a guy to death. Blood and sounds are shown.

A guy has sex with an underage trans woman. This scene is very graphic and disturbing, and it will trigger some people.

Rue frequently talks about wanting to kill herself (mostly throughout Season 2).

Well liked major and minor characters are unexpectedly killed. A lot of fights and brawls occur throughout the course of the show.

The show can be suspenseful and intense at times.

The show highlights many various hard-hitting topics, such as mental health and illness, PTSD, depression, dementia, dysfunctional families, murder, cancer, rape, sexual harassment, organized crime, domestic violence, discrimination, family estrangement, gambling addiction, infidelity, existential crisis, suicide, and drug and alcohol abuse.