The Son

Characters are killed while their relatives scream in pain and terror, sometimes in prolonged sequences, like when a young boy is slowly stabbed/bludgeoned to death by a man on horseback. Dead bodies are shown, sometimes to horrifying affect: we see the bloated, decomposed face of a man murdered by hanging for stealing cattle (which some characters consider a justified murder). Characters are whipped and hung up to be tortured (an ear is cut off in one lengthy and horrifying scene), we see blood and agonized faces. Guns are frequently brandished and shot, at people and at game: a dead and bloody bird is shown briefly.

Brief references to sex/romance/infidelity, like when a wife hugs her brother in law and says she "married the wrong brother" and a father tells his daughter that she'll have to be more easygoing if she wants to marry someday.

Cursing and strong language: "ass," "goddamn," "bulls--t," "bastards," "s--t," "hell." Mexican people are called "mexos" and Native Americans often referred to contemptuously as Indians (though sometimes called by their tribal names: Comanche, Apache, etc.).

A man spikes his drink with liquor to deal with the "bulls--t" he has to "lay down" to would-be business associates at a party, scenes take place at bars and parties with adults drinking whiskey; characters smoke cigars and pipes.

Parents need to know that The Son is a series about a Texas oil family in 1915, and the early life of its patriarch. The series tackles mature subject matter and contains frequent violence: gunplay, shootings, deaths by stabbing/bludgeoning that takes place onscreen, torture (including a horrifying scene where a man's ear is sliced off when his torturers can't get information out of him). A dead man is seen hanging from a tree with his decomposed green face visible; character imply his murder was justified because he's a cattle thief. A family is attacked by Native Americans and the women in the family killed and the house set on fire; family members scream in pain and terror as the deaths occur. Cursing and strong language: "ass," "goddamn," "bulls--t," "bastards," "s--t," "hell." Racial slurs are also frequent: Mexican people are called "mexos" and other archaic names; Native Americans often referred to contemptuously as "Indians"(though sometimes called by tribal names: Comanche, Apache, etc.). Adults drink liquor at parties and bars and talk about drinking to deal with problems. Characters are complex and often act in a less-than-heroic fashion, particularly when profits are on the line.