Look, the ratings are solid and HBO Max knows how to make a comedy, so if you're an adult looking for something edgy and well-crafted, Bookie might deliver. The 90% critic score suggests it's actually good at what it does.

But let's be crystal clear: this has absolutely nothing to do with kids or family viewing. It's a show about an illegal bookie. That's the whole thing. You're watching a guy break the law for 30 minutes while presumably cursing, drinking, and getting into sketchy situations.

For the Screenwise audience of parents looking for content guidance? This is a hard pass for anyone under 17, and even then, it's worth considering whether normalizing gambling and criminal activity is what you want your teen absorbing. Adults only, and even then, know what you're getting into.