Parents guide

A gratuitous photo of male genitalia is shown.

Also in episode four a cartoonish photo is shown to portray BDSM with a girl being stabbed in the lower regions.

Two people are seen having sex (no nudity) shows a persons butt for about 10 seconds

Male Butt and sex scene

Male and female mastrubation on screen for signifcant amount of time

Short sex scene, bare bottom shown.

A girl ogles a man mowing the lawn; the man is shirtless and covered in sweat, and the girl's mother catches her.

A girl films her boyfriend and herself having sex, making comments such as "soon he will be eating me".

A detective asks a man if he has raped, fondled, kissed or licked a deceased woman, as well as if he likes necrophilia. The man states that he finds it disturbing.

It is stated that a man masturbated for nine hours in a McDonald's restaurant until he was arrested.

A lot of abuse

There is a lot of mental abuse.

The back of a woman is shown completely with bloody stab wounds.

A woman stabs her child's leg with an EpiPen needle.

A woman forces her daughter to give her an insulin shot. The needle goes in onscreen, and the daughter is visibly uncomfortable.

A feeding tube is removed from a girl's stomach; the vacant hole is seen as it is removed and replaced (seen twice throughout the series), and the end of the tube is shown with yellow pus on it.

BDSM imagery, some of which is quite violent and features knives.

A girl has a period; blood is seen drizzling down her legs, and her mother shames her for it.

A man is covered in bruises after an apparent bar fight.

A knife and gloves covered in blood are mailed to a man's house.

They say "F**k" a few times in the series.

Not bad throughout until last episode. G..D.. is used in this episode along with the f word and a couple of others.

Uses of "shit", "son of a bitch" and "asshole".

An old woman gives a man the middle finger in one scene.

Some sexual dialogue; references to BDSM, masturbation, all said/typed onscreen.

Some mild name-calling; "witch", "creepy", "brat", "weirdo", "fat pig", "monster", etc.

Teenage girls smoke marijuana.

Beer is often seen and mentioned in cans and bottles, drank by most of the adult characters.

A girl is heavily medicated with sleeping pills from a forged prescription so as to give her the appearance of being mentally retarded.

A woman forges prescriptions and keeps a vast quantity of prescription drugs in a cupboard for her daughter and herself.

A girl pops pills and has anxiety attacks without them. She also offers them to her boyfriend.

A woman is handcuffed in front of her young daughter, who is forced to watch.

Some of the BDSM scenes are quite sudden and disturbing.

An apparently autistic man is shouted at frequently by his girlfriend. Some of his responses are rather unsettling, as is the verbal behaviour towards him.

A girl is tied to her own bedpost by her mother to trap her there after she was caught speaking to a man online. The girl is crying and visibly shaken.

Gypsy becomes more and more stressed at Nick's house, due to his trashy parents criticizing her mother, Nick's lack of know-how (at one point he shows her the designated space in his bedroom for her, a fold-up closet where she is to live). She abuses anxiety meds to cope, and often freaks out. It is quite sad and unnerving to watch.

We see Gypsy fail to fit in with peers her age due to her appearance of being physically and mentally disabled. Isolated and lonely, she spends time browsing photos of people being friends and having romantic relationships, and she tries to dress "sexy" for a comic convention, only for her mother to make her change and dress like a child. Gypsy is saddened and frustrated by it. This may upset some viewers.

This could be a very sensitive part for viewers. Many abusive things are shown, mental and physical. Strong trigger warnings throughout. (Gypsy is tied down to a bed by her mother). (Gypsy is forced to take drugs). Many things that are shown can be frightening and intense.

DeeDee raises her voice loudly in some scenes which may be triggering to those sensitive to yelling or loud noises.

This series may be triggering to survivors of child abuse or munchausen by proxy syndrome.

Multiple references to Hurricane Katrina, due to Dee Dee and Gypsy being survivors of that disaster. No actual footage of the disaster is ever shown onscreen, only brief verbal references made.