Ozark

Almost all characters are White. The cartel that the Byrdes work for is run by Mexicans, and their White competitors talk in racist ways about them. Many characters voice racist and/or classist sentiments too: One character calls the Lake of the Ozarks the "redneck Riviera," and another says that there "camouflage is a primary color." A law enforcement officer says that if "Mexicans, mafia, and Muslims" weren't "dealing drugs and flying planes into buildings, they'd be cleaning toilets." Gay men are depicted both in caring relationships and in exploitative ones. One character has a developmental disability, and is played by an actor with Down Syndrome; he's shown enmeshed in his community.

Marty deals with gangsters; violence is potentially possible at any time. Characters, including those we've come to know, are suddenly killed on-screen: shot, thrown off a balcony of a skyscraper. We see blood and dead bodies, including some that are wrapped in plastic and placed in a drum for dumping. Marty and his wife and teen children are threatened with death by a ruthless gangster.

Sexual themes and situations: A man covertly watches pornography when he's with clients as well as with his wife. In the porn, a woman performs oral sex on her knees and then has sex bent over a bed; no nudity is seen, but her male partner thrusts and groans. A man vividly imagines picking up a sex worker on the street and getting oral sex; a woman stops a man from "beating off" in his car; a woman is having an affair and her husband finds out. Vulgar reference to masturbation ("rub one out") and to body parts (a man compares a woman's private parts to an animal trap). All the sex depicted in the show is between willing partners, but it's often used to manipulate or blackmail. A strip club, with topless women dancing, becomes a primary setting in the series.

Cursing: "f--k," "s--t," "bulls--t," "goddamn"; one man calls another a "little bitch" (implying he's whining) and another man calls his wife a "f--king bitch"; a teenager tells her parents that "no f--king way" is she going to do something. Strong and/or insulting language includes "retard," "screw you," "d--kish," "crap."

Main characters work for a drug cartel. Heroin production is shown. A couple characters smoke a lot of marijuana as the show goes on. Many characters drink to excess, and teens drink beer. Oxycontin is used to manipulate a character.