Parents guide

Explicit male and female nudity. Graphic sex, including orgies and incest.

There are numerous gory images that will be unsettling.

A man battles another much larger man and at the end of the battle impales him with a poisoned spear. He then circles the man, demanding him to confess to the rape and murder of his sister and her children. Eventually, he lets his guard down and the man tumbles him to the ground, punches him in the mouth, causing his teeth to fall off, with some blood splattering on the ground and subsequently, the man confesses the murder as he gouges his eyes out with his thumbs and we see plenty of blood coming out from his eye-sockets as he screams in extreme agony and eventually, due to the extreme force applied to his skull, his head is crushed into a bloody, gory mess with an explosion of blood, brain matter, bone and skin bursting out and splattering everywhere, as his lover reacts by screaming in horror and later, we see the extremely gory aftermath, displaying his now fully smashed head, with gore surrounding the area and a large pool of blood forming on the surface. This entire sequence is EXTREMELY graphic.

Sexual violence is shown, particularly during the early seasons.

A main character goes insane and burns down an entire city along with thousands of innocent people. Civilians are shown getting engulfed in flames and brutally mowed down by soldiers. There is also an incredibly gruesome fight scene between two brothers.

During battle scenes, you can see stabbings, mutilations, beheadings, people being crushed by horses, and blood flying all over the screen.

Violence and bloody execution of people are shown in all seasons.

There is also torture and genital mutilation of one of the main male characters. Very disturbing.

Frequent and extremely graphic, gory violence. Including murders, executions, and their aftermaths. Large-scale battles with long, gruesome fight scenes, swords, crossbows, clubs, and many other weapons are visible. Also, sexual violence is graphically depicted.

One of the most violent TV series of all time.

Very bloody and brutal combat is seen throughout this means the show is meant for 18 +

Typical medieval slang, bloody, limey, etc and more.

Many profanities throughout: such as "fuck," "cunt," "cock," "shit," "bitch," "bastard," and more.

"Nightshade" is used as a sleeping drug and agent of euthanasia.

There is tons of wine, ale and beer drinking in every episode and people are shown getting drunk. Drinking plays a very big part in the show. Pubs are also shown in some scenes with drinking and brief glimpses of pipe smoking in the background.

Poison is used and kills many major characters. Most of these poisonings happen unexpectedly and brutally as poison depicted in this show is commonly used for revenge, mass-murders and psychological torture.

"Milk of the Poppy" is used as a painkiller.

There is graphic violence in almost every episode. There are also several intense action sequences throughout the show.

The show includes a few instances of sexual violence, predominately towards women.

The character, Ramsay Bolton, is a complete and utter monster and an incredibly vicious psychopath who is also a sadist. He enjoys feeding people to vicious dogs for his own sick pleasure, and each scene with him is incredibly frightening.

Not for the faint of heart. Many people are killed. Children, even babies are sometimes seen being murdered.

The graphic violence could be very disturbing for some viewers, as it extremely violent with tons of blood and gore.

One of the most adult-oriented shows of all time. TV MA for strong graphic brutal violence and gore throughout including torture and rape, grisly images, disturbing behavior, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and for strong language.

This show has been rated 18 + because of Brutal graphic violence, gore, sexual scenes, strong language, nudity and frightening and disturbing scenes.

Well liked major and minor characters are unexpectedly killed. A lot of fights and brawls occur throughout the course of the show.

There are occasional scenes showing "white walkers", which are man-like monsters that live in the ice and seemingly have bodies made of the same, intense blue eyes, grimacing faces and scrawny bodies that might scare younger viewers. Also, there is a gigantic battle scene in the final season with these creatures, and they are constantly seen eating people alive and destroying everything.

Many viewers will find parts of Season 3 disturbing to the fact that a major character is held hostage by a psychopath. Afterwards, the nature and the identity of the character being tortured is forcefully changed because of the physical and psychological torture. However, the character is enslaved by the torturer.