Missing: Dead or Alive parents guide - What you should know before letting your teen watch the Netflix docuseries

Missing: Dead or Alive's back-to-back two seasons have left parents wondering whether it is a safe watch for the teens. The answer to this is yes, the Netflix docuseries is safe to watch for teens above the age of sixteen. However, for teens below the age of sixteen, it is recommended that they watch it under parental guidance.

The docuseries features Sergeant Vicki Rains, investigator J.P. Smith, and Captain Heidi Jackson in the main leads. Each series focuses on different cases, wherein the authorities of the Richland County Sheriff's Department Missing Persons Unit in Columbia work to investigate and locate missing people and uncover what led to their disappearance.

For parents, it's important to know that Missing: Dead or Alive is based on real-life cases and features actual officers as well as the real people involved, who share their own experiences.

So if your teen is interested in watching the show, here are a few points parents should know before letting your teen watch it.

Missing: Dead or Alive: A Parental Guide

According to Netflix, Missing: Dead or Alive is safe to watch for teens above the age of 16. In the United Kingdom, Missing: Dead or Alive carries a 15 rating, which means it may not be suitable for younger teens due to its real-life cases and sensitive themes. In Singapore, the series is rated M18, indicating that it is meant strictly for mature audiences.

The series involves the themes of assault, murder, and substance use, along with strong language in a few episodes. Season 2 investigates the disappearance of Duncan Morgan, who was killed by Eric Greene. The episode dives into drugs, murder, and the subsequent consequences, which might be disturbing for younger kids to watch.

Another episode in Season 2 follows the missing case of Shandon Floyd, who worked as a s*x worker for a person named Eaddy. After an intense investigation into her disappearance, she was later found dead in her car, and the case was ultimately ruled as an overdose.

These elements may feel heavy or unsettling at times, especially for younger viewers. There are also a few scenes that include the use of strong language in certain episodes.

However, most episodes of docuseries are safe for teens to watch with positive endings. The series also avoids any s*xual content and sticks to real-life investigations, showing the work and effort put in by the officers to find the missing people.

According to Netflix, Missing: Dead or Alive follows:

"Circumstances of someone’s disappearance, interviewing witnesses, initiating search-and-rescue operations, tracking down suspects, comforting family members, and more. The series features the officers as they work the ins and outs of each time-sensitive investigation and discuss how working on missing and kidnapping cases has impacted their lives."

While the docuseries is largely safe and doesn't have s*xual content, it still deals with violence like murder and assault that took place in real life, which requires parental guidance for children under sixteen, as recommended by Netflix.

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Missing: Dead or Alive is now available on Netflix. The docuseries has two seasons in total, with four episodes each.

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