The Lake

The main characters represent racial and sexual diversity. Justin and his young step-nephew Opal (Declan Whaley) are both LGBTQ+, with Justin talking about his experiences as a gay man and Opal telling his family his chosen name and pronouns. Billie is a biracial Black young woman. Other people of color on the lake with her include Maisy-May's husband Victor (Terry Chen), and Maisy-May and Victor's children, Killian (Jared Scott) and Opal. Also present as part of the story are Billie's adoptive parents, a Black couple. Most of the rest of the case is White.

Sexual humor, situations and language such as "slutty," "anal douching," discussions about being a virgin and polyamory, "eye-boning," "saggy balls," and more. One scene has a joke about child porn. A character is called "Whore-reen" and another one is called "Horny."

Swear words and sexual language including "slutty," "eye-boning," "whore," "s--t," "douche," "bitches," "pissing," "goddamn," "a--," "f--k." Racial language such as "Oreo" (a derogatory term referring to a Black person who is deemed to be affiliated with whiteness). Potentially ableist language like "dumb." Foul language like "shart" and exclamatory uses of God, including "Oh God."

Scenes with drinking, including underage binge drinking. Scenes with drinking humor. Mention of weed.

Parents need to know that The Lake is a comedy about a man who has come back from Australia to his home lake house to bond with his biological daughter whom he placed for adoption. Along with spending time with his daughter, he also tries to regain control of his family's lake house from his stepsister and her family. The series features themes of family, compassion, and empathy, as well as moderate racial and sexual diversity. Parents should be mindful of coarse and sexual language as well as sexual humor and situations and scenes with drinking.