Mr. Robot: parents' guide

Frequent and often bloody: people are shot in the head, a man is killed with a hammer, throats are cut, and several characters shoot themselves. Sexual violence: a woman is found after a rape, and Elliot's childhood sexual abuse is revealed.

Strong, unbleeped profanity on streaming versions. Plugged In counted about a dozen f-words in one season 2 episode and nearly 20 in one season 4 episode. S-words are common, along with "asshole," "bastard," "dickhead" and misuse of God's name.

Frequent and frank. Sex scenes show thrusting, bare buttocks and side nudity, a married couple has bondage sex, Elliot sleeps with his drug dealer, and in season 4 a woman masturbates on screen. A prison guard strip-searches Elliot. No full-frontal nudity is reported.

Elliot crushes and snorts morphine, smokes marijuana, and suffers withdrawal when he tries to stop; drug dealers are major characters. Others drink hard liquor heavily and smoke, a dealer offers Molly, and a drunk man carries Percocet.

Bleak and often disturbing. Elliot hallucinates and loses track of what is real. Several characters die by suicide, two of them forced to shoot themselves, and another slits her wrists and survives. Season 4 dwells on recovered memories of childhood abuse.