Siren

Dark, suspenseful story with numerous scares and ties to the supernatural. Mermaids cast as predatory creatures, able to take on a shark and win, and willing to kill in the human world out of self-preservation. An attempted rape scene (what's shown stops at kissing) ends in a man dying. A shark carcass is shown ripped apart, and other injuries look real. A mermaid subject endures painful experiments, sample collection, crying out in pain. Mermaid transformation process can be scary.

A dating couple is shown making out in bed. Men appear bare-chested, and Ryn is shown naked but with breasts and groin obscured. In their aquatic form, mermaids are naked women from the waist up, but their breasts are covered by their seafaring skin. Ben is overcome by the song of the siren and finds himself infatuated with her because of it.

Rarely "ass," "damn," "d--k" (name-calling), and "bitch."

Adults are shown drinking beer. References to drug use, including weed.

Parents need to know that Siren is a suspenseful thriller about the mermaid and human worlds colliding. There's a fair amount of violence in it, mostly at the hands of the main character, Ryn, who comes ashore in desperate search of her companion. Expect to see bloodied carcasses of sea creatures and at least one dead human body. Strong language is sporadic but includes name-calling like "bitch" and "d--k," as well as "ass" and "damn." On the upside, the series shows both humans and Ryn learning to challenge stereotypes.