The Pitt: parents' guide

Graphic trauma in nearly every episode: gunshot and stab wounds, a degloved leg, bones through skin, a chest cut open to expose the heart, a crushed pelvis. Season 1's final stretch covers a mass shooting, ending with bodies under blankets.

Very strong. Plugged In counted about 25 f-words in one episode and heavy use in every episode, plus s-words, 'cocksucker,' a crude word for female genitals and insults like 'junkie' and 'crackhead.' An angry patient directs racist abuse at a nurse.

No sex scenes, but frequent clinical nudity: bare rears, a woman's breasts exposed during treatment, a man's genitals during surgery and while urinating, and an unhidden birth. Staff joke about sex; a patient may be a trafficking victim.

A teen is brain-dead from a fentanyl overdose, a toddler eats a cannabis gummy, and a doctor steals sedatives, returning from rehab in season 2. Patients arrive drunk or high; a nurse smokes and an underage girl drinks.

Sustained distress: children and teens die despite the staff's efforts, grieving families are shown up close, and a mass shooting floods the ER. Suicide attempts, hints of a resident's relapse into self-harm, a boy who threatens classmates, and staff breakdowns add weight.