One Day at a Time

Co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, who was born to Cuban American immigrants. Centers on the working-class Cuban American Alvarez family. Predominantly Latino cast. Explores a variety of issues, many of them specific to Latino, immigrant, and queer experiences (e.g., generational approaches to Catholicism, occasional Spanish dialogue, undocumented immigration, colorism, coming out and dating as a young gay Latina, etc.). Also touches on Cuban history; grandmother Lydia fled the totalitarian Castro regime. Elena, played by Colombian American actor Isabella Gomez, is a young civil rights activist whose story does at first revolve around coming out, especially to her more traditional dad, but she's eventually embraced and dates nonbinary character Syd. Penelope is a single mother who lives with her own mom Lydia and her two kids, while their dad actively tries to be part of their lives. Penelope is also a veteran who deals with PTSD and gradually comes around to seeking help through therapy and family support.

A main character, who's a U.S. Army veteran, suffers from PTSD and has frequent panic attacks and insomnia—she eventually seeks help through therapy and medication. A character has a stroke, is taken to the hospital, has surgery, and is in a coma for several episodes (there's no lasting damage, but family members are upset throughout the health scare). A teen discusses getting bullied at school, explaining how he was told "go back to Mexico." Another recounts getting called "spic" in her past. A drunk adult threatens a teen by pushing him.

Characters flirt, kiss, and date. A teen in a healthy relationship eventually has sex with her teen partner (they kiss in a bedroom; it's implied that sex follows). Parents discuss sex-related topics with their teen kids, including issues of consent, having sex for the first time, pornography, and different forms of sex such as blow jobs, threesomes, and masturbation. Characters briefly open up a laptop and hear moaning sounds of pornography coming out of it; only the back of the laptop is shown.

"Badass" and "crap." An off-screen character is called a "d--k." Insults in Spanish include "carajo" (hell), "prostituta" (prostitute), and "tetas" (t-ts). A grandmother gets called "vieja" (old woman) and recalls being called "spic" in her past. A Cuban American character describes how he was told to "go back to Mexico."

One character argues with another that "taking drugs" (antidepressants prescribed by a doctor for PTSD) is not the answer to her problems. Teens smoke marijuana, take edibles, and vape at a concert. Adults discuss underage drug use, including weed and cocaine, with their kids. An important character is a recovering addict; he gets drunk in one scene and pushes a teen.