The Expanse: parents' guide

Frequent gunfights, space battles and sudden killings, with blood drifting in zero gravity. Gorier moments include a close look at a severed arm, bodies warped by an alien infection, torture by officials and an asteroid attack on Earth in season 5.

Shit, ass and hell are common, along with invented Belter slang. Common Sense Media lists no f-words for the Syfy seasons (1 to 3), but the Prime Video seasons (4 to 6) use them, and Plugged In heard several in one season 5 episode.

A handful of sex scenes with moaning and thrusting, one in zero gravity, and bare male and female backsides, including men in a communal shower. A red-light district with women posing in lingerie, prostitution references and crude slang also appear.

Characters drink beer and cocktails in bars, and some drink to excess. Black-market growth hormones and enhancement drugs are traded, and crews take drugs to survive high-speed burns. Drug use is never a central storyline.

An alien infection turns people into grotesque, glowing corpses, and one arc plays like a horror film. Children are abducted for experiments and an infected child dies. Two characters kill themselves, one attempts it, and a woman's controlling ex holds her captive.