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(2022– )

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Sex & Nudity

  • Multiple sex scenes, not as severe as Game of Thrones.
  • A teen boy masturbates out of his window before he's interrupted by his mother, we see his bottom.
  • A man masturbates to a woman's feet, we don't see anything.

Violence & Gore

  • There is a sequence involving soldiers brutally murdering people with swords. Limbs are shown getting chopped off. Severed heads and mangled chopped up limbs are shown in a wheelbarrow.
  • A woman who's in labor has her womb cut open to take out the child. Blood is shown with screaming.
  • Several shots of men being nailed to posts and fed alive to crabs. This is brief but disturbing.
  • An intense battle sequence involving many blunt weapons. Many quick shots of heads being caved in and limbs being pulverized.
  • Many soldiers are burned alive by dragons, some are seen screaming and running while engulfed in flames, others are completely disintegrated.
  • Severe graphic violence in almost every single episode in the show so far.
  • Very gory and realistic imaging of childbirths throughout the show, with detailed sound effects to further enforce the realism.
  • Blood, mutilated flesh, other gruesome images common. Many killings and brutal attacks: hitting, screaming, vicious removal of body parts, including male genitals. Weapons include swords, knives, other medieval contraptions. A woman is cut open to save her unborn baby.
  • Scenes have a frequent focus on blood and strong gory images.
  • A man has his head cut in half horizontally, we see the inside of his head, including his tongue and bottom teeth. Very sudden and shocking.

Profanity

  • 'Fuck' is used pretty frequently throughout the series so far, it varies between 2 to 7 uses per episode, some episodes being more profane than the others. 'Shit', 'cunt', 'cock', 'bitch', 'whore', 'wench', 'twat' and 'bastard' are all used as well.
  • 28 uses of 'fuck' in the show.
  • Curses range from "fuck" and "shit" to crude language like "cunt."

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Alcohol (mostly wine) is frequently consumed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One antagonist has burns and sores covering his body, and wears a mask that appears to be fused to his face. He does not speak and carries himself in a very unnerving way.
  • Multiple miscarriages are depicted in the show.

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Violence & Gore

  • A dismembered torso of a character is dragged out by another character after they presumably fought each other
  • A main character is shown with sores and necrotic tissue, and later appears to have had 2 fingers amputated after unsuccessful treatment with maggots. Not violent, but quite gross.
  • The children of all the houses fight. There's punching and kicking. Eventually Aemond has his eye slashed. Lots of blood and shocking
  • Lucerys and his dragon are snatched out of the air by Vhagar and ripped into pieces and dropped into the sea

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • During a scene, several body parts including hands, arms, and heads as well as genital organs are ripped apart.
  • A rather realistic depiction of medieval C-Section with gory details. Involves intense struggle, screaming and blood.
  • Suggested MPA Rating (US Viewers only): Rated R for strong brutal medieval warfare and violence throughout including grisly images, sexuality and language.

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