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Series · Romance, Comedy · 2024 · TV-MA

Nobody Wants This: parents' guide

15+our pick

Best for ages 15 and up. Rated TV-MA.

A warm, talky romantic comedy for adults and older teens, not younger kids. An agnostic podcaster who talks about sex and dating for a living falls for a rabbi, and their families push back hard. There is no violence, but the dialogue is packed with f-words and frank sex talk, sex is implied through cutaways, and adults pass around a joint and joke about cannabis gummies. Faith and the strain of an interfaith romance are central, though handled lightly. Detailed reviews focus on the first season. Age 15 reflects the language and constant sexual conversation.

What's in it

Violence

None

No violence. The conflict comes from family disapproval, tense dinners and relationship ups and downs, not anything physical.

Language

Strong

Frequent f-words, more than ten in the first two episodes by Plugged In's count, plus s-words, asshole, dick and frequent "oh my God." "Shiksa" is used repeatedly as a putdown of the non-Jewish heroine, along with "slut" jokes.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Constant frank sex talk through the podcast, including orgasms and a three-way. Kissing and make-outs lead to sex implied with cutaways, and no nudity is reported. One scene is set in a sex shop full of toys and BDSM gear.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Strong

Adults drink beer and wine at most gatherings. A joint goes around a dinner party and the rabbi takes a hit, his brother offers him a THC gummy, and a dad who has lost count of his gummies then has to parent his teenage daughter.

Scary or intense scenes

None

Nothing scary. The emotional stakes are breakups, family friction and a mother's coldness toward her son's new girlfriend.

Worth talking about

Noah and Joanne each wonder how much of themselves they'd have to change to make the relationship work. How can people with different beliefs respect each other without one person giving everything up?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, Wikipedia, movieguide.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.