THIS IS US: The First Season: Last Christmas

(BB, CC, Pa, FR, Ho, LL, S, A, DD, M):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

  Strong moral worldview with some overt Christian references, references to generosity, gratefulness, joy, kindness, an emphasis on forgiveness and the value of family, marriage, and children, references to God, God’s grace, going to church, Jesus as the meaning of Christmas, the Nativity story, a man refers to “the great beyond” after death, Jewish traditions are also referenced with a family shown celebrating Hanukkah, the story of the Maccabees is told, several menorahs are shown, some light pagan elements with a syncretistic conversation regarding religion when a boy sees a statue of Mary, a nativity scene, and a menorah and asks, “If I want to pray, which one works best?,” to which woman replies, “In the end, they all get the job done,” plus a character is homosexual or bisexual;

Foul Language:

Nine obscenities and three profanities;

Violence:

No violence;

Sex:

  A man mentions he had an affair, several couples kiss, it’s implied a couple has fornicated, and a man is depicted as being homosexual or bisexual;

Nudity:

  No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

  Several people drink wine and people have alcoholic drinks at a Christmas party;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

  No smoking, but a man mentions he’s on morphine, a woman mentions taking Prozac for depression, and a man mentions quitting drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

  Anger, materialism, bitterness, depression, a man is shown preparing to commit suicide, but he’s talked out of doing it.