Future Man

The show revolves around preventing a future apocalypse that has humankind living in sewers and fighting invincible "Biotics" (humans who have received a treatment that makes them invulnerable to disease); expect many battles with futuristic weaponry including laser guns and explosives. Faceless thugs are killed frequently; we see their gory wounds. Innocent bystanders, such as a pair of police officers, may be suddenly killed as well. Violence occasionally rises to unexpectedly vicious levels, like when a man is stabbed in the leg during a fistfight and the attacker twists the knife as he screams and Tiger and Wolf scream things like "Crush his nuts!" and "Break their skulls!" Josh frequently tries to protect innocent people who happen to be nearby during a battle. "Do I really have to say this? Killing is wrong!" he informs Tiger and Wolf.

Expect frequent rude jokes, like when a man masturbates to a video game (we see his lowered pants and hand moving rhythmically) and then ejaculates accidentally on another man's leg; his "cum" is referred to thereafter. In another scene, characters talk about having sex with video game characters, with rude terms like "spank it" and Ms. Pac-Man "gobbling" a man's "dick." A woman demands a man's clothing; he tells her to take hers off and do a dance -- he is then brutally beaten by the woman, who takes his clothes at the end.

Language includes cursing such as "f--k," 'f---ing," "s--t," "goddamn," "jackass," "a--hole." Language may have an insulting and/or sexual edge: "spazz," "d--k," "piss," "cum," "nuts."

Josh's parents are regular pot smokers -- expect to hear jokes about it and references to their habits.

Parents need to know that Future Man is a comedy about a video gamer who winds up being recruited for a future apocalyptic battle. It is produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the minds behind raunchy movies like This Is the End and Pineapple Express, so expect lots of language and sophomoric (but sometimes very funny) humor about sex, drugs, and other mature topics. Violence is frequently played for laughs but is still intense: faceless thugs are shot and killed with futuristic laser weapons; in hand-to-hand combat, characters are stabbed as they shriek in agony. Sexual content is frequent and rude, like when we see a man lowering his pants and moving one hand rhythmically before he accidentally ejaculates on another man's leg. Language often includes a sexual connotation ("spank it," "d--k," "cum"), and there are jokes about oral sex, sex with video game characters, and other odd and absurd scenarios. Other cursing, including "f--k" and "s--t" is frequent. Parents of a 20-something man are regular pot smokers and refer to and joke about it. Women and people of color have strong, central roles, and parents are present and supportive.