Outer Banks: parents' guide

Frequent and escalating: shootouts, stabbings, explosions, fights with crowbars, harpoons and knives, and a building set on fire with people inside. A father beats and strangles his teenage son. Several characters are killed on screen, some in drawn-out scenes, and the heroes kill too.

Steady profanity: about a dozen s-words in an episode by one count, occasional f-words, plus "bitch," "bastard," "prick," "pussy," frequent misuse of God's name, slurs and middle fingers.

Teens kiss, make out and lounge in swimsuits. Sex is implied between teen couples, with one character undressing another to underwear, and a man in boxers implies he slept with his girlfriend. No explicit nudity.

Teens drink at almost every chance; one drinks until vomiting and another drives drunk. Main characters smoke pot and cigarettes, teens snort cocaine at parties, and Rafe's cocaine habit and JJ's addict father are recurring storylines.

Frequent peril, including a hurricane, near-drownings, kidnappings and people held at gunpoint. Grief runs through later seasons as two parents and a main character die, and one teen lives with his father's abuse.