There are some conversations about sex, including direct references to brothels and one night stands

Occasional scenes of sex, nothing graphic

In quite a lot of episodes, people get tortured for hours and moderate amounts of blood are shown

Seasons four and five are more violent than the other seasons, with the protagonists killing humans now, every death has lots of blood and they imply that several characters get eaten alive

The main character is a vampire and is frequently seen drinking blood.

The protagonists rarely use guns, but favor medieval weaponry.

Some death scenes are quite gruesome, with dismemberments, decapitations and frequent stabbings (vampires turn to ash when they are killed).

The following words are used on the show: 'ass', 'bitch', 'bastard', 'crap', 'dick'. 'damn', 'douche', 'hell', 'piss', 'prick', 'shit', 'slut', 'tit' and 'whore.

One episode has a character on heroin.

Mild references to drugs

Social drinking.

The show is very dark (Twice as dark as Buffy)

About half of the episodes have a big sense of threat, but when they do, it is moderately frightening.

The show walks the thin line between PG-13 and R