My wife is a pacifist vegan, my mom is a 72 year old, neither generally watches anything violent, yet both of them love this show. My wife has cried almost every episode. It’s not a show about zombies. It’s so much more than that, the story is incredible. Which is one of the reasons why it is so good. I got them through episode 3 and then they understood. That’s what I would do. Episode 3 is a game changer and probably going to win several awards