• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 17.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Raising kids (and more...) in the 'burbs. Adults.

Why We Rated This

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Don't look for positive messages here. Although the Botwins love each other, their family relationships are constantly tested and twisted beyond most people's breaking point. Selfishness is often rewarded, and plenty of illegal activity takes place without a hint of consequence.
• Role models:

  Nancy ostensibly has her family's best interests at heart, but most of her day-to-day actions -- dealing drugs, flirting with drug dealers -- are risky and illegal and make her far from a model of good behavior. Her friends and family members aren't much better; her accountant is one of her best clients, her brother-in-law is cheerfully self-serving (and doesn't hesitate to lie to get what he wants), and her best friend does things like hide laxatives in her overweight tween daughter's chocolate stash. The affluent characters are all white; most of the African-American characters are somehow involved in the drug business, while the Latino ones are almost all domestic servants and/or heavily involved in the drug trade.
• Violence:

  Somewhat sporadic depending on the season/episode, but it can be quite shocking when it happens. Stand-off scenes between drug dealers include lots of guns; Nancy participates in a drive-by; other bloody wounds appear (some from gunshots, some from other sources -- like animal attacks). Several abrupt deaths. Also some beatings and car accidents.
• Sex:

  Infrequent full-frontal nudity and lots of partial nudity (breasts, buttocks, more). Frequent sex scenes (some fairly explicit, even for pay cable, and some involving teen characters). A character takes a young boy to a "massage parlor" as a coming-of-age treat. Sex toys show up on occasion.
• Language:

  Frequent and explicit; nothing is bleeped. "F--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "pu--y," etc. -- they're all there.
• Consumerism:

  Few specific product names are mentioned (though Nancy does love her Diet Coke), but most of the denizens of Agrestic are very materialistic.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  The show's premise is closely tied to marijuana -- growing it, selling it, smoking it, baking it into pastries, etc. Later seasons expand to cover more of the illegal drug industry. Adults and teens also drink regularly, and some use drugs like cocaine.

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