Only Murders in the Building: parents' guide

Each season centers on a murder, and the aftermath can be gory: a body with part of the head missing, a woman stabbed with a knitting needle, a severed finger, a fall through a glass ceiling, poisonings and a fatal shooting. The tone stays comic.

Frequent. One reviewer counted between 3 and 16 f-words in each episode checked, plus s-words, "motherf--king," a c-word and constant misuse of God's name. A middle finger is shown.

Frequent crude jokes, about sex toys, masturbation and a woman's encounter with her cousin among others, plus kissing and a lead in a same-sex relationship. A shower scene shows a bare back and the side of a breast, and a nude painting is a plot point.

Characters drink often at parties and dinners, and one man mentions having his stomach pumped. Characters occasionally smoke cigarettes and marijuana and take prescription pills recreationally, and past cocaine use is mentioned.

Mostly playful suspense, but bodies are discovered, characters are poisoned or nearly killed, a dog is poisoned and recovers, and a dead cat turns up in a freezer. A teenager's fatal fall from the roof is part of the backstory.