• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 16.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Kids shouldn't RSVP to clever-but-mature comedy.

Why We Rated This for Ages 16–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  No clear-cut role models here. The team leader tries to do the right thing (and tends to over-police his employees' bad behavior) but usually fails miserably due to his own incompetence. Some stereotyping based on race, gender, and sexuality.
• Violence:

  Rare instances of light aggression, like one character pushing another into a pool.
• Sex:

  Several references to masturbation (one employee received five warnings on the job for masturbating in closets; another uses a stain stick on his pants to get a stain out and is thought to be masturbating, etc.) and, in at least one instance, brief full frontal male nudity. Other examples include an employee making out with a teenage party guest and another employee receiving a hand job from a different party guest (although the act is hidden behind the dashboard of a car). One episode takes place at a party for the porn industry and includes topless women and a shot of male genitalia.
• Language:

  Unbleeped words run the gamut from "f--k" (used many times) to "goddammit." You'll also hear terms like "penis," "c--k," "nut cancer," "MILF action," "faggiest," and "pubes."
• Consumerism:

  Name-dropping is rare, but characters do mention things the Parliament cigarette brand and a specific brand of Cuban cigars.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Since every episode takes place at a different catered event, there's a lot of social drinking. The bartender often takes shots of alcohol on the job and drinks after events with other employees. Specific drinks are mentioned by name -- like "G&T" (for gin and tonic) -- and some characters smoke. One refers to a time when he was "boozing, drinking,and getting high in the van." In at least one episode, a character takes Ecstasy.

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