Leverage

Leverage contains a large amount of physical and emotional violence. Kurt is haunted by the memories of the abuse he withstood as a young child, which eventually led to the death by suffocation of his one friend. At Oregrove High, Danny and his teammates are tormented by members of the football squad. In the most disturbing episode (spoiler alert), a male first-year gymnast is forcibly sodomized and later commits suicide. As the plot progresses, there are beatings, threats with loaded guns, and intentional injuries on the playing field.

The inner circle of football players in Leverage treats girls, especially the cheerleaders, purely as sex objects. In one party scene, it is implied that Kurt hooks up with one young woman, who is never mentioned again. The only female character with much depth is Tina, the tough-but-good-hearted audio-visual expert who seems to have the beginnings of a crush on Kurt.

The language in Leverage is very strong and uncompromising, and its list of profanities is too long to enumerate. It includes "a--hole," "s--t," "p---y," and nearly every variation of "f--k," plus a variety of homophobic epithets like "faggot" and "pansy."

Members of the football squad, including one of the protagonists, use illegal steroids and drink alcohol. Some of the gymnasts smoke marijuana and drink. This behavior is mostly talked about, but there a few scenes where it is depicted directly.