Ramy

Violence is infrequent and used to make a point, like a scene in which Ramy and his uncle break up a street fight by pulling a gun; no one is hurt but Ramy is terrified as well as emboldened by the weapon.

Sex and romance are central to this show's plot, which Ramy's mother advising him to find a "high quality" (i.e. Muslim) girl to marry and setting him up with suitable candidates. Meanwhile, Ramy dates and has sex with non-Muslim women, such as in a scene where a couple kisses passionately and starts taking off their clothes before the camera cuts to them asleep in bed. Ramy then goes to the bathroom and fills his (used) condom with water to check it for holes. In another scene, a woman asks Ramy if he has a condom so they can have sex; she also offers a nikah mut'ah (a temporary contract marriage in Islam, often for the purpose of having sex) and then asks for what she wants sexually, which is for Ramy to choke her while she masturbates. She asks him several times to choke her harder, and when he decides not to, she criticizes him for stereotyping her as a Muslim woman who's not supposed to be sexual. A woman talks about getting the "Arab sex talk": her dad simply said to his children "Girls, no boys, boys, no boys."

Cursing and language includes "f--king," "f--k," "s--t," "assh--e," "bulls--t," "b---h" (a woman calls a man this). It's said that something "sucks," and an Egyptian man is called a "sand n----r." A man has a lot of negative things to say about Jewish people, including that they're bad drivers (another character corrects him and says that's Asian people, not that he believes it) and they "sit in the dark and count money" on Saturdays.

Characters drink onscreen, but Ramy does not drink because of his Muslim faith, which he's open about. A character smokes cigarettes and Ramy jokes at one point that he'll "probably try mushrooms one day."

Parents need to know that Ramy is a dramedy about a twentysomething Muslim man (Ramy Youssef) trying to find a middle ground between the traditions of his culture and the millennial milieu he consorts with in his New Jersey neighborhood. Sexual content is thoughtful and realistic, but ranges on the mature side, like when Ramy fills a (used) condom with water to check for holes, and in an intense scene, is asked to choke a woman while she masturbates in a car on their first date. There's no nudity, but we see people taking off their t-shirts and putting their hands under clothes, and hear sexual words as well as jokes about sex. There are also sexual situations with complicated cultural meaning, like when female Muslim characters talk about the sexual expectations placed on them by their parents and culture. Violence is less frequent than sex, but can be disquieting, like when Ramy and his uncle break up a street fight with a gun (no one is shot). Characters drink onscreen, but Ramy abstains due to his faith, though he does say will "probably try mushrooms one day." A character smokes cigarettes. Cursing includes "f--king," "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "bulls--t," and "bitch" and there's also language with a racial/ethnic bent, like when characters talk about "white girls" with "no morals" or when an Egyptian man complains about being "surrounded by Jews." This man is called a "sand n----r" as well by a racist man. Despite the mature content, strong messages of integrity and gratitude come through, with every character represented sympathetically and many fascinating issues addressed. Characters spend time working out how to be righteous people, though the definition of what that is is under question.