Severance: parents' guide

Brain surgery shows a skull being drilled. A man is beaten to death with a bat, a hanging attempt is shown, a worker tries to drown a colleague, and a man dies from a cattle stunner. Season 2 adds sex by impersonation, a consent violation.

Frequent strong language: several f-words in most episodes, with Plugged In counting about 15 in the season 2 premiere, plus s-words, prick, piss and misuse of God's name.

A central workplace romance leads to sex under the covers with no nudity. In season 2, a character sleeps with a man while impersonating the woman he loves, which becomes a major plot point. A reward party features a suggestive dance by women in lingerie.

The lead drinks heavily to cope with grief, including getting drunk on a date and drinking alone at home. Social drinking appears elsewhere, and a season 2 episode visits a town with a history of ether addiction.

Sustained dread: workers trapped in a corporate nightmare, a punishment room where someone repeats an apology endlessly, a worker threatening to maim herself to force her release, a hanging attempt, flashbacks to pregnancy loss, and cruel experiments on a captive woman.