Foster children are major characters, and towards the end of episode 1, two young teenagers are shown having phone calls with unsupportive, absent parents.
Episode 4 part of the story is that reena is pursuaded by her friends to falsely accuse her father of abuse. Josephine tells reena that she was abused by her moms boyfriend.
I can’t tell you how exemplifying it is of this world that people mentioned the false accusation of Reena’s father but not Jo talking about being abused by her mother’s boyfriend 😒🙄😒
A character has an anxiety attack sitting on a couch when talking to an officer, including hyperventilating. Later, a different character is shown to be experiencing anxiety with heavy breathing, rushed movements and muffled sound.
In the beginning of the episode and especially the end, the same scene is shown from different angles. Someone screams at a passerby, it's loud and startling.