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(2016–2021)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A recurring scene of a dazed, bloody woman waking up in a bathtub full of water with her breasts obscured and covered by the water
  • Woman seen lying on bed. Sex implied the night before.
  • Webcam shows in some scenes. In season 1, a woman's breasts are clearly shown in an early episode.
  • Couple have sex in bed. Moaning is heard but no nudity is shown

Violence & Gore

  • There are a few scenes of dead bodies and attempted murder.
  • The recovered remains of a missing child is the overall theme of the second season.
  • Self harm
  • In series 3 a man is tortured, it ends with his face being pushed into an oven ring

Profanity

  • The f-word is used in episodes. intermittently in the first season, in almost every episode in the second season. Also, "Jesus."

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Series 3 - marchella constantly takes recreational drugs and sleeping tablets
  • Most of the Characters are always drinking throughout the show, season one shows the main character drinking beer almost every night
  • Series 3 - A 13 year old is a heroine user, she later overdoses on uncut heroine sold to her by accident, this can be upsetting for most viewers

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are quite a few scenes of a child in danger (kidnapped, tied up, being injected with something, etc.).

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Sex & Nudity

  • In season 3 a 13 year old girl is a sex worker, the money she makes she spends on heroin, which she later dies from, she is found in her uniform with a needle in her arm where she usually meets her clients. On numerous occasions the girl is heckled and lured at by much older teenagers and men. On one occasion she is nearly raped by 2 men but is rescued just in time.

Violence & Gore

  • The entirety of series 2 revolves around the murders of children. It is often discussed in detail how they were killed including: lobotomising, slicing open the childrens stomaches and injections. There bodies are dressed up and photographed, these pictures are seen often as are decomposed bodies of children.
  • Series 3 ends in a moderately violent gun fight, the majority of the people involved are killed including a mother with a new born baby just feet away

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