Euphoria

The main character, played by Zendaya, has one Black and one White parent, but her background is not addressed in the context of the show. Jules is a transgender character played by a transgender actor, and other cast members are Latino and Black. There's a little body diversity among characters.

Violence is often sexual, which can be quite disturbing: A boy vividly pictures his girlfriend getting kidnapped, bound, and thrown in the trunk of a car, after which he fantasizes about shooting her kidnapper. A boy and girl begin to have sex, whereupon he chokes her (he stops after she asks him too). A drug dealer says that a girl should have "some other way to pay" for drugs. Nonsexual violence is also intense: A girl threatens her mother with a piece of glass during a fight, a brief vignette shows Vincent van Gogh shooting himself. Characters are beaten, shot, and attacked in various physical and emotional ways.

Sex is often linked with violence; see "Violence" section. Characters engage in sex frequently: naked body parts, a man putting on a condom, a character flinching and crying as a man has sex with her, a boy trying to choke a girl during sex. Brief images show clips from hardcore pornography, including a flash of an erect penis. A girl has sex at a party; she is recorded and the video is shared without her permission, which makes her feel both shamed and desirable, yet leads to an incident in which a much older man masturbates (which we see) while on a video chat with her. Boys speculate on whether girls are a "whore" and talk about how much "p---y" they're going to "smash." Nudity is frequent, including male full frontal in a scene where a man is shot while receiving oral sex.

Cursing is frequent: "f--k," "s--t," "p---y," "a--hole," "bulls--t," "bitch," "d--k," a song contains the "N" word.

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.

Parents need to know that Euphoria is a drama series about a teen girl who's working through addiction along with the usual challenges of adolescence. It features lots of boundary-pushing content related to sex, drugs, and sexual violence. Girls are violated in many ways, included being leered at, groped, and touched without their permission. Boys wonder if they're "whores" and share their images on social media "slut pages." Standard episode content includes things like a boy choking a girl during sex, drug dealers trying to extract sexual payment for drugs. Nudity is frequent; we see nudity in both sexual contexts (a man pauses before sex to put on a condom) and nonsexual (nude boys cavort in a locker room). We also see many "d--k pics," and older characters having sex or coming on to underage teens. Characters' early trauma is explored, and how it affects their present day issues. Girls are often depicted as abused, and boys as abusers; though some characters do have redemptive arcs, there's not a lot of kindness or thoughtfulness on display. One character is an addict; many scenes depict her smoking, drinking, taking pills, or snorting (pills or white powders). Cursing is very frequent; expect "f--k," "s--t," "p---y," "a--hole," "bulls--t," "bitch," and "d--k." While it's a show about teens, the extremely mature content is most appropriate for adult viewers. All of this content is amped up in the second season, which includes Rue's continuing relapses, sexual violence, assault, and frequent nudity.