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- Sex & Nudity (5)
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- Profanity (5)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (5)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (5)
- Spoilers (1)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- 1. The Cuckoo's Calling (3 episodes): Mild innuendo in dialogue. One sensual scene of a man and woman kissing in bed; he's shirtless, she's sitting on top of him with her dress straps falling down. A few scenes of people in undergarments as they change clothes. A naked body submerged in a tub, but no intimate nudity shown.
- 2. The Silkworm (2 episodes): Dialogue references about affairs, and a failed liaison because of a "limp dick."
- 3. Career of Evil (2 episodes): Sexual references in dialogue. A scene in a strip club briefly features a woman in bra and panties pole-dancing. A collage of photos taped to a wall features topless women.
- 4. Lethal White (4 episodes): No sex shown. No nudity. Clothed couples kiss in bed. Mild references to sex and extramarital affairs.
- 5. Troubled Blood (4 episodes): Woman in underpants, breasts (briefly) exposed, and bag tied over her head; sexual violence strongly implied. A couple engaging in sexual activity; shown from waist up. Portrait painting shows bare breasts. Waitresses wear cat outfits similar to a bathing suit cut. A remark made about sex toys. A man sends a dick pic to woman, only bare chest shown before she closes the screen.
Violence & Gore
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- 1. The Cuckoo's Calling (3 episodes): A body laying on the pavement has small pools of blood around it. A dead body (no injuries shown) lies in the morgue. A fisticuffs scene which results in a bloodied face. Flashback scene to main character's military service includes soldiers holding guns, an explosion, a character with a burned face, and pool of blood where a character is missing a leg.
- 2. The Silkworm (2 episodes): A woman pierces herself through her shirt with a pin; blood stains her clothes; she then lies with her head in an oven. A dead body is shown (out of focus, in quick-cuts, but still graphic), the body has been burned, cut open, and organs removed. A gruesome book written by one of the characters is visualized in nightmare-like sequences that include a group slicing a man's belly open with a knife, and a woman being branded.
- 3. Career of Evil (2 episodes): A box is opened to reveal a severed human leg, later a toe is found, and a freezer contains additional body parts wrapped in plastic; little to no blood shown. After being punched hard, a man has a seizure. Bloodstains on carpet and sheets briefly shown. A flashback shows a dead body (drug-overdose, no injuries shown). A character is attacked with a knife. Another fight results in bloodied faces.
- 4. Lethal White (4 episodes): A man wields a knife to make engravings and has blood dripping from his hands. A scratch becomes infected. A character is kicked down the stairs. Characters involved in a fight with kicking and punching, resulting in a cut on the head that drips blood. A character clutches at their chest and stomach as blood pools between their fingers. A dead body which has the face wrapped in plastic is found. A character is hit by a car.
- 5. Troubled Blood (4 episodes): A man grabs a woman by the throat. Main character punches another character in the face, and accidently elbows another character in the nose. Main character vomits off screen. Woman headbutts man. The bones of a long hidden dead body are found.
Profanity
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- 1. The Cuckoo's Calling (3 episodes): F-word said 9 times, bitch and bastard said once or twice.
- 2. The Silkworm (2 episodes): F-word said at least 3 times. Bastard, shit, bollocks each said once or twice.
- 3. Career of Evil (2 episodes): F-word said 10 times. Shit said at least 4 times. Bastard said at least once.
- 4. Lethal White (4 episodes): Variants of the F-word said at least 30 times. Shit, bitch, bastard, and hell each said 3 or 4 times. Christ, God, and damn are each said on at least one occasion.
- 5. Troubled Blood (4 episodes): F-word variants said more than a dozen times, 3 or 4 in each episode. A written note with the c-word is read aloud. A-hole, bastard, whore, prick, shit, bullshit, dickhead, hell said at least once.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- 1. The Cuckoo's Calling (3 episodes): Main character smokes cigarettes. Dialogue references to a character having a cocaine habit. A few scenes take place around pubs and nightclubs where alcohol is consumed. One scene of drunkenness. A character has pills hidden in her purse.
- 2. The Silkworm (2 episodes): Main character smokes cigarettes. A few scenes take place at pubs, restaurants, or parties where alcohol is consumed.
- 3. Career of Evil (2 episodes): Main character smokes cigarettes. A few scenes take place around pubs or meals where alcohol is consumed. One scene of drunkenness. It is said, one character's mother died of an overdose.
- 4. Lethal White (4 episodes): Main character smokes cigarettes. Alcohol is occasionally consumed; a few scenes take place around bars and parties and main characters drink alcohol in their office. At a party, background characters are shown with a bong. Dialogue references to a character who got "high."
- 5. Troubled Blood (4 episodes): Main character smokes cigarettes. Alcohol is consumed. The main character is intoxicated and argumentative during one scene, and later shown to be hungover. One character is shown vaping. Another character snorts a substance.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- 1. The Cuckoo's Calling (3 episodes): None.
- 2. The Silkworm (2 episodes): See "Violence & Gore" section for more details. A suicide scene. The visualizations of a book written by one of the characters features nightmare-like scenes of people dressed in long robes and wearing animal-skull masks.
- 3. Career of Evil (2 episodes): Main characters are being stalked. Three (possible jump-scare) scenes of characters suddenly being attacked.
- 4. Lethal White (4 episodes): Dialogue mentions subjects such as self-harm, suicide, depression, and animal cruelty. Main character has panic attacks and begins to hyperventilate. Fuzzy flashback scene to a child being forcefully grabbed and chocked. Dogs chase the main characters. A main character is pursued by a group intent on harm. A main character is threatened at gunpoint.
- 5. Troubled Blood (4 episodes): A serial killer is reoccurring topic of discussion. Characters are visibly distressed when they find a film of a blindfolded woman being approached by knife-wielding men. Main character is threatened by an imposing gangster. The killer's confession scene (with flashbacks to killing by suffocation) is intense.
Spoilers
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- Rape Trigger Warning: towards the end of the first series, one of the primary characters discloses she was previously raped when a student at Uni. To be clear, the rape is not seen, however, the character deals with pretty intense PTSD symptoms in the second series that may be triggering for some.
