Dept. Q: parents' guide

Shootings with spurting blood, a man beaten to death with a hammer, a body with a knife in its skull, a stomped-on broken leg, and a woman tortured for years. A long monologue threatens a teenage boy with rape to pressure the boy's father.

Near-constant profanity: Plugged In counted more than 40 f-words in the first episode, and the c-word is frequent. Also prick, bitch and slurs about disability and sexuality such as "spastic," "cripple" and "dyke."

A couple strip completely, with bare breasts and buttocks on screen and genitals kept out of frame, then have sex off camera. Brief rear nudity on a laptop screen, nonsexual nudity in a shower, and teens heard having sex behind a door.

Adults drink beer, wine and liquor, and one gets drunk. The detective takes prescription antidepressants, someone mentions getting high in the past, and there is occasional smoking.

A woman trapped for years in a sealed chamber, pleading with captors who toy with the air pressure; a paralyzed officer who wordlessly pleads to be allowed to die; a suicide; tense chases and threats. Trauma and grief weigh on every main character.