Pretty Hard Cases

Scenes with guns drawn, including one with a SWAT team pointing automatic rifles at a young Black boy with a gun. A discussion between characters about "serve and protect" versus "law and order" occurs, highlighting police violence. A description of a cop suspended for using excessive force. Chase scenes and a scene with a character getting a bloody nose.

Swear words and phrases such as "bitch," "damn," "hell," "goddamn," "ass," "a--holes," "what the hell," “tits up,” "eat me."

A character tries to date using an app and receives sexts from the other person. Light sexual comedy involving a conversation about using handcuffs.

The two leads are women, with one being a plus-sized Black woman, upending a stereotype of how plus-sized Black women are typically portrayed in media. There are three other characters of color as part of the main cast, Det. Taai Nazeer (Al Mukadam), Det. Nathan Greene (Daren A. Herbert) and Unit Commander Edwina Shanks (Karen Robinson). There are scenes that showcase the series' willingness to address White privilege and the complicated feelings Black police officers might have with policing, particularly a scene in which Det. Kelly Duff (Adrienne C. Moore) deescalates a police raid involving a young Black boy holding a gun. In the pilot, there's a person of color who is arrested for possession of drugs, but the scenario is treated more for comedy than it is to reinforce any negative stereotypes about people of color in the eyes of the law. Overall, the series wants to present as a new, more inclusive, and more responsible way to showcase policing on television.