United States of Al

Riley, Al, and others refer to combat, like in a scene where a town is called a "meat grinder."

Riley hits on women indiscriminately as an aspect of his post-service trauma -- expect flirting, dating, romantic complications, references to sex. The show makes a point of telling us Al can't consume pornography as an observant Muslim.

Language is infrequent and includes "hell" and "damn."

Characters drink and there are references to them drowning emotional problems with too much drinking, but we don't see anyone actually drunk. Characters do drink beer with dinner and at gatherings. Al makes a point of driving Riley around when he's been drinking.

Parents need to know that United States of Al is a comedy about an Afghan translator who immigrates to the United States to live with the family of his former comrade-in-arms, an American ex-Marine. It's a bit edgy, but overall the content is less mature than viewers might expect from a Chuck Lorre-executive produced show. One character expresses aspects of his post-service trauma by acting out sexually (like flirting with many women), but references to sex are soft-pedaled, and an observant Muslim character pointedly does not consume pornography and treats women with deference. One character is said to have a drinking problem after being suddenly widowed. Characters drink beer at parties and dinners. Al, the observant Muslim, makes a point of driving when a friend has been drinking. Language is infrequent and includes "hell" and "damn." There are references to war and combat, like when a character calls a battle a "meat grinder." Characters sometimes mock each other, but family love is central, and family members support each other. Expect some iffy messages about masculinity, like when an ex-soldier says "Marines don't cry."